Is there a God?

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Is there a God?

ohshee · Accepted Answer

I can't tell you yes or no. I will tell you this , I believe in God, I have never read the bible but for some reason I know things that are in thete,, there's a lot of people who say they don't believe in God because they say he wouldn't let people starve or he wouldn't let bad things happen. My belief is this God gave us a gift all of us every single one of us a gift I'm not sure but I believe that the Bible tells us who to be how to be. Common Sense tells us how to be, who to be. When we are born we are all given a gift that gift is more powerful than the word love talk. And that gift is choice every single thing we do from the moment we wake up till we go to sleep we make choices we get your pic we want to be in life by the things we say and do.
Have you ever heard of cause and effect. I don't know about you but if I was starving I would get food I would go to work I don't care where I had to go I would go so I can eat so my family could eat it is a choice and when you let yourself go so far it's not your choice anymore because you have no more energy no more power people killing people that's People's Choice that's not God's choice I believe that the Bible is full of examples
With choice you get
God devil wrong right. Yes no. Love hate. Positive negative. Right left. Good bad. And 500 more examples
Whatever choice you make in life it's one of the other. I'm not sure but I think the Bible says you have to have faith
You knew everything about our body and what it does every single day you would be totally amazed I mean we have two hearts we have two brains we are made of energy everything on this planet that is living is made of energy no in time if we just evolved or something we could not be built any more perfect ER every living thing ties together every choice we make affects somebody else you're going to hear a lot of people say that they don't believe in God that's their choice do you have a reason that's okay for me I believe in God and I have a reason I don't go to church because I don't like a man standing up in front of me tells me he just read a paragraph in the Bible and he tries to tell me what it means or what he believed it means and that I need to believe him I cannot do that so what I can do is I could read that paragraph and I could determine for myself what it means too many preachers stand up it's okay if you don't believe in this year if you don't believe in that you're going to hell boat he's not my God so I don't believe him it's not that he's right or wrong because I don't believe in somebody telling me something that I can find it out myself just because he sees it was way doesn't mean it's that way so all I can say is you have the choice to believe or not to believe for me I believe with all my heart

nightdrot · Accepted Answer

As G. K. Chesterton wrote, “It is absurd for the Evolutionist to complain that it is unthinkable for an admittedly unthinkable God to make everything out of nothing, and then pretend that it is more thinkable that nothing should turn itself into everything.”

The paradox is that the atheist is as extreme in his way as is the religious fanatic. Because the atheist sees evil in the world, he jumps to the conclusion that there must therefore be no God.

This presents two problems. First, if there is nothing but the impersonal forces of nature and the laws of physics, then there is no free will. Every thought, every action is predetermined by the intermix of molecular and physical reactions. Nothing can be other than what it is.

The problem then becomes that your belief that God does not exist is then also a simple biochemical molecular reaction. You came to the only conclusion that your physiological structure predetermined you would.

However, if that is true, then your conclusion is no more valid than the opposite conclusion. It was simply the luck of the draw of your brain's electro-chemical reactions and you end up in an intellectual hall of mirrors.

In that connection, atheism tends to premised on a rejection of the idea of God in the absence of proof of His benevolence. This leaves the atheist effectively rejecting only one vision of God - namely the Judeo-Christian version. In truth, there are other conceptions of God. (For example, the ancient Greeks believed that the gods were arbitrary and capricious.)

The second point is that if everything in the universe must have a beginning, then logically something must stand outside the universe to start the universe itself. Chesterton's point stands and is a reflection of Aquinas' view of God as the first cause of all things.

The funny part is that the atheist argues that the universe is more complex than religion. Yet their own explanation is, itself, an oversimplification. Order does not spontaneously come from chaos without something outside itself to impose order. Similarly, if all things existing must start, then something must exist outside of it to start it.

Yet the atheist's problem remains. That the order of existence came from chaos absent something to give it order. It just happened - with the caveat that we don't know how - but it happened within existence because existence is all there is.

That is a presumption - and a problem - for atheism.

hi_it_is_me123 · Accepted Answer

If yes, then it is a sadist. Why would it create ton of useless creatures to make them suffer on earth and punish them in hell if they dont believe in it? That is literally what a sadist would do. A rapist can still go to heaven after it's punishment in hell but a good non believer would not. So a rapist is still better than a normal non believer who did not hurt anyone according to this logic. Many religions are also very sexist.

Arcreactor81 · Accepted Answer

Well it differs from person to person
Certain people are atheists, so god does not exist for them.
Religious folk strongly believe in this stuff.
Some believe that it's not god, but some strong and supernatural force
Some think it's a group of forces
Some may say it's all an illusion created to distract humans from aliens

As for your question, I don't know. Is there?

Anonymous · Answer

Romans 1: 18 - 32
18. The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of people, who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 19. since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 20. For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.

21. For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22. Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 23. and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

24. Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

26. Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28. Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29. They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30. slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31. they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32. Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.

invalid1 · Answer

in my young age although I was born a Muslim and supposedly I should inherit my belief without thinking, instead I was so curious. So I wandered to learn about all theologies, faiths, religions,.. etc. in search of God.
I have also been so fond of science because of the technologies around me.
At the end of it, I realised that I was searching for certainity and NOT belief.
Eventually I came to the conclusion that the closest view about God to scientific truth is that in spirituality. Basically in philosophical Sufism they look at God as "awareness /love". And it's very rational if you think of it, no matter what is your religion you can view it from this perspective. Personally I find it very hard not to believe in God.
And if someone is asking my advice, it would be "believe in God rationally", the best thing that can help you is a book written and is translated to many languages by Elif Safaq and it's called "The 40 Rules of Love"
I don't like to market books, but it helped me a great deal to understand the world around me without giving up faith in God. Still though I suffered great deal as a mellinial from this whole belief thing ugh 😅.

SeryCoola · Answer

A God - probably. The God - NO.

I think the closest representation of God would be the idea of the force that holds the universe in place and the thing that created the basic rules of our universe, as in gravity, and the attraction of molecules that started this whole mess.

But besides this, God is a purely made up concept to give humans throughout the years a thing to believe in, so that they will learn to become more human and less animals, as in to stop killing each other for the fun of it, and to be able to create a basic set of rules so that we could become a society. If one thing has helped us learn throughout the ages is fear. And by making people fear of an almighty creature that will punish them, we managed to educate the humanity.

And also, in the prehistoric days, people used to worship the fire, because they didn't understand it and when something caught on fire it looked like a divine force made that happen (bonus points for lightning during thunderstorms).

Also, if I am not wrong, I thing God is also a word that in some language meant something along the lines of "the one who we obey", which proves my point that this is just a concept to bring people together and to make them better humans. Of course, many wars started because of the many gods different communities created, but that is not the point of this.

Aethereal · Answer

I think there is a non-zero chance that one or more entities in this universe that could be considered "god-like" exist (s). I am however quite certain that none of the gods worshiped on earth exist, or at least none of them are actually as described by their followers.

But I think faith is a personal matter. There is no harm in believing in a god if that helps one live a good, happy life. It only becomes a problem when one starts insisting that everyone else share in their belief, and are prepared to harm others over it.

abc3643 · Answer

There was, but he died in August 1995.

"I don't know why people compare Jerry Garcia to God. I mean, he's great and all, but he's no Jerry Garcia."

SERIOUSLY? DOES ANYONE ELSE LOOK MORE GOD-LIKE THAN JERRY?

Anonymous · Answer

No one knows for sure. For many people the mere idea of there not being a god gives them a sense of existential dread so deep that they are incapable of entertaining the idea. They go so far as to say atheism is impossible.

For other people, the idea is clearly a bronze age superstition to comfort those afraid of dying, and probably emerged as a wise mans idea to make stronger stupider leaders follow good ideas.

"Hey Tharg! Don't fuck your daughter!"
"Why not?"
"Big invisible man in the sky will punish you."

Pj1981 · Answer

I think there is. Even if you take away the Christian religion and focus on the science. In the beginning when it was only single cell organisms. The odds of the right single cell organisms finding each other to create multiple cell organisms creating living creatures are virtually impossible without some divine intervention. Plus when I used to pray every day strangely enough I got everything I prayed for. I wasn't praying for unrealistic things though. Also I should have been dead many times over, I should have been in prison for life, I should have caught diseases for carelessness. No matter how bad I have made my life it should have been worse but something has protected me and I'd say it's god

Kaneki05 · Answer

Yes, god made us to eat plants and animals, then created animals to eat other animals then created plants to eat insects or just get there energy from the sun. He created lot's of things that can live by eating something living which will then cause the other living thing to suffer. Rather than just make us all get energy from the sun and no need for violence.
But sure god exists the same one preaching to get rid of violence yep that makes sense.

Also hawkings explains through his research of black holes that god cannot exist or well it just wouldn't matter even if he did. Because black holes prove something can exist without a cause. Therefore no need for a creator.

MarkRet · Answer

I believe God exists, but he is in a dimension that we can't fathom. It's like an insect being looked at by a man with a magnifying glass. The insect might think there is 'something' there, but doesn't know how to comprehend what it is. The man could feed the insect, ignore the insect, or stomp it out of existence. The insect also can't comprehend what continent it's on, or that 75% of the Earth is covered in water. That's kind of where we are with God. It's a matter of faith that God looks after us, and cares about us. According to passages in the Bible, God really does love us, even if we do dumb things that annoy him.

Anonymous · Answer

There have been hundreds and hundreds of them throughout history. Humans have been creating gods for millennia and there are still dozens of them that are actively worshiped by humans around the globe, so you have many to choose from if you are looking for one to fir your needs.

I just wish one of them would come out and say he is the real one. You know, show is face and say "hey, I'm real and I'm here". I think that would go a long toward developing faith.

Of course, then he would have to explain himself, cos there is a lot of shit in this world to account for. I'd really like to hear him explain all the pain and misery he has created. I mean, I'm sure he has his reasons for it, I just would like to know what they are.

JustSomeDude400 · Answer

Yes. There without a doubt is one. Actually, there could be many deities but only the god of the bible and Jesus are the best things to believe in. I confess that Jesus can forgive and pardon sin so that you can get on with being happy, not die in sin, and be healed spiritually. He can give you a newness of mind too! Restore your conscience and heal your path and erase transgressions! God sent his son, Jesus, so that he can do that for you and ANYONE who believes. To me now, I do not rely on my own righteousness and compare myself to others anymore. that used to get me depressed. Nor see any of my former transgression. Bible prophecy is happening all the time as we speak. Although school got infiltrated with people that are clearly foolish with all unrighteousness, they seem to be more disobedient in their teaching and laugh at themselves, get depressed and spew hatred and venom in the classroom. There are false teachers in this life and truthful teaching in this life...

rcljr · Answer

While I believe there is a superior being or beings, I don’t think of it/ them as a God or Gods in the sense of religiosity, more like technologically advanced alien life forms. To me, organized religion is a sham, a crutch for the weak minded, a device for controlling people and making them fearful. I realized this when I lived in Central Texas. An Army vet started up a church and in order to apply to be a member you had to submit your financials and ok a credit check, sign an agreement to turn over 30% of your income directly to the church. I pondered that after I told them to go fuck themselves with a cactus and realized it’s the same with every organized religion, only some aren’t so brazen about taking your money.

Anonymous · Answer

I suggest you carefully read Chapters 5, 6, and 7 of the Gospel of Matthew. This is the heart and soul of Jesus' teachings. Consider his emphasis on how we treat each other, our families, friends, strangers and even our enemies. In 5:23 he says not to consider God until you have reconciled with your brother. Overall it seems to me that our first concern is not God but how we treat each other - with love, compassion, forgiveness. It is a big ask but it is what Jesus teaches. God wants peace on earth more than She wants hymns and prayers. Don't worry about God. Worry about me (and everyone else).

forthright · Answer

The rational will simply say that they don't know. And that's because we really don't have enough evidence to produce undeniably true conclusions for or against the existence of God. We're simply too limited right now. So, I believe that trying to figure it out is a futile endeavor unless it's through science. That is the only way we understand the physical world. Not through our imagination based on biased &/or incorrect wishes.

ThisAndThat · Answer

Ask yourself these questions.

If God doesn't exist, how is it that the Prophecy written thousands of years ago just as it is written unfolding before right before our very eyes with absolute pinpoint accuracy? That alone should give you the answer. Next question. Are you saved?

Scotte1us · Answer

Good question! but its not debatable , first of all its each individuals belief different, and whatever you think it is your choice to believe in God, my advice to you its good to believe in God. We call God because everything we see could not come from nothing, even if you say we were just created by mixture of atom cells, then how about universe? If god did not created us he still exist to have universe , and we are part of it. But I believe there is a god because when you cry , tears come down right can you explain how and why? There are many questions can not be answered thats why we call it God.

Mia-Wallace · Answer

Depends.

A personal god? Probably not. At least, not in my opinion.
Spinoza's impersonal "god" (if you can call his idea of substance, god)? Maybe, maybe not.

Generally speaking, first you have to establish your metaphysical beliefs and then define the word god within its context. God is not defined exactly the same way in different religions and philosophical views.

SupremeWarlord · Answer

If we include even the probability of the existence of a God who isn't associated with any known religion, then there's even a chance that we will never know, think of it this way, this God can exist and be outside the universe, and never actually reveal Himself to us, not on this life, not on whatever happens next, if there's any next. He can exist without ever revealing Himself, perhaps He finds it amusing seeing us discussing whether He exists or not.

Bjornasey · Answer

If there is a god then most likely a couple handful of people might make it out of billions, that is because we're all worshipping the wrong god or doing something bad that is angering that deity. Do I think there is a god? No there is no "god", that is not possible, but there can be a lesser god, a fake god or a demi-god.

tropicalbreeze · Answer

I'd be surprised if there was nothing. It's like how I sometimes wonder to myself almost smilingly if an illuminati still runs the world or or if any type of illuminati runs the world. So you know
... maybe it's all better left unknown and open to open-ended.

Anonymous · Answer

There absolutely is a God. Even if we’re just evolved from space dust and ended up evolving into human beings, why are we the only creatures that question how we came into existence and even consider that it was part of some design. Why do we even value life itself if we are just some carbon particles that happened to form into existence?

najekim · Answer

Only if you want to believe man-made personifications of supernatural deities created so a few (AKA the clergy) can have absolute control over everyone else, then yes.

Now, if you haven't drank the Kool-Aid of religious dogma and have taken off the rose-colored glasses that dogma makes a follower wear, then one can discover that the actual supreme power in the universe is nature.

genericname85 · Answer

We don't know. I tend not assume as true that which has no verifiable evidence for it. So from that standard, I say god does not exist untill proven otherwise. That's what I do to everything in life. I don't care for imaginary possibilty. I care for what is factual and real.

LinkxPeach · Answer

If this about evil, and suffering going on in some other countries, and some other continents. You got Lilith, and the Devil to blame. Lilith is a monster which makes her the mother of monsters. The Devil is being evil towards foreigners to keep some of them away from God, and give them the idea that God isn’t real.

ArtieWhitefox · Answer

Yes. God made all that is, without charging us anything for it. That mind needs to be in our mind. All are connected one to another. Free cannot exist when money exists. Free existed on this continent untill people with money came, destroying the continent.

wtf636 · Answer

Not an old white guy with a beard in the sky, but I'm sure there is some form of God out there.

More than likely a civilization not unlike our own that advanced to the degree that they appear to be gods.

onahole-san · Answer

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

There is no god. There is no afterlife. No punishment or karma, divine justice, etc. Enjoy your life without fear.

Youdumbeotch · Answer

I believe there is and I believe I had some received word twice from God in my life.

“Son of David” and “exalted”

Being a believer but with no biblical knowledge I had to literally look these terms up.

And no I didn’t hear voices lol, it was more of a subconscious visual image/ understanding without hearing an inner voice

menina · Answer

Some people believe there is and others don't. The truth is that no one knows for sure.

electromagnetic · Answer

Yes there is. I just don’t think he meddles in the affairs of men.

Hulk30 · Answer

im not here to argue and rape others into my views on that but i think so that's really for ya to choose not me i have no problem with other groups and cultures havin God in their image my problem with religion is that i dont think it benefits everyone and therefore was designed to control others which is why i embrace God from a spiritual perspective

HayleySmith · Answer

I believe there's a positive and negative energy around. And we give face nd body to such energy nd pray to them because it helps us believe and it boosts our faith.

Ms_Vanderquack · Answer

There's no logical reason to think any such entity exists.

jshm2 · Answer

Yes. But a fish has no understanding of water.  Don't just be a fish, kiddo.

dreamstar72 · Answer

Yes there is a God, but I think earth was his first creation and he realized he messed up, so he left us to fend for ourselves.
So he created other worlds until he got right.
The Bible does not say that we are alone in the universe.

Jersey2 · Answer

Yes, I believe so after a lifetime of experiences. If not, nothing really matters, even believing or not believing, it just doesn’t matter.

Bram852OOO · Answer

Their could be but also can not, you can never be sure that something doesn't exist. But if he does, i dont think you need to think about him as a person or as written down in the Bibel.

Seinna · Answer

Yes, absolutely :) His name is YHWH, Jesus and Holy Spirit.

ObscuredBeyond · Answer

If you walk out into a busy freeway and say the semi truck isn't real, it'll hit you all the same.

MrKinktastic · Answer

A transcendent entity which I often call god for simplicities sake yes. It’s you, it’s me, it’s all of us and everything.

backblueblack22 · Answer

I rather live my life believing there is one and then die to find out there isn’t than vice versa.

_no_one_ · Answer

yes, it's me.

Asianguy123 · Answer

Yes I always believe it and he spoke to me once. I was cured from diseased too by casting demon out in the name of Jesus. People say why God is silence but in my case he is always nagging at me constantly whatever I do.

goaded · Answer

Evidence for God: None. Evidence for people (and animals) lying to gain advantage: Unlimited.

jimmy2 · Answer

Yes there is and his name is Jesus. Yhe only one who died on the Cross for our sins, raise to life and arose into Heaven. Those who received Jesus by Faith is given the Holy Spirits that nakes the difference in life

ThatNoUVAtYourEyes · Answer

I'd share an opinion. But after what Germans just did to me, at least claiming American leadership behind it - I won't. Not until I get paid for it.

Hanmakev · Answer

Yes there is and he is an asshole why else would he create so many assholes

Slotbot · Answer

I AM GOD.  Of my existence. Just as u are urs.

bigslab · Answer

What you reckon?

HaveNoName · Answer

That is for YOU to seek and find out yourself. No need to ask others.

misterCage4 · Answer

Yes. Or else I would believe that the universe came from nothing, which doesn't make sense.

The_Outlaw · Answer

I don't know. I guess we'll all find out when we transcend from this world into the next.

Hispanic-Cool-Guy · Answer

It's obvious. Just use the brain He gave humans to think.

No_biryani · Answer

Must be, we survived Donald

Rachelspiks · Answer

No, there isn't. Next question!

Skyros · Answer

Of course, just look around you. Man didn’t create the seasons, trees, sky, etc.

Anonymous · Answer

YES CHRIST GOD IS ABOVE THE DOME  HE IS NOT FAR AWAY

Bluemax · Answer

I don't believe there is. But I could be wrong.

Paris13 · Answer

OUR FATHER. xxoo

Agape93 · Answer

There are thousands of them

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