o.m.g. I was thinking, the age of idiots is over! I thought months ago, who would be stupid enough to ask 'God is invisible, invisible thing not exist, me Thock, Thock no believe God'. And here you are! thank you for restoring my hope in the potential idiocy of mankind!
2007-09-24 13:35:30
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answered by rebecca v d liep 4
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I get the feeling this question was written by either a person in a hurry, or one with little to no understanding of religion or science. Form a naturalist point of view yes you must be able to touch, see, or hear something to truly say it exists. Mentioning feelings, love, gravity, or ones own brain as proof that things you can't see, hear, or touch exist is to foolishly miss the point as well. Each one of those things can be observed and interacted with in some manner experiencing feelings/love results in chemical changes in you're brain, a physical reaction something that with the right equipment can be observed. As for gravity, well drop something. More seriously gravity can be measured. As for your own brain well you are a homo sapien. Countless humans have been dissected, I'm sure most of them had brains, so unless you're declaring yourself a different species you shouldn't have a hard time believing you have a brain.
Now I figure most if not all those comments were made in at least a somewhat mocking tone. However the fact is that faith in god requires one to completely disregard many basic precepts of logic. Because not only can you not see, hear, or touch the being you worship you can't physically interact with him at all. There are no measurable effects that can definitively be connected to said being. In my opinion people should feel free to believe whatever they want, but should make an effort to truly understand why they believe any particular thing. I personally choose science. Yet I realize there are things science has yet to explain just look at the theory of relativity or quantum mechanics. There are truths that seem absurd and would not be believe if not observed. And if one chooses to have faith in god then they should be as true to that as possible. I can't tell you if there is a god and you can't disprove it just by saying look its not there. The universe is far too complex for a statement such as that to mean anything.
2007-09-24 13:54:32
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answered by Robbie 1
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I was about to the give the example of air but since you gave your reason why, I'll try and give you another reason that He exists, not that I care if you believe He exists or not.
Do you believe for example King Henry the eighth existed? I'm sure you do because the history books says so and also there's certain proof by the legacy he left behind. Albeit he doesn't exist anymore. God exists by more or less the same example I just mentioned although I admit it's a poor one. To seek proof of His existence just look around you and ask yourself who controls nature, how does it run like clockwork, one season follows the other, a time for growth a time for death. Day follows night etc: I find it improbable that all this can work just by itself. I believe there is a Supreme being in control. I call that Higher Power, God!
2007-09-24 14:53:40
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answered by barnowl 4
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Do you, or have you ever dreamt? Did you ever actually touch, really hear or see the things you dreamt?
When you woke up quickly from your dream, wasn't it real to you for the briefest of moments?
But then you immediately dismissed your dream, as just being a 'dream'.
When we think about things deeply, it's so easy to dismiss them as irrational. And most people only discover an inner belief when life is hard. When times are good, God, or any form of higher being, really isn't important within their lives. But when troubles come, everyone looks to a God, or higher being. And usually a belief that has been instilled in them by their forefathers.
So, whether it is gods, ghosts, spirits or even demons, people seek out an answer eventually. And that answer never needs to be touched, seen, or heard. It is only every felt.
2007-09-24 12:46:01
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answered by Anonymous
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Wow. You are skeptical.
Can you touch, see, hear love? No. But you know that it is there all the same. Can you touch, see, hear feelings? No. But you have them all the same. Can you touch, see, hear life. No. You live it, but you can't really touch it. Just like time, some things elude us. It was meant to be this way. Our brains, our temporary bodies just aren't meant to handle it.
Pick up a Bible. Even if you do not believe in the end, you will see what we mean.
2007-09-24 11:47:52
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answered by ~♥ Easily Amused Dijinn ♥~ 4
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I am going to tell you this first Jesus was a real man he walked the earth and was put to death on the cross. I believe with my hole heart that he rose again and is truly the son of God.
The fact that there is proof in not only his life and death; Also tells you that Jesus was a profit, Have you ever read his teaching? He talked about not lying, paying your tax's, being faithful/good husband or wife. Being a Just human in the eyes of the world. Living above the lower standers. He gives great life lessons on just being a all around good parson.My point is this Jesus is God I can look him up in history books or in my bible and read about him and his life.
As how I believe in him with out seeing his face; well that is call faith. Tack love, you can feel it when you touch a loved one( as in hugs or kiss so on...), you can see it when look in a loved ones eyes, or in their body language.You can hear it in the way a loved one speaks to you. This all signs that show that love exists, This is how God exists for me like how love works. you can't see it but you have faith and know its there and there for it exists to you.
2007-09-24 15:56:35
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answered by Anonymous
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God is not some person walking down the road, made of flesh. He is the father, son and holy spirit and is seated at the right hand of the father in heaven. You dont need to be a human being to exist. You can exist in an ethereal spiritual way. You are still walking the earth but as a spirit which can not be seen. God exists in our minds and souls, if you choose to believe in him.
2007-09-24 11:49:21
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answered by sarah 6
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Even as an atheist myself, I have to say that's a weak argument. There are lots of things we can't see or touch directly but we know exists, like the force of gravity.
We can however measure and reproduce the effects of gravity in an objective and repeatable way, which is how we know it exists (and no, scientific models like this are not "believed on authority" as somebody else claimed). Can you do the same with "God"? No, but that's because spirituality is about personal, subjective experiences. Spirituality is not science. You can't test "faith" in a controlled experiment! The personal experience of believes is "evidence" enough, for them.
2007-09-24 11:46:32
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answered by Anonymous
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Wrong again! You start with the presumption that all things must be provable through scientific boundaries, which is rubbish and not scientifically sound anyway. Its a philosophical assertion to state that whether or not a belief is scientific should determine it's rational acceptability. It cannot be scientifically proven that only scientifically knowable entities are real.
2007-09-24 22:47:33
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answered by good tree 6
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Well you may not be able to see, touch, hear God from time to time but that doesn't mean that God dosen't exist.
Some people to get vision, hear God from time to time.
The truth is no one knows what is out there what sort of Divine there are that is why Religions are still growing.
Although we don't know exactly what the Divine pressence is, everyone still has a Belief and if they truly believe that then it does exist to them.
If you don't believe in any Divine that is fine to but everyone has a Free will to believe what ever they want. that is the beauty of this world.
Blessed be.
2007-09-24 11:54:45
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answered by Anonymous
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