How to Believe in God
Six Easy Steps
1. First, you must want to believe in God.
2. Next, understand that believing in God in the absence of evidence is especially noble.
3. Then, realize that the human ability to believe in God in the absence of evidence might itself constitute evidence for the existence of God.
4. Now consider any need for further evidence (both in yourself and in others) to be a form of temptation, spiritually unhealthy, or a corruption of the intellect.
5. Refer to steps 2-4 as acts of “faith.”
6. Return to 2.
2007-09-28 05:16:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i can see seed is still stuck on number 2, you believe there is evidence....? or you believe there is proof? might i direct you to www.theflyingspaghettimonster.com for evidence of HIS existence...
2007-09-28 06:05:49 · update #1
I like this. You seem to have said it all.
2007-09-28 06:06:52 · answer #1 · answered by Fred 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you take an elementary course in microbiology and are still capable of believing that life, in all its complexity and mystery, is capable of being formed in a primordial soup in the absence of a Guiding Hand, an Engineer, a Creator, please explain it to me.
There are three signs of life---three things that a living organism does, to fulfill the requirements of life.
Respiration---it breathes, eats, drinks, excretes...
Irritability---it reacts against negative stimuli
reproduction---let's not talk dirty here---hehahehaheha
if you can explain how these things just happen, I will be impressed...
in the meantime, I know that my Judeo-Christian beliefs are shaped more by my upbringing than by me having a hammerlock on reality. I know little, maybe nothing. But life was created. that much is certain. Call her God or whatever, but we are created. And there is a huge human urge to understand and communicate with this Creator.
2007-09-28 10:03:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Flawed in one place, Magley
#2 - Believe, not in the absence of evidence but, IN THE ABSENCE OF PROOF; and it is not "especially noble" -- it is the ONLY way
2007-09-28 05:39:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I only agree with the first one. In order to believe in God, a person must WANT to believe. If they don't want to believe, then no amount of evidence will be good enough for them.
2007-09-28 05:22:05 · answer #4 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You are trying too hard.
Relax. Meditate. Think about where we were as a society. think about where are. Now project, way out into the future as to where we may be if we had "forever" to get there. Would that be a perfect world? Let us give society credit and say that it would. Could society reach that level without guidance and experiencing life to learn? What would we need to do to merit belonging in that society? Would everyone fit in?
The only guide (in our imperfect world) that I can see helping us to approach the state necessary to fit in, is the bible and its teachings.
2007-09-28 06:12:41 · answer #5 · answered by len b 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your wrong about one thing. There is plenty of evidence.
2007-09-28 05:21:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Are you that bored with life?
2007-09-28 05:22:14 · answer #7 · answered by cheir 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋