Why do so many people belive in God when...?
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None taken, it is an honest question. I agree with gratvol and would like to elaborate with a question. Where in the entire Jewish lineage, with all its copius notes, did the Torah move from actual people to storybook characters? Because the record is precise and repeated, then these were actual people that lived.\n\nThe simple fact that you even asked the question is your proof. Think about it. You have a physical machine called a body that is able to use its mind to ponder the question, relay visual information from a physical world of comparable low-tech computers through the optic nerve, into the brain, with the mind to comprehend the ramifications, then transfer that thought process to an incredibly complex systems of nerves, tendons, and touch to the fingers to type the letters. This then communicates a question of the soul. That soul is concerned for the existence of an eternal destiny beyond time and space--that there is a world beyond the physical world we see in the here and now. You are an incredible creation who has been given the free will choice to believe, or not believe. A being that can love, write poetry, paint or play works of incredible complexity and beauty. To smell, and taste, enjoy. \n\nThe existence of God as well as the Bible being the Word of God (hence the existance of Adam and Eve as well) can be proved through the vehicle of prophecy. To see the evidence of this, we must first establish the fact that God is a spirit who dwells outside of our physical time domain--that is, in eternity. In the Bible, God describes Himself in Isaiah 57:15,  \n\n"For thus says the High and Lofty One Who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: 'I dwell in the high and holy place, with him who has a contrite and humble spirit.'" \n\nIf God dwells in the realm of eternity as the Bible states, then He must be able to declare future events as if they had happened in the past. We who live in the physical restraints of time and space have the disadvantage of seeing the world according to a timeline. But God sees the past and the future as one complete picture. \n\n"Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure,'" Isaiah 46:9-10 \n\nSo through the vehicle of prophecy, God throws down the gauntlet to all the other "holy books" and all the other "gods" that dare to claim the title. The God of the Bible challenged in Isaiah 41:22-23, \n\n"Let them bring forth and show us what will happen; let them show the former things, what they were, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare to us things to come. Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; yes, do good or do evil, that we may be dismayed and see it together." \n\nOK, there is the challenge from the God of the Bible. No other book contains prophecy that has been fulfilled with accuracy. Some would say that others twist scripture interpretation to make prophecy "appear" to be fulfilled. A silly notion, seeing that so many of these prophecies (that were fulfilled to the letter) were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls--written many years before fulfillment. I have written one study based on one chapter in Daniel. In it can be found 16 in-depth prophecies regarding the rise of Alexander the Great and the subsequent rule of his generals afterward. I have paralleled the prophecy with the fulfillment from historic literature. You can find the study here http://tinyurl.com/lhwnb
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I think everyone worships something whether they believe in God or not.  Some people even worship the idea of not having a God because they have to tell everyone about it.  I do agree with your idea about weakness.  I think that people who are insecure about their beliefs tend to try to recruit people to believe the same thing so they don't feel alone.  Those who are secure about their own beliefs tend to keep quiet and go on with their lives.  They don't need to feel justified that their beliefs are okay since they have their own truth.
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I know several people who are scientists and believe in God.  Many of them see that there is more to the universe than can be explained by science.
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how can you beleive in a god when there is absolutely no proof no shred nothing at all to proof he exists except exerpts of him written in a book from a time when man still beleived the earth was flat??? what's to beleive anyways? that mary gave birth without having a male on top of her?...sorry...she was no virgin....that Noah built an ark and had all of the species on his boat for 40 days and 40 nights?....plus all the food to sustain them?....sh*t....we don't even have the technology to do that now....that Adam and Eve had children and then their children mated with each other and that they mated with their children in order to populate the world?...that god wasn't pleased with his creation of man?....that this almighty creator created a imperfect being?....like I said....what is there to believe?...oh...and to kingsroad....you are the one lying to yourself and everybody else if you think that....I did as a child....I am not going to lie about that....but I grew up and gained some wisdom....I studied the bible as well....it's full of bs....and it contradicts itself so many times throughout it how could you beleive seriously??....I find it ignorant that people do believe in god....and I don't lie because I have absolutely no reason to....don't sit there and tell people that everybody beleives in god because they don't.....you are the one lying
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Atheist like me don't believe in god for our own reasons. People who believe in god believe for their own reasons. There is no evidence to support or deny god.  Just believe in whatever you want and if  someone believes in something different just leave them alone.
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There would be nothing more discouraging than to be overwhelmed by the thought that there was no God, and we live for a short mortal life, and then death comes and is final.  It feels good to believe in God, because it gives man purpose, for without Him, there is no purpose or point.  With God, all things are possible, and thought wants to go there and stay for awhile (like eternally), because life on earth is not anyone's dream of paradise.
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I would and do believe in God.  \n\nIf in the end I was wrong, who cares?  \n\nIf someone does not believe and then finds God is real, whoops!
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People even have very different thoughts of what God is like. This can cause problems.\n\nMost Christians believe God is the Holy Trinity, three persons in one.\n\nJews and Moslems do not recognize this plurality. Some Moslems even think Christians are polytheistic.\n\nSome people including most agnostics believe God started the whole thing and now stands back and watches. Most Christians, Jews, and Moslems believe God is active in our world.\n\nSome people are so enthusiastic about God that these and other issues are big important things and cannot accept another person believing differently.
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I believe. People don't believe because they are caught up in skeptical evidence. They want a solid answer right now instead of the patient assurance that faith brings. Eventually, all of God's plan will be revealed to man, but it must come line upon line, precept upon precept.
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I do believe in God. I have the proof that I believe it in my heart. Sometimes you don't have to see to believe.
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I think that people get caught up on one single aspect of their faith a lot of times.  This causes them to lose sight of their complete faith which can lead to misinterpretion or a lack of understanding of what their faith teaches and believes.  Homosexuality is a very good example.  I'm not saying that I believe its right, but you still have to step back and realize this person is still a person.  You also have to realize that you are not perfect either in some other way, and a lot of people forget that.
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You cant see God therefore not many people believe in him. It is hard to believe a supernatural being made all of us.
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Some people will tell you they believe in God mainly because it has been drilled into their head from childhood-- many parents have used fear to make their children afraid not to believe. (i.e. If you don't believe this you we be torchered in hell for eternity.) \n\nOn the other hand, many defiant people grow up to hate the dogma of religion. mainly because they have been turned off by all of the "threats of damnation" by their parents or other influencial people in their lives. \n\nNeither of these reasons are good reason to believe in or not believe in a Higher power (God).\n\nIn reality, believeing in God is a Gut thing. For me it is logical and feels right that is why I believe. I am a christian not because of my upbringing but because I believe in the logical thinking of Christ. Christ was a thinker that didn't allow dogma to overide common sense. Here is a good example of common sense from Luke:\n"1 On a Sabbath day, Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees. So they were watching him. 2 Now there was a man in front of him who had the dropsy. 3 Jesus asked the lawyers and the Pharisees: "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day or not?" 4 But they made no answer. So he took him, healed him, and let him go.\n     5 Then he said to them: "If your donkey or your ox falls into a ditch on a Sabbath day, anyone of you would pull him out immediately." 6 They were unable to answer him."\n\nFollow your heart, follow your gut, follow logic and you will find God.\n\n--My 2 cents....
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Yes, God hears your prayers. Too many people don't believe because they can't see with their own eyes. If things aren't right in front of people, then they become skeptical. Believing in God is believing in the unknown. But God does listen and does hear prayers. Don't think though that he always answers the way you want. Prayers are usually answered based on your own good, whether it is what you want or not.
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i dunno i've ran into some people on here like that but that's true how could you explain anything. science, no science is something people use i think to jump away from the fact that god does exsist whether they like it or not. i've tried to make people beleive in god but some don't. so all you can do is beleive pray for those people. HE IS OUR SAVIOR SO WORSHIP HIM! GOD BLESS.
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Where most religious people think to see "proof" of God, an objective person will only see something that usually can be explained by smthg else. The point is that the average human is not much aware of modern science (like cutting edge cosmology, quantum physics, abiogenesis, and the like) and just ignore the many possibilities for other explanations alternative to "God". \n\nThere is no such thing as "scientific proof" of the existence of God. No matter what religious people say.\nWe don´t really need the "God theory" to explain things in this universe. They can be explained by more conventional means. \n\nThe problem is that science is just too young compared to culture and tradition. \nMankind, my friend, is still at its childhood, and it still loves fairytales when going to bed.
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everything happens for a reason!\nand dont stop believing in God, He knows what He is doing. \nmaybe its your own fault but you cant see it.