Does God exist |
Answer:
Opinions on God's existence:
Yes:
There is no proof needed to have faith. According to the Bible, one must first have faith, then they can see. However, many demand to see first, then they will believe. Therefore, the Bible states, "Fix your eyes not on what is seen, but what is unseen" and "live by faith not by sight." So those who refuse to see by faith, will not see God. You may not be able to see the wind, but you can feel its effects. Millions of people worldwide do believe in the existence of God. They feel there has to be a higher power. Believers do not need to have great miracles performed in front of them. They often feel that life itself is a miracle, and that God is all around us. God's creativity is everywhere. It is in the planets, stars, the seas, and in you. Science has its place, but God set it into motion. You do not need evidence to prove God. He proves himself.
No:
God and religion is something created by mankind to give people comfort, or even as a means of control. Without empirical proof, then it's all hypothesis, conjectures and/or wishful thinking. Without empirical proof, god is nothing more then a childhood belief that adults cling to later. A "God" can be compared to the Easter bunny or Santa Claus. There is no miracle worker. Who has really had a religious experience that did not have scientific possibilities? One example that has been given of lack of modern miracles relates back to the Bible. In 1 Kings 18:30, it claims that Elijah was instructed by God to do an experiment to prove God's existence. According to the Bible, Elijah gathered a crowd and put a young bull on an alter. He had the worshipers of Baal call upon him to send fires down and take the sacrifice. After a few hours of no action, Elijah did the same. First though, he poured water all over the wood. When he called upon God, fires came down from the sky. However, what would happen if this experiment was recreated by modern believers? In all likelihood, nothing. Events in the Bible were written decades, and sometimes centuries, after they "occurred." By then the stories were nothing more then myths or fables.
Undecided or Neutral:
There is no evidence to suggest that a god exists; science has no proof of the existence of God, although many question whether science encompasses the totality of 'reality'. Religious belief is something which you are entirely free to explore yourself, as is everyone else. First you should ask yourself what you think 'God' might be.
"It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg." --Thomas Jefferson quoted by Gerard Straub in "Salvation for Sale"
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