Christians: How Can One Legitimately Go From "I Believe" to "There is"?

Answer 1

Easy, if you take an incorporeal property, (eg. Unicorns, ghosts, UFO's or Bigfoot) you can make up anything you want about that property as long as you stay within a few parameters.

This is because you can't physically examine an incorporeal property they way you can a corporeal (physical) one.

Same thing works for God.

Answer 2

"Real" things that happen and are now happening can't be documented by the physical senses. But when understanding engulfs belief, then there is no turning back. To those who have not yet had even a little of this change within, the words represent nonsense. When events and circumstances are changed, and right thoughts are encountered, doubt disappears.

Answer 3

Faith:is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld.” (Heb. 11:1) True faith is not credulity, that is, a readiness to believe something without sound evidence or just because a person wants it to be so. Genuine faith requires basic or fundamental knowledge, acquaintance with evidence, as well as heartfelt appreciation of what that evidence indicates. Thus, although it is impossible to have real faith without accurate knowledge, the Bible says that it is “with the heart” that one exercises faith.—Rom. 10:10.

Answer 4

I understand that it is a confounding perplexity of life but the bottom line is
"There is" seems to be the best fully encompasing reality in all of existence. "There is" is the only holy entity that is truly worth worshiping. Therefore, once a true Christian realizes this then it is not difficult at all to go from "I believe" to "There is."

Answer 5

I presume you are referring to the existence of God.

The existence or non-existence of God cannot be proved or disproved scientifically. At best we can cite certain scientific laws and theories (big bang, second law of thermodynamics, DNA etc.), which indicate the existence of God. There can be no scientific proof, simply because God is not physical or material. He is spiritual and infinite.

But if we broaden our notion of science to include knowledge of things that we get from observing their effects on other things, then God can be known from science.

It is a doctrine of the Church that faith does not come to us through reason alone, but by the grace of God. If a person opposes even the possibility of God's existence, then any arguments or evidence can be rationalized away.

I believe in a personal God from personal experience. It is like faith, hope and love. We know they are true but we cannot prove them concretely. It is the same thing with God. I feel his presence in the situations and circumstances I find myself in. That's how God communicates to me. I also know God loves me through the blessings (in the form of opportunities) he gives me. That's how I know God exists. I don’t need any concrete proof.

Open you heart, mind, and soul to God’s grace and you too will find Him.

Answer 6

Now I "believe". And I had prayed for a miracle. If my prayer is answered I`ll say "there is"
On almost every Sunday in Logos church , people stand witness to "cure of cancers" , " getting jobs" and "Jesus appearing in dreams"

Answer 7

In grim hope !!!! No-one has ever come back to tell us their is !!! I'm a non-practising christian.... & I was always taught to have hope in something.... If their is any type of god, how come we never heard of him when he was at school age ???? I think he would of been one of the most popular kids at school, don't you think !!! I have Hope, not a belief....
I hope their is a heaven ...

Answer 8

That is the great leap of faith.
The more common term is conversion.

Answer 9

Subjectivism. Though it only means you really go from "I believe..." to "There is FOR ME.......", which amounts to pretty much the same thing.

Answer 10

If I understood your question , I would be happy to answer it.