If you believe in God, what convinces you that God is real, besides faith?

Question

It can't just be faith alone, right? There must be something in your experience, observations and logic that convinces you that God is real. I would like to know what that is.

Esther

Could you give some examples of experiencing God's prescence or seeing His word be proven true?

Answer 1

Well in the beginning it was the Holy Spirit. Just like the blind man said,"I was blind but now I see." But as I have grown, I know that God hasn't called us to a blind faith. There are many evidences that God is real. They are everywhere, you just have to look for them.From the Old Testament alone, more than 2000 specific prophesies have been fulfilled.
No other so called Holy book compares.Most of the 333 prophesies concerning the Messiah were fulfilled by the birth and life of Jesus Christ and the rest will be fulfilled at His second coming.Only a God who knows the future could have revealed these prophesies to those that He would have record them in His Word.

In spite of what is being taught today, the truth is we can reconstruct most of the life of Jesus Christ through non - Christian writers of the first century. Even Celsus who despised Christianity, never considered claiming that Jesus Christ did not exist.This is what can be learned from the writing of Celsus...

He was born of a virgin in a small village of Judea;
He was adored by wise men;
His birth was followed by the slaughter of infants by order of Herod;
He took flight to Egypt, where Celsus supposed Christ learned the charms of the Magicians;
After returning, He resided in Nazareth;He was baptized and the Holy Spirit descended on Him as a voice was heard from heaven;
He elected disciples;
He was a friend with publicans and other low people;
He cured the lame and blind;
He raised people from the dead;
He was betrayed by Judas;
He was denied by Peter;
In addition Celsus refers to several details of Christ's passion, crucifiction, and resurrection.

Twenty seven books of the New Testament, nineteen Pagan writers, and three Jewish writers testify to Jesus Christ's historical reality. When I hear people say that Jesus or the Bible is just a myth I just realise that they are simply unaware of the facts.For more evidence I recommend The Case For Christ by Lee Strobel , Skeptics Answered or The Gates Of Hell shall Not Prevail or Why I Believe by D. James Kennedy, and The Signature of God by Grant R. Jeffrey. May all your thoughts be taken captive by the Holy Spirit. Amen.

Answer 2

Many people do not believe in God, as a Higher Being. They might not believe that God even exists. Just as many religious texts are interpreted differently, many religions have varied interpretations of God. However, most formal religions, are based on a very strong belief, that God exists, that God watches over us, and that our prayers are heard by God. There are some people however, who are not following any formal religion, yet still feel the need to believe in a Higher Being to talk to in their thoughts, or by words, and that 'their God' watches over them. God takes many shapes and many forms, but your belief can be as you see him, and not as others say he is. He then becomes a God, created by an individual, for that individual for comfort, guidance, and peace. Thus, they no longer feel alone-as the God they created walks with them!

Answer 3

You're right. I do not know one single Christian who has not experienced God's presence in their lives. I am among them. I have also seen His word proven true over and over again.

Sure. There is a verse in the bible, "seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness and all things will then be added to you". This is sort of one of my life verses. My focus is on the things of God and desiring to surrender myself to Him, for Him to mold me into the person He would have me be. It's no longer on getting what I think I want for myself, the way I lived most of my life.

Since I have changed my perspective of living, and been more interested in following Jesus' example, God has given me a life more peaceful, joyful, rich, fulfilling and fun than I've ever had. I did not used to be a happy, joyful, content, confident woman. But I am now, thanks to Him.

Answer 4

My answer to that is simple .. we got here from the first bacteria. I cant believe this is without help. Contrary to those whom profess themselves "Christian" to me Evolution is proof of God ... not the denial of God. ..

Even more ..
Expanding Universe ( whats on the other side )
Particle Physics - The God Particle

Answer 5

wow...where do i start?! there are just things that cant be explained. i trust in Him to work everything out for me...and you know what? He has never failed me...never!
we see God everywhere in everything.
i dont see how people can deny him

Answer 6

‘Science without religion is lame, and religion without science is blind’ - Albert Einstein

For any book to claim that It is a revelation from Allah Subhana WaTala - for any book to claim, It is a word of Almighty God, it should stand the test of time - It should prove itself to be the word of God in all the ages. Previously it was the age of Miracles, ‘Moujaza’. A ‘Miracle’ is any unusual event, for which the human beings do not have any explanation. It is any unusual event which is attributed to a Super Natural Power or Almighty God. The Holy Qur'an is the ‘Miracle of Miracles’. But for a modern man to accept any Miracle, he will first analyze and verify it. Alhamdulillah, the Holy Qur'an proved itself to be aword of God 1400 years ago. Even today it can be analyzed and verified, and even in future, and it will always prove It itself to be a word of Almighty God – It is a Miracle of all times.

Can we prove it scientifically that Allah is the Creator?

Qur’an gives the answer… Qur’an gives the answer in Surat Tur, Ch. No. 52, V. No. 35. It poses a question – ‘that were you created from nothing?’ It poses a question – ‘that were you created from nothing?’ See… the Arabic word used for ‘Creator’, in all the verses of the Qur’an, is ‘Khaliq’… is derived from the Arabic word ‘Khalaqa’. Arabic word ‘Khalaqa’ has got four meanings. One meaning is ‘to create some thing from nothing’… without any previous example. That is only possible for Allah (SWT). Second meaning of ‘Khalaqa’ is… ‘to create some thing new from pre-existing material’. The third meaning is of ‘Khalaqa’ – ‘Programming’ or ‘Planning’. And the last meaning is, ‘to make smooth’. So Qur’an poses the question in Surah Tur, Ch. No. 52, V.No. 35, that… ‘Were you created from nothing?’ But natural the answer is negative… No - Human beings are not created from nothing. They pose the next question – ‘Were you the Creators, or We the Creator ?’ We know very well, that man cannot create another man. If he could do that, the moment he died he would have created himself back. If his relatives would have died, he would have got them back to life. Human beings cannot even create living creature as such as fly, leave aside human being. Neither can you attribute the organs of the body , say… the reproductive organs, like testes or ovaries - that they are the cause for our creation. Because if you say that the testes, the uterus, etc., are the cause, then you have to include your ancestors - their reproductive systems, their ancestors, their ancestors, all are responsible. So the answer is negative. Qur’an poses the next question in Surah Waqiah, Ch. 56, V. No. 58 and 59… ‘that do you not look at the sperm you have emitted. Were you the Creator or we the Creator?’ And but natural all these questions that Qur’an poses the answer is negative. Some people can say… ‘it is by chance’ – ‘By chance we were created’. They say… ‘Nature… Nature… Natural things’ - It happened by chance.
Let us analyse scientifically, whether the human beings can be created by chance. The protein molecule is a very important structure of the living cell -Very important part in the living structure of the cell. The protein molecule consists of five elements - the Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Sulphur. And there are tens and thousands of Atoms required to make one Molecule. One Atom has five elements - Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Hydrogen and Sulphur. There are tens of thousands of Atoms, which make one Protein Molecule - And there are approximately 92 free elements. The chances that out of these 92, the five will form an Atom… and these atoms will form tens and thousands of Atom, to form one Protein Molecule was calculated by Frank Alien . And he said… ‘the chances are 1/10 raised to 160’. You know what is the meaning of 1/10 raised to 160? If I say 1/10 raised to two, ten raise to two means, one zero zero zero. One in hundred - Chance is one percent. If I say 1/10 raised to three, it means one in a thousand – That is 1 percent. If I say 1/10 raise to four it means one in ten thousand - Means point 0.01%. So when the calculation was made, (1/10) raised to 160. It means point zero zero zero zero zero hundred and fifty seven zeros, then one. And mathematics tells, ‘anything 1/10 raised to fifty, is counted as zero’. Further more, this is talking about one molecule. And the substance required to form this one molecule of protein was calculated by another person Charles Guy - that it will require millions of times of substance as huge as our Galaxy. Millions of galaxies will be required to form this one molecule of protein. And the time was calculated by Charles Guy - the time taken for one protein molecule to be formed, will be ten raised to 263 years. You know what is that? One zero zero zero zero zero zero, 263 zeros, it will take to form one protein molecule. And do you know there are how many protein molecule in one cell ? And do you know how many other molecules are there in the cell ? And how many cells are there in the human being ? There are more than six billion molecules when a child is born. That is what doctors tell us today, six billion. One protein molecule takes 1/10 raise to 160 chances. Time taken is ten raise to two hundred and forty three years. To take six billion for one baby imagine. And how many women are pregnant ? There are millions of women pregnant at a time - And it takes only 9 months. ‘The chances’… Science tells us, ‘is zero zero zero, no chance at all’. These things cannot take by chance - they have to be programmed by Someone. Science tells us… ‘There has to be Someone , some Supernatural force’. Therefore science is not eliminating God’ - It is eliminating models of god. ‘La Ilaha IllAllah’ (There's no God but Allah).

Hope that answers the question.

Answer 7

I asked myself that a few years ago, I am now atheist.