Why do you believe God is real?

[Anonymous]

[Jessica405]

No. Any god or goddess is a myth. Religion was invented by humans because they were scared of their own mortality. They needed something to cling onto to satisfy their hope of an afterlife. They could not accept that once you die, you cease to exist.

There is no logic in their being a superior being that created the earth. We exist as a quirk of particle physics. Eventually, the universe will have expanded so much, all energy will be so dissipated that no life can exist. Pointless for a god to exist when that is our destiny!

[TheSpaceGnome]

Half of what you said is true, the heat death of the universe though isn't, that was also a myth based on older ideas. the universe is infinite in size and age and will always exist, because matter can't be created or destroyed, only transformed.

[TheSpaceGnome]

www.sci-news.com/.../...e-not-expanding-01940.html

[Jessica405]

@TheSpaceGnome This is wrong. Take it or leave it.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Prove it.

[Jessica405]

@TheSpaceGnome I don't have to prove other people's work. Look at other evidence yourself. Unless you want to remain deluded about science.

[TheSpaceGnome]

There isn't any evidence supporting the expansion into a heat death, nor is there any that the universe is finite.

[Lizzy_Ellie]

I believe God is real bc You can see him in Everyrhing. If you think about how things work that proves God's existence. Like how a tree can grw from a seed, or a baby can grow from an egg. So many things prove God's existence. Also we are naturally born to know that there is a Higher Power, God. In Romans 1 it talks about how people can clearly see God's existence so everyone that rejects and denies His existence is Without excuse

[TheSpaceGnome]

Thats not how evidence works.

[Lizzy_Ellie]

@TheSpaceGnome Yes it is. If you read the Bible you will see that God gave us proof to know His existence. If somoene won't believe from what God set b4 them to see that He exists then they will have a hard time believing any way God would show them

[CountessSarah]

OK, so there's 3 parts to this post, and I'll address each.

"I believe God is real bc You can see him in Everyrhing. If you think about how things work that proves God's existence. Like how a tree can grw from a seed, or a baby can grow from an egg."
This is pre-suppositional. You believe a god exists, so you work backwards to try and explain things with that pre-existing position.
As far as we can tell, there's no requirement for a god in order for trees to grow or reproduction to work. You have to be able to specifically demonstrate that god in order to make that assertion, which you haven't done.

"Also we are naturally born to know that there is a Higher Power, God."
There may well be something to the human condition that is naturally predisposed to believe in a god, but if we're correct in doing so... why don't all people believe in the /same/ god?
Instead what we see are cultures all over the world creating different gods and mythologies, and then some of those mythologies becoming intertwined as cultures met over time.

Similarly, it appears that people intuitively believe the earth to be flat, because to a single observer with no greater knowledge of space or gravity, it makes sense. Yet I doubt you would defend the flat earth for the same reasons as your god.
Consider that natural intuitions are fallible.

[CountessSarah]

"In Romans 1 it talks about how people can clearly see God's existence so everyone that rejects and denies His existence is Without excuse"
The bible predicts that people wouldn't believe it... Because it's dubious.
If I write in my post "Lizzy will doubt my post and either ignore it or try and make counterarguments" - Are you convinced that I'm now right because I had the amazing power to predict that you would disagree? No? Then why are you making a special exception for your book?
Predicting that not everyone will agree with you is not impressive.

Also, other holy books have similar claims - they too claim that non-believers are lying/stupid. Do you take those books predictions equally as seriously, or do you just dismiss them because they're not the bible?

[TheSpaceGnome]

I don't.
I define a god in the religous context as either the creator of everything, or an omnipotent being, or both.
Both omnipotence and a begining to the universe are impossible, and nothing is created, only transformed, so a god can't exist, because opposites and infinity exist.

[TheUniqueOne96]

I'm actually agnostic.

It makes more sense to me for there to be something out there, especially given how advanced the world is.

That being said, I'm still unsure and I understand that atheism is still a possibility and I'd much rather it be TBH.

[Oppressed_Leecher]

there is a higher power, a godhead.
a divine entity. every creation has a creator and every creator has a creator.
we might just be in an infinite godly mandelbrot where we all exist as gods, our own gods. your mind and soul is part of that infinite god.

[Iamcoming]

İf look at the universe and if learn the miracles Of Quran Everybody believe to Allah. For example The Quran says universe is expanding and science just discovered this. Not only this miracles. Quran has very much another miracleses

[Joshua0213]

No, I believe there is a higher power but no clue what or who.

[Anonymous]

You mean the Christian/Muslim/Jewish god?

[Öğrtmenadayı]

Because ı feel myself in safe

[Öğrtmenadayı]

But ı don't believe religions

[jahaims]

Nope.

[MrJMM]

Fuck no.

[jimmy2]

Becase He is