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no. there isn't.
Spurs fans are a good cross-section of society to ask this question..........
Is there a God?
I hope so. I don't know for sure, but I admire those who have such incredible faith. I would like to have that faith as well, but sometimes.....I just don't know. I've read the Bible. I've talked to many, many people and still....I just don't know. I've studied other religions, etc., but still......I just don't know.
no. there isn't.
No. The universe is random and that inspires awe in me. It leaves mysteries and questions we've yet to explore and probably some we may never solve. It fills in where science cannot answer those questions.
Our inner strength is difficult to realize without becoming arrogant so it helps to assign it to someone else, God. "God gave me the strength." Still, arrogance in the presence of God sounds psychotic and has led to some inhumane acts. "God asked me to do it."
At the same time, it overlooks some of man's achievements like language and its significance. Without it we don't have History. This is more important to me because we are mortal and we have to learn our past to add to human knowledge. God, as a concept, has definitely had his influence there. The crusades, the slave trade, believing there is one, true religion, it has destroyed history. Without God, could we justify such conquering? Still, the belief that the Jewish people are the chosen has led to their survival. God can give us purpose, good or evil.
This is the source of God, I believe. We develop a conscience because of how we are taught. Eventually, we realize that we have the power of free will and the downside is that it is us who are the masters. Responsibility can ruin a person, and assigning it to someone else can save us.
So God exists as much as the human animal believes it does. We are only as good as our bodies will allow us to be. But do I believe in a higher power that created everyone, no.
Whether the universe is random depends a lot on what scale you're looking at it from. At the subatomic scale, it clearly is due to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. At our conventional day to day scale, it clearly is not.
No
Yes. No doubt about it. I'm 100% sure of it. Of course there are those who will say prove it. But can they prove there isn't? No.
i can prove where your beliefs and celebrations come from. i can also explain the real meanings behind your bible. that should be enough to prove that you are believing a lie
No but there is far greater evidence of God like characters dating back to well before the birth of Jesus Christ. Many of which carried similar cir stances of creation and actions. Basically Jesus the "son" of God duplicated many previous messiahs before him. Right down to the date of birth, death and other significant moments. Before you truthers get up in arms I'm not reciting the half truths of Zeitgeist either. The sources outside of that are nearly endless. God warriors and believers just fail to put two and two together because the idea or reasoning behind that reality would destroy the foundation of which they live.
Exactly.
There is no God. There is the idea and concept of God which keeps believers in line, but there is definately no all-powerful devine being watching over us and creating "miracles".
The thing I find the most funny is God in sports. When someone wins they thank God. Well.... what about the other person/people that lost? Did God forsake them or just favor you more? I thought God loved us all equally? Could it possibly be that through your own strength and talent that you won the day on your own? Is it really that hard to believe that?
I don't know, but this tweet was kinda freaky. Read the URL (automatic from the shortener).
http://twitter.com/joeruiz/status/1080393192
Virgin Mary, married to a carpenter, gives birth to Jesus on Christmas. http://is.gd/dEAD
Lets make things clear. Jesus was obviously real and Im fine with that. The story of him being the son of an invisible all powerful being is not. Mary just got knocked up through infidelity or her and her husband where lying through their teeth out of the desperation of being poor and pregnant.
Possibly. Even the existence of Jesus is in serious doubt. There is very little if any legitimate historical record of him. In a time where historical record keeping was normal practice. The man is simply not recognized.
If he was in fact real I'd liken him to a Carnie of sorts.
It is simple. The answer is yes and no. If you believe, then the answer is yes. If you do not the answer is no. I find it funny that everyone tries to apply all of their human logic or science as a way to somehow discredit God, when in fact they are not mutually exclusive events.
People on here are writing one way or another as if they are "matter of fact" and say they can prove "no God exists", well ask your self a logic question: if it was that easy, don't you think it would have gained more popularity? I mean, humans are thinking, highly evolved and logical creatures for the most part.
there absolutely is a God no matter what the minor league athiest on this board think. It's comical to think we're all one big accident that came from a fish.
The funny thing is that the fundamental basis of believing in the Christian God (which I assume we are discussing) is free will. Not even Jesus said you HAD to believe, so it is natural that there are two sides to the coin.
I don't know either, and I try to always be respectful of people who do believe. I have good friends who are very religious. But I can't believe or go through the motions of believing. I was raised very religious and by the time I reached my teens I really struggled with things that didn't make sense to me. Everytime I hear about a child that was tortured by his mother I am further convinced that no omniscient, infinitely-good being would allow it to happen, despite the notion that this is a testament to our free will or that our faith must be tested.
When faith is the crutch that it is, being a logical highly evolved human, is almost void from the equation. God/Faith is needed or is required for a lot of people to even function let alone think logically. Its the source of every happening, every instance, every fate or choice ever made for most of the devoute believers.
Its illogical in priciple its illogical in its purest existence but it has to exist because sooooo many have to have reason...justification for doing good or bad so on and so forth.
Faith unfortunately has very little to do with logic. Its more of an excuse for all the worlds happenings. Gods plan right. If it was meant to be it was meant to be blah blah blah.
The times are a changing though. Right now over 50% of the world doesn't believe in "god". So the numbers are growing.
Everyone has free will to believe or not believe. Meaning there are bad things that will happen. Seeing a child tortured does not mean there is no God, it means there was an absence of God. God does not control our bodies, but engages our hearts and minds and tries to guide us in the lives we lead. It is still up to us everyday to make good choices.
But you are right. I believe in God, and I question many things every day about it. It is no ones place to judge, it is our place to inspire and love, but not to judge. So I respect good people no matter what, even I feel they are wrong.
You make wayyyyyy to many assumptions in order to argue your point. You cannot verify any of what you say as it is 99.99% your opinion. Good news is, that only time will tell.
But go ahead and poll scientists, look at the number of them that believe. A good number of scientists believe and could argue every point. Not everyone is as "helpless" or devoid of scientific knowledge as you make them sound. I find it funny that non-believers always subscribe to the notion that they are somehow more logical than believers.
http://sciencedude.freedomblogging.c...elieve-in-god/
I'm not certain of your exact faith but as a god warrior many of the god warrior organizations are built on the belief of their religion being the only true religion and that all other religions are forms of false worshipping which is a mortal sin. Thats judgement and judging is based in the 10 commandments. Thou shall not worship a false god.
I believe you should only worship 1 God, and I believe in my God. Just because I believe you are living in Sin does not mean I hate you or judge you. I know that my God will judge you so that I do not bear that burden.
Even if God will judge you, he still wants me to love all of those around me that are good people. Everyone sins, even myself. So that inherently kills your argument because then everyone would be judging everyone because we all live in sin (as far as my beliefs go).
You are confusing God's judgment with man being judgmental.
So its ok to you personally for me to live sinfully in the eyes of your god?
The great minds of SA at work again.
I may have an opinion but its based on logical observations by myself and many others. I can verify without opinion the orgins of modern day religion and its relationship to the worshipping that existed long before the name Jesus Christ ever did. Thats not enough? or is just complete BS to you?
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