I'm an Atheist. I don't have anything at all against religious people. (in my opinion, religion is a good thing even if i don't believe it (i'm not one of those anti-religion atheists)) I was just curious as to why people would believe in something that they can't prove exists.
2007-12-05 07:49:10 · 15 answers · asked by ~*SnowBear*~ 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
to keep YOU curious!
2007-12-09 07:45:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, first of all, the existence of God can be proved -- like Aquinas' 5 proofs.
But there are numerous reasons to believe in God …
- Universal morality written on the hearts of man (10 commandments). Not possible without a God and a rational metaphysical soul.
- Historical witness of Jesus' resurrection and countless miracles (healing the blind, crippled, deaf, even raised a couple of people from the dead).
- Philosophical proofs for God like Aquinas.
- Scientifically we can ascertain that the universe has a finite past. This points to a creation.
- Personal transformation and effect of peoples lives by God.
- Evidence of design in the universe. Things exist in our world that only the physical forces of nature -- laws of chemistry/physics + chance cannot and do not produce.
- Free Will. Morality would make no sense without a free will. Nor would punishment or rewards. Free will is not possible without a God created metaphysical soul.
On free will.
If we don't have a rational soul with a free will, and God doesn't exist, then the universe and humans would just be a product of chance, and therefore all human thoughts would be just a product of chance. If all human thoughts are just a product of chance, what basis is there for any rationality? None. There would be no such thing as freedom or freedom of thought. Everything we type on these pages would just be the product of some random assemblage of atoms bouncing around in our heads. If you throw a rational ordered God created universe into the fire, and deny that humans have a rational soul (God created), then the very basis for your very own rationality goes with it.
2007-12-05 16:18:07 · answer #2 · answered by Larry K 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First of all, I can't believe in the inplausible theory that the universe came into existance without God.
Unbelievers are actually "believers" in a wild religion of "science" that says single celled creatures evolved into people, and nothing evolved into something. Have you ever seen that happen?
Doubters say they don't see God, so they don't believe in the Creator, but they believe in germs they don't see, and the power of evolution to turn nothning into everything with a big bang they can never ever prove (nor even explain).
Jesus performed many miracles in public, even angering the leaders of the synagogue by doing it on the Sabbath!
He healed the blind and crippled, calmed the stormy sea, fed a multitude with one lad's little meal, and even raised Lazurus from the dead!
Jesus rose from the grave, as He said He would, and His empty tomb is there for all to see!!!
And yet you ask how I believe in God???
The question is, how can you doubt???
2007-12-05 16:09:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
People who are sensitive spiritually, no there exists a unifying spiritual force that holdes the universe together as one. They know inside themselves they have a spirit, that they can draw extra reserve in an emergency. And they know that their spirit is not totally seperated from other spirits, that a uniting spirit soes exist holding us all together as one to various degrees. We live in a prosperous, materialistic age, with a lot of indulging, and a lot of people have been insulated from the really bad times. Science is dominant in a lot of people's lives. The spiritual is more important during hard times, when the rigid answers of science, are just plain not enough. God, as defined by traditional religions, does not do that well. But we still need a spiritual force that makes some sense out of the universe, and act as a unifying spiritual force to some degee.
2007-12-05 16:07:48 · answer #4 · answered by astrogoodwin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There isn't evidence that says that God doesn't exist. I'm not religious. Believing in God does give some people some hope and comfort. It lifts a burden. It doesn't bother me. It might be a good thing since they have someone to report to essentially.
Edit: Of course a conscience should do that.
2007-12-05 16:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by Unsub29 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called faith. What if you choose not to believe and it turns out there is a God and Jesus. You would be in big trouble.
I would rather believe and not take that chance.
I would love to go to heaven and see my mom and dad again. With my wife and son by my side that would be wonderful. I can't think of anything better. I'm sorry I just can't believe that a big bang started it all. There's too much detail in life to be just by chance.
2007-12-05 16:04:27 · answer #6 · answered by Old School 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I will explain why I think people believe in God..
That the only thing you can connect with, within your own mind, is your heart and feelings. There is nothing else? Is there - truly. And so religious people who are conditioned to believe and connect with God, connect with their own spirit -- believing this is God.
If you pray directly to God - God does not answer...
The correct answer is that there is 'the Creation' which is the life force of the universe in every living thing. This is along the lines of "God is the universe" idea, which aliens/ETs believe in. And we are of course part of this. A process.
As to a single addressable entity (who did not create everything else - a theory which does not explain itself - who created God the creator?) No.
The fact that religious people are being lied to all the time, and they have accepted the lie (becoming part of it) is the hardest thing for religious people to accept -and the evidence is all around us, that this is the case.
That one's imagination is a most powerful thing.
2007-12-05 15:59:07 · answer #7 · answered by TruthBox 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
It gives them something to hope for and takes the burden off of themselves to be the sole factor in how thier lives turn out.
Believing in God is quite convenient, if I wasnt cursed with a rational mind, I would believe too, but I jsut cant bring myself to ignore my better judgment
2007-12-05 15:55:49 · answer #8 · answered by Snarf 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Look up the words 'belief' and 'faith' in the dictionary. You belive just as strongly in something you 'can't prove.' You're no different, only in what you choose to believe in.
2007-12-05 16:19:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps it has been proven to them, even though the same has not been done to you? As it is, you can't prove that he doesn't exist, they can't prove he does, so you are both relying on your own belief and/or faith.
2007-12-05 18:10:22 · answer #10 · answered by czekoskwigel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try and be more specific, I believe in God but nothing similar to any of those you would have heard of in religion.
I can see, touch, smell, hear and taste my God.
It is real.
2007-12-05 15:54:41 · answer #11 · answered by Link strikes back 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋