Do you believe in god?

do you believe in God? if you do why? and were you taught to by your parents? if you don't why?

God exists because he said he does! Whether I believe that or not, makes absolutely no difference. My careless unbelief does not change the God of the Universe, who has been there for all time and place. If I make a (.) and extend the left and right arrows appropriately on both sides of the dot, I will not ever be able to extend those arrows to a time when God did not exist; conversely, I will not be able to extend the arrows to the right to a time when he will not exist. It is just impossible to do. He has always been and he will always be.

God chose to make a family and he did it in the Garden of Eden according to Genesis. He wanted a family who would choose to follow him, visit with him, and enjoy the creation which he provided for them. An unruly/sinful angel named Lucifer overly persuaded a serpent to use his body for a while and gave the woman and man an opportunity to sin and they were not wise to his deception and therefore man has suffered a separation from God, which only Jesus Christ coming to earth could change. Jesus came, made the sin of the man Adam right, by offering himself a complete sacrifice for that sin (and all others ever to be committed by mankind). Now, for those who find the Christ, as presented in the scriptures, there is an opportunity to come back into relationship with the God of Heaven. It is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to get to know and see God. For that is the way that we get to know him is through the man Jesus Christ.

I would not want to live one day without listening to his direction. Either through listening to his Word, or through listening to the still small voice of the Holy Spirit who lives in my life. I cannot tell you how many times that still small voice has saved me from catastrophe, accident; and on many occasions, He has saved my life!!! The number of times before I reached my tenth birthday (that I know myself) is 5 times.

Have you been privileged to see your angel? His word says that they are guardians for those who will be heirs of salvation. I remember one time when I was really frightened and very alone. I was adjusting to the loss of my grandfather, who had just gone on to heaven, and I prayed that the Lord would comfort me with the assurance that I was not alone. For a moment in time, I could see the very angel's person which watched over my rest and whose comforting presence allowed me to relax. I have never felt alone or afraid on this place ever again.

Even though I know a life in heaven in promised to believers who make Jesus, Lord over all their life, just knowing that his Holy Spirit is living in my heart is a comfort. And I know that God is in the whole earth, because there is no place that we can go in the area above the earth, on the earth or under the earth that He is not there. We can not flee nor hide from his presence. How very foolish we are to think that we do things that He does not see and that we can hide our activities from him.

It is my prayer that those who may read these words will consider that God is bigger than anything our human minds can comprehend, but He is small enough that he can come and live in our hearts, if we will only invite him. In Revelations he says, Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come into him, and will sup with him and he with me. There is no greater invitation that has ever been extended to anyone. May God bless you, is my prayer.

I believe in GOD and the reason why is because I know that he is real and yes I was raised in family that believes in him and I am glad of that and I just know that he is real!

I don't believe in any gods for the same reason I don't believe in leprechauns or unicorns. It's not very complicated really.

Im a child of seven and none of us believe in god. but our parents sorta do but dont pray /go to church

I was curious. I am sort of grappling with the fact that I do not believe. Atheists get such a bad wrap and people are often turned off by their views, once they here you do not believe. I want to write a book and I want to address this topic and I am pretty positive people will be offended and turned off without giving me a chance due to the fact that I do not believe. Also I think there are a lot of people who claim they believe just so they won't have to deal with people coming down on them so hard. Kind of like someone coming out of the closet, declaring atheism to family members can be a taboo and hurtful experience, it can also be very freeing.

I don't believe in god. I mean come on... it doesnt seem likely

No, I don't believe in God even though I was taught to by my family and my church. I can't find any evidence that any gods are real.

I believe in God, but I was raised wiccan. I didn't accept Jesus as my Savior until I was 16. I believe in Him for a few reasons, mostly having to do with prayer.

1. When I am praying, I always feel like He is there listening.

2. In our church nobody is about to pressure you to tythe, even though we are not a rich church, and for years I didn't or I only put in a few dollars, but last summer I made a commitment that even though we were poorer than ever before I would give my full 10%. I don't know why I did it, I just did. Anywho, within two weeks of beginning to faithfully pay those tythes, something amazing began to happen. People came out of the woodwork willing to help us, many of them non Christians, or Christians from differnt churches, and my husband who had been searching for work for months and finally found a job.

3. I have seen more miracles from the Bible prooven in the years since I became a Christian than I can count.

4. There is no proof, whatsoever that He does not exist

5. If I pray for something, even if it is not answered the way I wanted, I ALWAYS get an answer.

6. Read the bible abd then look at the world events throughout time. You will see a corelation between the two, that athiests explain away as pure coincidence.

7. I have Faith!

8.Because I believe there is more to us than microorganisms or whatever it is that people say made us.

9. If God did not exist, would we be having this conversation?

10. The big bang has been explained away as nothing more than science, until you remember that they still aren't sure what started it. All science does is explain the works of God

11. I believe we are more than just animals. I believe we do have souls, contrary to what others may think, and if we did not have souls, we would not be the dominant speices also God's work- because he put us in charge. Us not having souls has not been scientifically prooven

12. Because I understand that the word which was translated to Day in the beginning of the bible actually meant periods of time. Which gives a logical explanation for the fact that the earth is older than a few billion years.

13. Because there is no logical explanatin found anywhere else than can back up a defense to ALL of these claims.

14. I reiterate FAITH!

By the way, these are not the only reasons I believe, just the ones I had time to write about

yes, but it is a very different view than most people have
there's no proof, I just believe (btw I also believe in evolution and the big bang theory)
and my parents do believe, but theirs is a more traditional belief... so my views dont really come from them

Yes, I believe in God. I was raised a lot of different ways, and in a lot of different families. My belief in Him came from myself, and the proof I have been given by Him. My fiancee and I had two miscarriages, and I have had two before I was with him. After three miscarriages, I didn't think I could handle another one. I prayed nightly, there was nothing else I could do. Doctors couldn't help us. It was the last place I turned, but now I know it should have been the first.
Before my last miscarried baby passed I got pregnant. You can't find an explanation to that on the internet, or from our doctors. We didn't have sex for a week before it passed, and about two weeks after. My date of conception is before Nov 20, the day the baby passed. How do you get pregnant while you're already pregnant? I know how. God gave me my little miracle, now I'm 16 weeks, and the farthest I have ever made it. If it wasn't God that did it for me, Who was it?

do you believe in God? if you do why? and were you taught to by your parents? if you don't why?

do you believe in God?
---YES!

if you do why?
--because OF ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS HE HAS DONE FOR ME AND HOW MUCH HE LOVES ME

and were you taught to by your parents?
--YES,, I WAS TAUGHT BY THEM BUT I DIDNT BELIEVE JUST CAUSE OF THEM I FALLOW WHAT I BELIEVE IS RIGHT

if you don't why?
--I WILL BE HONEST I HAVE QUESTINED IT BUT THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN MY LIFE AND TO MY FAMILY ARE ONLY FROM GOD NONE OTHER

no I dont believe in God.
I was raised a Chirstian.
not in a strict way, but church 1x per wk and praying before bed sorta thing.
all the things that have happened in my life and to people I know...there can't be a God.

I agree with what TOADALY said.
I don't believe in things like the toothfairy and leprecauns either.
there's no proof.

I don't believe in god becuase he is not real. It's not because of my parents beliefs (though they are athiest and buddhist) that I do not believe in god. Infact, I thought I was christian until I realized that what I was hearing from people who are religious made absulutly no sence. There is no god, nothing as great as the univirse could be produced by a simple human being becuase nobody has magical powers no matter what. I always ask myself... why do people believe in god? my conclusion is always about the same... either their belief in god began becuase their parents taught them to believe in him or they believe in him becuase they feel it's comforting. I know that there is no such thing as god because the whole concept it just make believe. Look at the religion of the greeks, the spartans, the mayans, etc... don't their religions sound like complete B.S.? I feel the same way about the christian religion... and most other religions, for that matter. But, nomatter what you believe, I will not judge you. I will only feel sorry for you because you can't see the world without god in it.

Yes, I believe in God with all my heart, mind, soul and strength. Nothing could ever persuade me differently. God is alive and well in my heart, he has cleaned up my mind, and my soul, delivering me of things that to him are sin. Lust, smoking, alcohol consumption, unfaitfulness, pornography, unforgiveness, lack of caring, lack of involvement, and I could probably go on and on. My life is a 180 over the way I lived before Christ came into my life.

If you are ever priviledged to encounter him for real, you will be forever changed. No amount of foolish arguement will ever have any effect upon you, other than to cause you to feel sorry for the ones that have not yet, experienced him for real.

It will lead you to pray sincerely for every unsaved believer upon the face of the earth. It will cause you to turn the other check, and to go the second mile. It will cause you to love the unloveable, and to get down in the trenches, with the fallen.

It will enlargen your heart to the point, that you have empathy for everyone, including those who fight the message the most. It will cause you to hate the sin, and love the sinner. It will cause you to turn from your pursuit of earthly pleasures, to spending your time, in a way that is productive to the Kingdom.

It will cause you to give until it hurts, and never regret it. It will make you see life in a way you never believed possible. You will have a love for the bible, like you never believed, and you will feel a kindred spirit with all that have come before you. You will wonder if some of your ancestors could possibly have been Jewish. Relishing the thought of being grafted in, however, desiring closer roots.

The love that God will plant in your heart, will grow and grow and grow. It will start small, like a mustard seed, and eventually grow into a huge tree, that has very large branches, and deep deep roots, that go way down, where the underground springs are, causing it to never lack for nourishment, causing it to flurish, while others flounder around it.

It will cause you to do what ever you are asked to do, by him that loved you so. It will cause you to sleep at night, the sleep of a contented person. You will no longer be afraid of what man can do to you. Gradually every fear that you once had, will fall by the wayside, as the love inside you grows to maturity. You will love to share with anyone willing to listen. No job will be beneath you, if it furthers the Kingdom.

You will find gratefulness growing in your heart, and you will hurt when other hurt. You will feel their pain. And if there is anything that you can do to relieve that pain, you will endeavor to do. You will truly become, like the one who called you. Your life will take on his attributes.

Once you experience his presence, you will long for nothing more.

You will then begin to understand why others before you choose to die, rather than turn their back on him. Some were beheaded because of him. Some were boiled in oil. Some were crucified upside down. Some were stoned to death. Some were thrown to the lions and wild beasts to be devoured. Some were thrown into the fiery furnace.

This is the heritage of the believers. And yes, I am very proud to be one.

yes.

Nope I don't believe in God, there's no reason for me to. And there's so much evidence against god/religious beliefs.

I believe in GOD, I was once a pagan but now the lord has saved me, my mother is a christian while my father is still a pagan but I believe one day he will call my father too.christianity is interesting just join us.please devil is controlling people in africa but jesus came to redeerm us from him

I dont. But whatever makes you try to be a better person, is perfectly fine with me.
If that means you have to believe in God, Jesus, Buddha, Allah, etc., to be a good morale person, believe in it!
Those of us who dont believe, as long as were trying our best too, thats just as good. Besides, as long as we all know something is out there greater than us,
everything is good :]

I do. My mum and grandparents taught me Bible stories and suchlike, so I suppose I believed in a passive way for a long time. My faith became active and personal when I was 18, and 'gave my life to Jesus' as they say. I still believe in Him because, basically, that worked. Living my life for Jesus is still what makes me tick, twenty years on.

I couldn't add a thing! Way to go flossheal, silverwings, callmefaithful, torikeene, and all the rest who say YES with all their heart, mind, soul, and strength.

I'm sure that I can add that not only do we believe in God, we believe Him!

Bless you as you find truth. Seek Him with all your heart and you shall find Him.

Draw near to God and He will draw near to you... James 4:8

Yes, Jump4joy55, I believe that only the Supreme being of the Universe could have established and set in order the world that we enjoy. It is not perfect as it was in Eden, but still you can see the order and planning that he used to establish the perfect place for his man Adam.

And yes, I suppose that I knew and believed in Him long before the formal trip to the altar when I was 12 years old. I suddenly realized one night that I had never gone forward; I was later baptised of course. I always loved studying and exploring the Scriptures; it is like that I was born to get to know him just as surely as the sun gives light and power to our world. My grandparents did not believe in suggesting that it was time for me to be born again. They simply provided opportunities to get to know the Supreme Being of the Universe and his Heir Apparent Jesus, who is the Christ. I loved digging into the Word of God and taking it into my heart and mind. I must say that I have never been disappointed studying His Word directed to me; and it is new day by day. I must say that the Holy Spirit shares tidbits with me and I get so excited and share them with my friends.

I listen to it as I travel to and from school everyday. I enjoy a wonderful Christian radio station locally, with a perfect blend of praise music and teaching skillfully interwoven together. I study on my own of course, usually with a daily devotional. But let me not leave out the study books that use all the time as well. I just finished the last book in the Left Behind series, which is centered around the Millenial Kingdom, when Jesus rules from Jerusalem and King David administers the kingdom's business. It was a truly wonderful picture. But I am also reading a book on Leadership, by Dr. John Maxwell and making good use of my time while continuing to study and grow in the scriptures. I am reading the biography of John by Beth Moore. She is a wonderful writer. Dr. Maxwell is so annointed to teach us the equipping of the saints for leadership.

I never believe in pushing children to do things which they are not ready for. I do believe in offering many opportunities for children to get together with the Word skillfully taught by young men and women who are young at heart and have a child centered program to pull the child to Christ. There is a Christian song which states:
I catch 'em, God cleans 'em. And that I truly believe is the answer. From the time I was 18-36 I ministered in the summer Bible camp program and God truly had a large net to scoop many out of the water and bring them into the kingdom.

Many I have known have come to the Lord at a young age...say 5 or 6. These were exceptionally tender plants and God does do the ministry. And there were many others of all ages who came to know Him. Let me say that I have had to pray for the Lord to keep spiders the size of 10 plates in the tops of cabins; I have had to pray for safety among teenagers who were horsing around in the lake; I have been drinched from several over turned canoes, as well as had my share of sun poisoning during this period. And I would not change it. God changed lives and that is what is most important for eternity.

Let everyone say Amen.