Do you question the existance of God?

Question

Something extraordinary happened to me today, and I thought I’d share it here for those who are questioning whether God exists or not.
This morning at church, during the praise and worship time, I suddenly had a notion to get up and say something to the congregation. (This is what it means when people say the “heard from God”, you just get and idea from nowhere.)
Now, how my church does things, is after we sing, we take a break and grab some coffee and snacks before we listen to the preacher. During that time we can go up and tell the preacher that we heard something from God. So, at the break that’s what I did.
I told Dave, my pastor, that I had a word from God and I would like to share it today.
He kinda squinted his eyes, and said, “Well, today’s not really good; God’s been dealing with me all week to change my sermon for this morning and what He gave me, will take up a lot of time. But…well, go ahead and tell me what He told you.”
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So I told Dave that God said, “Too often we forget to thank Him for our trails and tribulations; that it is though them we transform into the beautiful creations we are meant to become.”
Dave smiled and looked at me with amazement and said, “That’s exactly what God had told me to preach this morning.”
He even had is notes ready for the overhead screen and that was exactly what he had on them!
So, how do you suppose, if there was no Supreme Being giving His followers direction, that two people who had not spoken a word to each other for over two weeks, (my pastor was out of town last Sunday), could come up with the very same message?
OK scoffers, do your thing…

Answer 1

THAT is just another beautiful testimonial of Christ OUR Lord...

Answer 2

Don't forget that this useless and erroneous phrase...

"Too often we forget to thank Him for our trails and tribulations; that it is though them we transform into the beautiful creations we are meant to become.”

...has only been repeated, cooked and re-cooked, in Christendom for the last 2000 years. Don't you think that it would play back in a few people's minds, now and then? Is that really a supernatural event?

What if God had spoken to you and revealed the secret of the new kind of car running on cheap energy and you, out of all the millions of people, came up with the chemical formulas for the new fuel, wouldn't that be a more useful divine inspiration? That might come closer to the definition of a miracle, too.

Answer 3

I questioned the existence of God before and through that I was able to appreciate that He truly exist. I can not just have faith in something that I can not understand nor know. I need assurance that what I am doing is really what my heart and mind want me to do. I need a faith that does not only believe but also a faith that embraces all my beings.

And when you read the Qur'an, it is exactly what God wants us to do. He wants us to reflect on skies, on planets, on the creations and even on and in our bodies so as to appreaciate that no matter how intelligent we are and no matter how far we go with science and technology, there is still a God that controls our existence. We all are the proofs that God exists...

Answer 4

The idea that our hard times have a purpose is a concept that's pretty popular in christianity -- lots of preachers speak on this topic, books have been written about it, there was in a popular song by the christian band Casting Crowns that came out within the past 2 years that deals with this topic. In fact, religion is supposed to answer the question of, "Why do bad things happen to good people?"

So its not really that amazing that you both happened to think of the same frequently discussed topic.

Answer 5

I am not a " Scoffer" I am just not gullible either. You go to that church already with a sincere sense of belief. You know that it is the policy of the church to allow people to come forth and share their "private testimony" and you wanted to be a part of that. What was going through your mind is nothing more than words that you have heard and read a zillion times about what "god" wants his people to do. It was just in your mind at that time, because you were going to church and you sincerely believe in the principles of "righteous behaviour"

I am not a "believer" but does that mean that I don't have it pass through MY mind...."Hmm, this and this would be a wrong thing to do" or "Ahh, that and that would be right, proper, decent, wholesome and good" thing to do? Of course I do. I just do not say to myself "Oh, that was God talking to me" or "Eeeek, that must have been the Devil whispering in my ear". No, It was my own brain functioning the way it has been functioning for as long as I can remember... telling me quite firmly what is proper behaviour and what is not.

People who believe in the existence of a Mysterious Invisible Superbeing are going to attribute "good thoughts" to that being "talking to them". Those who do not believe in any such being, just recognise that "This is the way I think because this is the person I am".

You go right ahead and believe however you feel is important to you. Good for you, and you are certainly not interfering with MY rights to think differently. I think there is plenty of room for both of us, because "thoughts" don't take up any room LOL>

Answer 6

Since I came from a religious background, yes. It was upon questioning my faith that I researched and discovered how Christianity began. After its conception, civilizations were destroyed in God's name, and if they weren't destroyed, it was because they relented and agreed to worship this "God".

Those people believed God told them to do it. I can't in my right mind believe taht God woudl do that. So I studied more and more and discovered that the concept of only one God rather than multiple gods was fairly new in history. Prior to 5000 or so years ago, many gods were believed in and worshipped. This was just another belief that popped up in history.

Do I doubt the existence of God? Absolutely.

If you want the religious viewpoint that I would've given you before I became an unbeliever, it was God. There's no other explanation. Then, there would be chill bumps and possible tears.

I'm not making fun. I just don't believe it. I think possibly that it was coincidence in yoru case that you had teh same thought, but my best friend called me the other day to tell me she felt she needed to check on me. She did need to, but I don't think that was God. I think it was just the fact that I hadn't called her in a day or so.

Answer 7

That is so cool-- how God's Holy Spirit can guide and direct the thoughts of believers like that. I'm sure your willingness to share the Word from God, helped to encourage your pastor Dave too. Thanks for sharing this!

Answer 8

Yes, I have questioned the existance of God... I can understand why there are so many people who don't believe in God, or don't know what to believe... but I have had so many experiences a whole lot like this that I simply can't deny that he is real.

Answer 9

This is a lovely story, Alhamdulillah (which means "Praise God" in Islam). I like that you were inspired to say that we forget to say "thank you" for our trials and tribulations. In fact, I have a khutbah (like a sermon) from an American Muslim scholar named Hamza Yusuf that is entitled "17 Benefits of Tribulation."

To answer your question, no, I do not question God's existance at all. God's existance is one of the easiest things to believe.

Answer 10

*SCOFF*


I didn't read that..


but I've always believed in God, at times I declared myself an atheist because my life was going down the toilet but I am comfortably a believer in God, the holy ghost, Jesus Christ, Heaven, Hell, Angels, Demons, The devil and the whole concept of life after death.
That's about it.

Answer 11

Everyone but the very few who never question anything question the existence of God, good, hope, trust, togetherness, love, comprehension, faith and on and on. Life has some very difficult times that require such doubts. Even Jesus doubted at the end of his life, but I expect he expected to doubt.