Does god exist and why?

do you think that God does exist. why?

I am a strong believer in Jesus if you look at it this way how does everything fall into place so perfect like we breath from trees and it just all makes sense what you need to do is read the bible and then you may see how everything works mabe you will relise not to question him...what you need to do after you read the bible is pray to have him com in to your heart ...pray...dear Jesus I know I am a sinner I am asking you to enter my heart and rid me of my sins help me to become pure and love you help me to help others love you and know your truth in Jesus's name I pray amen

people who call on anything other then god are not christians at least not true christians for you to judge us as a whole is rong...

my thing is god in its self not these stupid religions,, but god in him self who supposidly wrote the bible,,,

if this isnt the true god then a quetion to ponder on,,

why is it still the highest selling book in al the world???

why do so many turn to this book and not to buddism or satan or the other thousands of religions out there?

NO ONE is without sin and gods knows this but the difference is as soon as I ask for him to forgive me I am with out sin until I sin again lol but im like a sheep quick to go down the rong path

GOOD BEHAVIOR DOES NOT AND I REPEAT DOES NOT GET YOU INTO HEAVEN,,, being saved gets you into heaven and loving and knowing god is there is what its all about not how many good things you can do well I g2g

u cud be a good person all you want but at the end of the day its nothing with out god,,,

BALDWINWOLF... HAVE YOU EVER LIED?

the problem is that there are way to many denominations, who is the right one, are the lutherans wrong? are the protestants misled? how about the jehovah witnesses, the seventh day adventists? the catholics? the church of christ? I can go on and on- which VERSION OF THE TRUTH IS RIGHT?
HOW CAN THERE BE SO MANY TRUTHS?
EVERYONE OUTSIDE OF A GIVEN DENOMINATION IS EVIL?
that is why I do not believe in, or follow christ, too many people fighting over what the truth is- that they have simply missed it entirely.

You really belief this stuff, hey?

No.

I dont believe in any god!

et tu.

I really do.

Would you like to know more?

the way to find the right one is by the bible,,, if you read it you will know that only one religion fits and thats christians

The truth is that there is no Allah, only God.

There are millions of Muslims who state with equal fervour that there is no god but Allah. Both are statements of belief - you need to provide evidence that your god hypothesis is actually true. Allah is only one alternate god, there are many others to choose from.

Not a bunch of gods.

Proof it.

Humans have an innate desire to worship something: cars, MONEY, stuff, self, work, etc.

Really? That's an interesting thing to say - do you have any data to back that up?

We were created by God to worship Him and enjoy His presence forever!

Sounds like an extraordinarily vain god. What would motivate an omniscient, omnipotent god to create a being that can choose between worshipping him (as he wants) or spending an eternity in the eternal flames of hell?

The Bible alone is proof that God exists.

By that logic the Quran is proof that Allah exists, or the Bug Vita is proof of Vishnu.

I was written over a period of 1500 years, it is still the best selling book of all time, and it was made to be devoured, poured over, studied, loved but not worshiped, and taken to the ends of the earth. This earth, the only heavenly body with life on it,

Popularity does not make it true and defenders of other faiths use exactly that same arguments. I had a discussion with a Mormon the other day who stated that thousands of people have tried to disprove the book of Mormon, but have not succeeded. He used this as proof the book MUST be divinely inspired - the word of god. Muslims point to changes and the huge variety of bible versions as evidence it has been corrupted, yet the Quran has remained perfect and unaltered for 1,500 years - it MUST be the word of god. These arguments are stupid and juvenile.

Genesis, first words in the Bible: 'In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.',

OMG - that means it MUST be TRUE! urgh.

The universe and all its complexities is held together by His hand. In its ever expanding form, there is no other 'force' out there that can be described so perfectly balanced to keep all the celestial bodies in their respective orbits.

Gravity.

True, there are as many stars as grains of sand on every beach.

...and?

Each of us are the salt of the earth and a light to the world when we proclaim His Name and even more so when we are ridiculed for it

Oh yes - you have more faith when people like me ask decent questions about your beliefs. You move closer to god everytime you are unable to answer a reasonable question in a reasonable manner. You are truly pious when you abandon logic to hold onto your irrational superstitions. Why? Because god MUST be indecent, unreasonable, irrational, and illogical.

Depends on what you mean by God. There is no such thing as a benevolent, merciful loving God; there is no logical defense for the existence of such a deity. If this God did exist, how do you explain his notoriously evil actions in the Old Testament, or his preference to reveal himself to some humans and not others, or his apparent indifference to human suffering? Such a God clearly would take amusement in screwing with his creation, and therefore is not benevolent. The only logical explanation for the existence of a single God is that he is the ultimate good and the ultimate evil.

Nature and the universe are not evidence of any deity's existence. Ancient humans thought they were because they did not fully understand the mechanisms which operate the world as we know it. We now know that there are scientifically valid explanations for the origins of the universe and life, none of which have ever been explained to satisfaction by the existence of a supreme deity.

Little Logan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVUGb98RcSA

depends...

There is the key, rarely. Forgive... and of course we can't forget, it helps to remember humbleness first. Be wise as serpents, gentle as doves!

Yes, I do because of a life-changing personal experience - this is what I know to be true: God being pure cannot even look upon sin - man, even in his very best state is a sinner - on judgement day, either: your sins are covered by the blood-shed sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross (salvation and only salvation - being a nice person isn't good enough - even at our very best, we are but filthy rags), and remembered no more or they are not (your sins are not covered) - where God's great love comes into play is, He provided a WAY (Jesus) for us not to perish and live in Heaven with Him (He certainly didn't have to do this but did because He loved us so) - if you read carefully John 3:16, this is exactly what it says - each person will either accept or reject, you must decide for yourself and yes, it's so important, it has eternal consequences - He Loves you and wants you to accept God's free gift to man - Jesus...hope this helps !!

Nothing finite can be infinite (eternal). Since the universe is made of finite things (matter, time, space), it therefor must be created by something without time (timeless), thus making it eternal. If it is eternal, it must be infinite, and if its the Creator, it must be God.

The universe changes, and time is the measure of change. How many changes have happened before right now? If you claim an infinite number of changes (which is impossible because you can not have an infinite amount of finite things), it is a logically impossible to conclude we could ever have reached this moment in time. In a world of cause and effect (which we live in), there can not be an infinite regress (an infinite amount of cause and effect reactions to get to a certain cause).

Allow me to rephrase. Imagine that the Earth orbits the sun every 365 days (it does). Now, on Mars, a year is much longer than an Earth year, being 687 Earth days (basically double). So, for every 2 years of Mars, Earth has circled the sun approximately 4 times. Now, imagine that this has been going on for eternity. By your logic, they would both have circled the sun the exact same amount of times, because its been going on forever (this is clearly impossible). This shows the impossibility of an infinite regress, whereby there could not have been an infinite amount of (x) before right now, in a finite universe based on time.

Now, back to God. God exists outside of time, in Eternity. God created time, and time is irrelevant to Him. God is Eternal, not created. Firstly, you have 2 choices; either everything came from nothing (which is impossible), or something always existed and created us. You have no other choice. Take a moment to think about that, remembering that it can not exist in time, that would be impossible. Time can not be eternal.

This thing that always existed would be considered Eternal, having transcended time, space, and matter, being everlasting, having always existed. If you argue this is impossible, I would argue the contrary; it is impossible for this Eternal 'thing' to not exist, because the alternative is that nothing existed, which could only produce nothing. So, something always existed, and is therefor Eternal.

Now, for something to be Eternal, it can not consist of time, because time must have had a beginning. We exist in a universe of causality, so an infinite regress is impossible; there could not have been an infinite amount of time before right now, because we never would have reached this moment in time. That means time had a beginning, and whatever created time exists without time, beyond time, in timelessness; Eternity.

So, this Eternal Creator, created time, and the universe. This Eternal Creator clearly is extremely powerful, because the energy of the trillions of stars in the known universe were created by this Creator. And obviously, the Creator is extremely intelligent, having created an intelligent being such as mankind and a world in which to populate with it.