2007-12-06 11:23:33 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yes i do but i will not waste anymore time giving you logic that you will reject
2007-12-06 11:27:05 · answer #1 · answered by Thumbs down me now 6 · 5⤊ 4⤋
Yes, I do, but it would take too long to go into it all here. People have written many books on logical definitions of theism and/or Christianity, so it would be difficult to go into detail.
A (very) short answer: 1. It answers the question 'Why is there something, rather than nothing? i have read lots of philosophers, and I have not so far discovered another answer that is actually an answer. It is also supported by the fact that in recent years, books have been published by physicists that put across the idea that the existence of a creator is a possible, even probable answer to this question.
2. To believe that God is love (i.e. that love is what defines God) is the only logical reason for God creating anything at all. If God's nature is something else, being completely self-sufficient, why create unless by a desire to give?
3.The gospels are reliable historical documents by any standard tests for such; the character of Jesus is completely consistent with Him being God; and the actions and behaviour of his followers completely consistent in their belief that it was true. Also, people have written books following their exploration of the historical accracy of the Gospels leadingto their becoming Christians. If they were clearly unreliable documents, I cannot see how anyone would have come to this conclusion, nor how these books would have made sense in themselves.
4. i know God.
2007-12-06 11:52:45 · answer #2 · answered by neil 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Honestly, probably not. I have logical reasons for applying my religion's values to my life, but I can't provide a basis for my belief in God that is purely logical.
2007-12-06 11:30:36 · answer #3 · answered by ◦Delylah◦ 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's logical. Otherwise I would not have anything to do with it.
It's kinda like this (it's very hard to explain):
It starts out as a blind faith. Then, as you walk with God, He teaches you stuff. Now that you have understanding and you realize that there is so much more to life than just dying, it takes more faith to deny what you know to be true than to accept what you now have learned.
2007-12-06 11:38:23 · answer #4 · answered by mattio75 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Foresite2020, by the same "logic", Charles Manson is divine too. Neil, though I don't agree with that second point, thank you for at least trying to share your logic with others instead of the "atheists are just blind" crap.
2007-12-06 15:04:52 · answer #5 · answered by Keyring 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can find what I consider a biblical, logical basis for all my beliefs.
2007-12-06 11:37:42 · answer #6 · answered by paula r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My faith in Jesus Christ is beyond logic and human feeling, at the spiritual divine level of a God we do not yet fully understand. And He doesn't expect us to know everything He knows, for He is beyond our comprehension.
"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen." -- Romans 11:33-36
It is when the Holy Spirit is beckoned through repentance, to indwell at the seat of our souls, that glimpses of His wisdom are revealed to us. There is no human metric tool to measure how this knowledge is received. It can only be through divine means, the Holy Ghost, that I can only testify to.
2007-12-06 11:46:02 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. G™ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Religion is Man searching for God.
Christianity is God searching for Man.
God chose me when I was 12. :)
Click the Link for the Good News.
2007-12-06 11:45:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
here's one logical basis:
11 of the 12 disciples of Jesus were eventually martyred after his ascension to spread his teachings (proven by history, not just the bible). The 12th, being the youngest, was asked by Jesus to take care of his mother Mary. If Jesus did not rise from the dead like he predicted, why would the disciples go preaching around to die for him?
2007-12-06 11:28:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I know God exists because the bible says so.
I know The bible is God's word because God says so.
Is that prize-winning logic?
2007-12-06 12:06:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe because the eyewitness testimony of Jesus life, ministry and miracles recorded in the gospels is convincing to me. Read them for yourself and see if they're convincing to you.
2007-12-06 12:03:40 · answer #11 · answered by Steve Amato 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋