Why do you believe god?

Thunder Robot Asked by funadvice 9 months ago, 27 answers.

Do you believe God created life the earth, and universe? Or how do you think the Universe was caused? Or How do you think God created it?

Answered by toadaly on Feb 27, 2008, 10:02PM
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No, I don't think god created the universe. Nor do I think anyone/anything created it. I think the universe simply exists uncreated. This position is not incompatible with big bang theory.

Note that the act of creation implies the passage of time - a time when something didn't exist, followed by a time when it did. However, relativity proves that time is actually an aspect of the universe rather than something separate from it. So, without the universe, there can be no time. If there is no time, then the concept of 'before' is incoherent. Thus, the idea that the universe was created is illogical, as it implies a time before time.

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Answered by needsagirl on Feb 27, 2008, 05:58PM
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god isnt real and the universe has no beginging or end

Answered by jaceb on Feb 27, 2008, 06:06PM
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AMEN TO THAT. god does not exist.

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Answered by twilightgrl911 on Feb 27, 2008, 06:14PM
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yes God created EVERYTHING AROUND YOU. they didnt just APPEAR one day.
you should read the bible. it will answer some of your questions

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Answered by twilightgrl911 on Feb 27, 2008, 06:18PM
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but again my advice is to not ask anything like your asking here. because you will get many answers from many different opinions which will confuse you even more.

Answered by gamboy27 on Feb 27, 2008, 06:24PM
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I dont belive in god I belive in science now only if I could spell it but besides that I belive the earth was created when an exploshen happend withch created the soler system and the moon was ceated when a astroid hit the earth and peaises of the earth got cot in its gravitashunal force and merged together to creat the moon we got here becose there was little organisims on the astroid that hit earth witch then slowly evolved into humans but thats what I belve some poiple belive difrent and they mite be rite we will never no hoos rite

Answered by silverwings on Feb 27, 2008, 06:34PM
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Yes, absolutely... No doubt about it.

He spoke it into existance.

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Answered by funadvice on Feb 27, 2008, 06:49PM
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Yes. . .
It's like Silverwings said.

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Answered by thefunone08 on Feb 27, 2008, 07:04PM
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I believe God with all my heart and everything in me.
Read the bible, it will answer you questions no doubt about it.
But This really isnt the best place to ask this question.
To many people are to lost in this world so they dont believe.

Answered by bimjob on Feb 27, 2008, 07:17PM
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I believe that we are all made of stardust. Literally. Really, I mean actual dust from exploding stars.

Answered by funadvice on Feb 27, 2008, 07:31PM
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Hi

Most scientist agree the Universe as we know it started with the Big Bang Theory. It was theroized from evidence. You might want to read up on it, so you can get a better explaination.

Secondly creation is entirely hypothetical. There is no evidence of God, or intelligent creation. These views conclude our Universe, life, and planet Earth is so complex, that it requires an intelligent creator.

There arises an immediate problem when this hypothesis is asserted: If complexity can not arise without intelligence, then who or what designed the creator? The creator could not exist if complexity requires intelligence.

The Earth is 4.5 billion years ago. Through astronomical observations the Universe is 13.7 billion years old. Star and planet formation takes millions of years, and gravity causes orbits.

The ancestor of life is thought to be a self-replicating molecule, new types of molecules would replicate when they didn't replicate exactly. Earth provided resourses, that life thrived off. Everything started out simple and increasingly became specialized and more complex through a meticulous but blind process called evolution.

My "opinion" is everything is the way it is and is self-generated. And the complexity we see today is the result of billions of years of natruel processes. Laws of Physics have their own cause, and life was bound to happen in any way in existance given certain conditions. It is hard for people to grasp.

God in my "opinoin" is mytholigy, a delusion to give humans answers with a why.

Answered by lethal_titan on Feb 27, 2008, 07:44PM
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I love the big bang theory
but tell me what caused the big bang
and what caused the cause of the big bang
and so on
that's why I believe In God
Creation is just too complex
I believe In God but for that matter it doesn't have to be God who made the universe
but just some higher power
however I keep my faith in God

Answered by pezkez on Feb 27, 2008, 08:24PM
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I am no religion.
but,, I never doubt that there isn't "A GOD'.
I just don't know. and untill you can prove that to me..
then I'll stay just they way I am.,, Why believe something where there is noo proff?... I believe nothing really in the Bible.. sorry.

Answered by funadvice on Feb 27, 2008, 08:25PM
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The big bang is usually defined as a random, chance event. Some instability supposedly developed in an original “kernel” of mass energy, and the universe then ballooned outward. However, Scripture clearly rules out such an accidental origin. A modified view of the big bang theory says that when the explosive event happened, it was directed by God. This is called theistic evolution and is an attempt to compromise the Bible with long-age evolutionary theories. It is rejected by many creationists because of its conflict with the order of events in Genesis. The following chart contrasts some of the chronological discrepancies between the Bible’s creation account and the big bang theory.

Creationists maintain that in the beginning God spoke and the earth appeared--he commanded and the heavens stood firm (Ps. 33:9)! All the many stars appeared suddenly and supernaturally in space. Scripture does not imply an explosion, although the universe must have experienced a sudden, “explosive” input of ordered energy. Perhaps some astronomical data that seems supportive of the big bang theory, such as redshift and background radiation, needs to be looked at instead as evidence of a rapid creation. Once secular variation of the big bang theory refers to an “inflationary” big bang, the suggestion being that the universe developed and matured very quickly in its first moments. In this particular theory, secular science seems to have taken one step in the creationist direction. Further developments should be of interest in this area of theory and research.

The big bang as it is understood today is an inadequate theory. There are many fundamental problems that are seldom mentioned in popular literature. Some of the “missing links” in the theory are:

Missing Origin: The big bang theory assumes an original concentration of energy. Where did this energy come from? Astronomers sometimes speak of an origin from a “quantum mechanical fluctuation within a vacuum.” However, in the big bang theory, no vacuum existed before the explosion. Actually there is no consistent secular origin theory, since every idea is based on preexisting matter or energy.

Missing Fuse: What ignited the big bang? The mass concentration proposed in this theory would remain forever bound as a universal black hole. Gravity would prevent it from ever expanding outward.

Missing Star Formation: No natural way has been found to explain the formation of planets, stars, and galaxies. An explosion should produce, at best, an outward spray of gas and radiation. This gas should continue expanding, not form intricate planets, stars, and entire galaxies.

Missing Antimatter: Some versions of the big bang theory require the equal production of matter and antimatter. However, only small traces of antimatter-positrons and antiprotons, for example-are found in space.

Missing Time: Some experiments indicate that the universe may be young, on the order of 10,000 years old. If true, then there is not sufficient time for the consequences of the big bang theory to unfold. A short time span will not allow for the gradual evolution of the stars or life on Earth.

Missing Mass: Many scientists assume that the universe will eventually stop expanding and begin to collapse inward. Then it will again explode and repeat its oscillating type of perpetual motion. This idea is an effort to avoid an origin and destiny for the universe. For oscillation to occur, however, the universe must have a certain density or distribution of mass. So far, measurements of the mass density are 100 times smaller than expected. In fact there are indications that the universe is accelerating outward instead of slowing down. The universe does not appear to be oscillating. The necessary mass or “dark matter” is “missing.”

Missing Life: In an evolving universe, life should have developed everywhere. Space should be filled with radio signals from intelligent life forms. Where is everybody?

Missing Neutrinos: These small particles should flood the earth from the sun’s fusion process. The small number detected raises questions about the sun’s energy source and man’s overall understanding of the universe. How then can science speak about “origins” with any authority?

Author: Dr. Donald B. DeYoung - adapted from Astronomy and the Bible: Questions and Answers, 2nd Edition (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), 176 pp.

This page is located at: http://christiananswers.net/q-eden/big-bang.html

Scripture
All elements made together
Earth formed before stars
Plants formed before the sun
Birds created before reptiles,
Sun formed on the fourth day, after the earth
Sun, moon, and stars formed together

Big Bang
Elements beyond hydrogen and helium formed after millions of years
Earth formed long after the stars
Plants evolved after the sun
Birds evolved from reptiles
Sun formed before the earth
Sun formed from older stars

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Answered by ethmer on Feb 27, 2008, 10:01PM
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"who is God? where is God?"

The answers to those two questions depend upon what religious faith you accept as valid -- and there are many to choose from!

in my opinion

1. God created/caused our spirits (entities) along with the universe to come into being. God established the purpose for it all but doesn't involve Its self in the continuance or activities of same.

2. "Sin" is man's concept and is utilized by men to control other men. The human caused "negative events" that take place are circumstances that are considered by us in the non-life experience between incarnations as we evaluate the successes and failures we made as we attempted to achieve our goals during our incarnations.

3. The Bible (and similar religious books) is a necessary concoction created by man to control man and his environment. It was necessary because mankind, in its infancy, did not have the medical and technological knowledge to conquer and understand its environment so had to be controlled by superstitions which were found to save lives and further the survivability of the various human societies.


Why did God make the world?

in my opinion, God diversified Itself into Its many parts and charged those parts (entities) to go forth and acquire knowledge and experience and to then return to the Oneness of God.

The entities caused the creation of the universe and everything therein and individually choose to inhabit the physical bodies.

The entities may incarnate/reincarnate many times before gravitating back into the Oneness of God.

SPECULATIONS


Speculation: 1 Is God necessary?

Yes!

There has to be a Source from which the "big bang" sprang forth Creating the universe.


Speculation: 2 What is God?

God is the ultimate Cause.

God is the Creative Entity, Energy or Force from which all is derived.


Speculation: 3 Where is God?

God is in a state of awareness that is outside the universe.

God has morphed part of Itself into those entities (spirits) that inhabit the universe and the physical bodies within.


Speculation: 4 Why is God?

God Is because God Is.

God is eternal, existing independent of time or the universe.


Speculation: 5 Is God concerned?

No!

God is not concerned with the daily functioning of the universe or matters within it. That is our domain and subject to our whim.


Speculation: 6 What are we?

We are the spirits (entities) of God.

God morphed into Us and we continue to create according to God's purpose.

Our physical bodies are simply the means we use to experience and function in the physical dimension.


Speculation: 7 Why are we?

We are for the purpose of gaining knowledge and experience.

In the end, we gravitate back into the Oneness of God allowing for the fulfillment of God.


Speculation: 8 Evolution

Evolution is simply a tool of Creation.

The entities often influence the direction of evolution along desired paths.


From my chosen path I stray,
Yet my God any'er turns away;
For I have learned -- and understand,
That where God is -- is where I am!

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Answered by funadvice on Feb 28, 2008, 08:05AM
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rnealw that copy and paste demonstrates a complete lack of knowledge of the Big Bang Theory, the Universe, and quantum mechanics, it can't be serious. You know I was going to ignore it it was poor.

Ok first off, The “kernel” of mass energy is defined as a SINGULARITY. A vacuum is refered as a space EMPTY in matter meaning nothing. But empty space is not nothing, it's a flexiable medium.
A vacuums curvature contains gravity energy. Electrons and positron materialize and unmaterialize in a vacuum, at quantum level.

A singularity was a product from a vacuum fluctuation that distorted matter, volumn, time, density and gravity. The pressure of the vacuum caused it to expand.

As the early universe cooled, the temperatures became sufficiently low for element formation to begin.

Mass and energy are related by the equation E=mc2. If there is enough energy, photons can create matter-antimatter pairs. This is called pair production and is responsible for the mass in the universe. Everything in the universe is made possible when negative and positive energy interact.

Life in it's simplist form can be only bacteria. Radio waves aren't actually that long-lived. The VAST distant in space makes contact UNLIKELY. The planet must be able to support life, and this means a lot of things, for it to come into existance, and more to evolve to more complex forms.

Missing neutrons was a problem till 2002 it has since been resolved by new understanding of neutrino physics. As neutrinos have mass, they can change from the type that had been expected to be produced in the sun's interior into two types that would not be caught by the detectors used at the time. I look at this as a good thing, that they are able to solve problems they encounter.

The Big Bang theory is widly excepted by scientist in the feild, as credible. If you want to get a better explanation get a book or something. And even if it is not a valid theory the way creation came to be was through natruel processes.

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Answered by funadvice on Feb 28, 2008, 10:36AM
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Most of these debates focus on Christians attacking the big bang and evolution theories, forcing us to provide links to all the literature and evidence supporting them. For once, I'd like to see Christians explain the logic of their own "theory" and defend the validity of the Genesis account of creation and the flood.

Creationism is a very flawed explanation for the origin of the universe. The account in Genesis runs contrary to many scientific discoveries, and there is nothing scientific about the creationist account. In fact, much of it has been disproven.

In Genesis, God creates the earth and separates the waters prior to creating the sun, moon, and stars. Based on measurements of "heavy" elements on the Milky Way's globular clusters, radioactive material in the galaxy, and isotopes in the earth's rocks, we know that most stars are much, much older than the earth. Certainly the sun is, and what exactly held the earth in place as it waited for the sun to be created and revolve around is a mystery that Genesis and creationism fail to explain. In fact, we're to believe that the earth existed, alone, in space, with nothing else, until God threw in the rest.

The Genesis account also claims that God created grass and other forms of plant life across earth including fruits and seeds, etc. all prior to creating the sun. Again, how did plant life develop and survive on earth prior to the sun, on which all flora depend for survival?

According to Genesis, Adam provided names for every creature on earth. Apparently, Adam was able to locate species deep in lakes and oceans, in inmpassable rainforests, burrowed within the earth, or high up on mountains. Yeah right. You'd think Adam was God.

Why is the Genesis account so brief in its description of the "firmament" and "lights" but so detailed in its description of the earth? We've got fifty billion galaxies, filled with all kinds of celestial bodies including planets, moons, asteroids, nebula, clusters, not to mention black holes and dark matter...according to Genesis, all this was put in place to "light the earth" and provide "signs and seasons for days and years". The big bang describes, in detail, how galaxies formed and how matter was distributed, as well as explains the presence of elements and light. Genesis, however, claims that all this was made by God to light the earth, when it's distribution across the vast expanse of the universe clearly shows it wasn't.

Let's talk about the story of Noah and the flood. How did Noah gather two of every species on the planet? Sloths and penguins can't travel over land very well. Many animals, like koala bears, require a specific diet unique to the Australian ecosystem, some cave dwelling species require a specific level of humidity. How did Noah get all these animals to the ark?

Noah apparently had insects on the ark. The arthropod is the largest phylum of animals. How did Noah maintain the thousands of species of arthropods, which require vastly different ecosystems in which to survive?

Here are some of the things Noah would have had to deal with while on board the ark: pest control, sanitation & disposal of waste, fresh food, exercising/handling certain species, manpower for feeding (which is all Noah's tiny crew would have had time to do), ventilation, etc. It would be nearly impossible for Noah, his wife, and his sons and dauthers-in-law to maintain two of every species with the limited technology they had.

Where did the flood water come for the flood, and where did it go? The Bible does not present a valid explanation for either. If it was suspended by a canopy in the atmosphere, that canopy would raise the atmospheric pressure and the levels of nitrogen and oxygen to toxic levels. If it came from beneath the earth, it would have been superhot, and would have boiled Noah and his family alive.

If the flood happened across the globe, why do different mountain ranges show different levels of erosion?

How are the ice caps possible with a global flood? If the flood happened, it would produce enough water to life the ice caps off their base and break them up. It would be impossible for them to reappear in such a short time, given the earth's climate between now and when Young Earth Creationists say it started.

The list goes on. Your turn, creationists.

Answered by shellya on Feb 28, 2008, 02:14PM
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Yes I believe in God, and I won't give a big lecture on why, just try to understand me when I say this- People are going to have their different opinions, and no one can get mad about that everyone is free to diffriate, but if you been through what I've been through and seen what I've seen, you would believe God to. For everyone who believes in God, please don't talk down on the others, for they do not know what they speak.
Everyone have a great day.

Answered by jaceb on Feb 28, 2008, 03:00PM
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"for everyone who believes in god, please don't talk down on the others, for they do not know what they speak"
excuse me, but I think I DO know what I speak. I don't believe in god because there was never any evidince he was ever real. Why should I believe something a story book (the bible) tells me? Yes, I've read it. Only to try and figure out what compelles people to actually think that got existed. Don't you ever wonder? don't you want answers? or are you afraid to ask questions becuase you know that there is an explanation for EVERYTHING.

Answered by thefunone08 on Feb 28, 2008, 07:08PM
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I totally agree with "shellya"!!

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Answered by funadvice on Feb 28, 2008, 07:36PM
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So. . . . What caused the big band if Nothing existed including time and space. . . after all your scientist have stated neither can exist without the other. . . .
Nebula is the ways of research copy and paste is normal. . . .
gravity energy - this is something. . . . where did it come from?. . .
The Big Bang theory is widly excepted by scientist in the feild, what field?
Ok Semi1900
Receding moon would have been touching earth 2 billion years ago.
Check up on your orbital dynamics... Assumes a steady rate of recession. Assumes the moon wasn't captured less than 2 billion years ago.

Erosion should've dumped at least 30 times more sediment in the sea. and all the continents would be worn to sea level in just 14,000,000 years.
Ever heard of plate tectonics?

Please read:

On Volcanism and Thermal Tectonics on one-plate Planets
Solomon, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 5, no 6 June 1978
The Supercontinent Cycle
Nance, Worsley, & Moody, Scientific American, July 1988
Not enough dissolved minerals in oceans.
Dissolved minerals - the stuff moves in cycles, and as such most of the minerals are very close to their balance levels. Remember "carbon cycle"? The same general idea holds for everything else. Remember the space shuttle? Except for the last time, it has been landing on salt. Like from the oceans, remember?
Other "geological clocks" that suggest a "young" earth- juvenile water (from volcanoes), oil deposit pressure, Stalactite Growth (limestone)
Juvenile water is covered in those same computer models, and again nothing tricky is involved at all. Oil deposits themselves require a time well over 6000 years to exist, so try again. Stalactite growth - of some, perhaps. You are still identifying merely temporary features

Please read:

The Formation of the Earth from Planetesimals
Wetherill, Scientific American June 1981
The Steady State of the Earth's Crust, Atmosphere and Oceans
Siever, Scientific American, May 1974
The Evolution of the Atmosphere of the Earth
Hart, Icarus, 33, 23-39, 1978
Evolution of the Atmosphere and Oceans
Holland, Lazar & McCaffery, Nature vol 320, 6 mar 1986
Enhanced CO2 greenhouse to compensate for reduced solar luminosity on early earth
Owen & Cess, Nature, vol 227, 22Feb 1979
How Climate Evolved on the Terrestrial Planets
Kasting, Toon, & Pollack, Scientific American, Feb 1988
Climatic Changes of the last 18,000 years: Observations and Model Simulations
COHMAP members, Science vol 241, 26 Aug 88, p 1043-1052

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