Is God real or just a fictional charactor made up?
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God. (cheating) This explanation is what everyone eventually resorts to when the other answers fail. Now, before I go any further, I should make clear that I'm not talking about any of the gods defined in various religions. Throughout all of human history, we've been trying to explain existence. But nobody has ever succeeded. And it's likely that nobody ever will. So we create the concept of God, whose only necessary property is being "that which explains existence." \n\nThis doesn't tell us much about god, though. It doesn't mean that any particular religion is correct. It merely defines god as something which answers The Question, because we have not been able to.
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no but by faith he is real
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a straight answer? God wasn't created. He has just always been (existed). He is the author of all life, so He can't be created by anthing else.
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nowhere, he's not real, he's make believe because people need something to believe in, if he was real there would only be one god and one religion, but there ain't so he can't be real
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noone "created" god he has alwayz been in existence.
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i think there might be a god, but i'm not sure. i don't think a god would be as judegmental as christians make him out to be. what would really make me a believer would have to be a personal experience of some kind.
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Indeed there is a God. Let's face it, something cannot come from nothing.
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God exists. His existence is a fact. \n\nIf the Gospel is simply fiction then it would be terrible terrible for us all...
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duh\n\n\ncause he is real
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The God you are talking about is pure fiction so it doesn't matter.\n\nLove and blessings Don
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fiction but he seems real
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I don't believe that any god is real.\n\nAnd to those who reply that it is a choice:  Sorry, but it isn't.  Either you are convinced or you are not convinced.  You can no sooner choose to believe that a god exists than you can choose to really, deep down, believe that the moon is made of green cheese.  Try it sometime.\n\nAnd to those who reply that they believe because of their feelings:  Sorry, but feeling something does not make it real.  If you really want to believe something is real, you will feel it is real, and that goes for anything.  Emotions don't affect reality.  Things are not true just because you want them to be true.\n\nAnd to those who reply that they believe because of miracles or prayers being answered:  Sorry, but attributing things that happen in your life to a god doesn't make that god real.  When people want something to be real, they will look for evidence or manufacture evidence for it being real.  They may not even realize they are doing this.\n\nAnd yes, belief in a god can be used as a crutch to improve your life.  That doesn't make it anything more than a crutch.
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I would say..."Well to some people God really does exist but to some people he just a myth made by people and some people believe in the devil so it all depends whether you believe in God!"
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There is no "actual" proof of there really being a god. People are just so fixated on "god" that people in turn believe that he and/or she is real.
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Love the question.\n\nGot me thinking and this is what I've come up with:\n\nBecause it cannot be proved without a doubt that God actually exists (if it could be, it would probably be illegal to not be a Christian), to say "God speaks to me" is the equivalent of "I saw a real life dragon yesterday! It lives in my cupboard!"\n\nWhile both statements COULD be true, the essential fact of the matter is that if these kind of people are running around town screaming that God is speaking to them, they WILL cause mass panic and hysteria in their community.\n\nIn general, they are locked up in loony bins to be safe.\n\nSecond, Jealousy. "Why would God speak to that nutjob? I'm a better person than him-he MUST be crazy."\n\nThird, punishment for such claims used to be jail for being a heretic. I think a padded room is much better.
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Yea, He is real if you believe in him. If not, you'll know him when you're in hell.. Hope not to see you there! Keep rockin'!
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Dear Ckay,\n\nI used to be an atheist. Over the years I have grown to be convinced that the Christian God is real.\n\nIf you are interested in evidence for the existence of God, see\nhttp://www.godsci.org/gs/godsci/evidence.htm\n\nAnd if you are interested in the truth of Jesus Christ, see\nhttp://www.godsci.org/gs/chri/jesus.htm\n\nCordially,\nJohn