How can you be sure of Gods existence?

[rocklife]

I respect that everyone has their own opinoin in this world

thank you for your respect, that is appreciated

but I just cant see how people can justify religion.

Jesus warns us to be careful and watchful against all church leaders, remember His church leaders also led Him to be crucified. Jesus says many church leaders do not practice what they preach, and don't have love. Jesus is wonderful, but church leaders often not (even Jesus says this many times)

None of you can tell me you're 100% sure of the exsistence of god unless you are unbelievably ignorant of science. I'm not saying religion is a bad thing although Sikhism just seems to lead to violent protest but I am saying this is all a bit far fetched and scientifically impossible. Are you looking for someone to awnser the questions that confuse you, a blueprint on which to base your life around, false hope, fear of thinking for yourself? What?

no, not looking for false hope, I am looking for real hope. Just because science books repeat over and over something does not make it true.

what I need is the answer to sin and death. I have and have had death threats against me. When this started happening, I could not believe I can just die so easily. My son's dad is in and out of jail, for me to leave him, I needed police help. He has threatened to kill me, he has tried to kill other people, (just to share the seriousness, he was threatening someone and this person ran him over with their car and smashed his leg because they were so fearful for their life, his leg had to be rebuilt with metal rod, he is still this threatening and full of anger).

seeing death so close really made me seek answers, also new life. I was sick of the life I made for myself, I was also criminal, drug dealer, thief, etc. It was all miserable life. I also am from Okinawa too, they have ancestor worship, buddha, etc, I looked in to that, also looked at Islam, they are more philosophy for good life on earth, kind of selfishness, but no answers for sin and death. I look at Jesus, and He answers my prayers and has changed me and my life, He cleaned my conscience and gives me hope. Doctors did not help me, I have been to doctors for all kinds of things, including severe depression, they did not help. God helped. After all I have seen with God, I can't deny Him. He changed my life, I could not even change my own life for any good, I kept making it worse, He made my life good, and changed me into a loving person, instead of thoroughly selfish as I used to be.

that may not make much sense to you, but God is good and He has helped me so much. I recommend just seeking Truth wholeheartedly and the bible is great help, especially New Testament. seeing death more up close can sometimes help us appreciate life much more.

 

[Zeena]

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom!

Praise God!

I pray they see exactly who is is they are persecuting! =P

 

[Fortuna]

I respect that everyone has their own opinoin in this world but I just cant see how people can justify religion. None of you can tell me you're 100% sure of the exsistence of god unless you are unbelievably ignorant of science. I'm not saying religion is a bad thing although Sikhism just seems to lead to violent protest but I am saying this is all a bit far fetched and scientifically impossible. Are you looking for someone to awnser the questions that confuse you, a blueprint on which to base your life around, false hope, fear of thinking for yourself? What?

Hi Atheist!
I was an atheist for about 40 years.

I was a Buddhist for 30 and various other religions in between.

If you want proof of God, just start talking to him. I did and he answered me with positive manifested physical, spiritual and material phenomena.
No one was more surprised than me. I converted Nov. 2007 and baptized Jan. 2007.

I would never have believed that I would be a born again Christian. I used to make fun of them/me.

I opened my eyes and ears and I have never been happier. Words cannot describe what God has done for me.

Blessings, Fortuna

 

[desert_island_1]

Please note that I have not read the whole thread. Only the OP.
How do I know God exists? I would not be alive without Him. When I was small, my biological father was very abusive. My sister, mother and I were very lucky to get out alive.
When I was 10, my mum was diagnosed with cancer. My mum was told she had a 1/3 shot of surviving. Well, she is still here alive today and considered cured by her doctors.
When I was 11, I got e-coli (the kind that usually kills) and somehow I survived. People prayed over me and I was better the next day. Is that not a miracle? I was at 8% kidney function and was considered for transplant but I never actually recieved one. Now, I am not at 100% (I never will be) but I am alive and functioning fine and not needing dialysis or anything.
I have other stories like how my one friend fell out of a truck on his head and only suffered a concussion, my other friend was in a car wreck that should have killed him (he fell asleep while driving and drove off a cliff and into some trees - he only got a concussion and a small cut on his forehead)
God exists and I have seem many miracles in my life that prove it.

Kristy

 

[Raph]

"I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details."

Einstiein believed in God but I guess he didn't know much about science.

 

[inHisgripkim]

I respect that everyone has their own opinoin in this world but I just cant see how people can justify religion. None of you can tell me you're 100% sure of the exsistence of god unless you are unbelievably ignorant of science. I'm not saying religion is a bad thing although Sikhism just seems to lead to violent protest but I am saying this is all a bit far fetched and scientifically impossible. Are you looking for someone to awnser the questions that confuse you, a blueprint on which to base your life around, false hope, fear of thinking for yourself? What?

My father was a scientist and believed in the "big bang" theory of creation. What caused the big bang? He believed, as many scientist do, that gases caused the big bang that created the universe. I had a problem with that theory when I was a teen and I still do. How can you get something from nothing? When one considers the complexity of the cosmos and everything in it, including the eco systems, and how these systems work in perfect harmony to sustain life on this planet, one has to question that big bang. The human body, right down to the atom, ion, quark, is so incredibly complex as is all life forms. The earth continues to rotate on its axis and the earth continues to revolve around the sun - all ongoing events that sustain life on this planet. A big bang caused all this complexity to work in perfect harmony to sustain life? That's seems a little out there to me. Something far greater is in play here, and that is where God comes in.

I once was an atheist, but now a devout Christian who has experienced God at work in my life. Too many mysterious things have been put in my path for me to discount God. I have asked God to send me signs and He has and those signs are not coinsidence. My testimony and witness in my blog explains why I came to Christ and why I absolutely believe in God and Christ.

On his death bed, my father, a geologist, admitted that there was a divine force working in and among us. There are more than 27 dimensions in time and space according to astronomers. We only see a select few. Particles pop in and out of existence in a nano second in space. The universe is made primarily of dark matter, but astronomers can't find it or explain it.

Just food for thought. Keep on seeking. You are young. The truth will be revealed to you. Keep on seeking.

InHisgripkim

 

[jamescchill28303]

The Last Answer Was A Wonderful Answer.
For Many Years Hard Core Atheist Have Claimed That There Is No God Because They Can Not Touch Him (physically.) Well It Is Now An Accepted Scientific Fact That Blackholes Exist But Have You Ever Touched One And Lived To Tell About It? You Say "but We Have Observed Them."
Light And Other Em Radiation Can Not Escape Them So We can Not!!! Visually Observe Them.
You Say "we Can Observe Their Effects!)
I Agree But We Can Also See Various Manifestations Of Gods Influence--for Example How Can Order Come From Disorder--this Violates Entropy?
Yet Atheist Continue To Spew The Big Bang As If It Were A Disordered Nothing Exploding Into An Ordered Universe!!! Ludicrous--impossible.
Intropy Itself Would Dictate An Intelligent And Ordered Creation.
One More big Point--theoretical Physicists Are On The Threshold Of Proving Intelligent Design Through Their Quantum And Chaos Theories.
This Would Include Eternal Life, The Souls Existence, God, Etc. Do Some Research In These Areas And You Will Be Shocked At What You Find.
Remember I Said It One Day Soon They Are Going To Go On The News And Say They Have A Unified Field Theory At Last--and Suprise Of All Suprises Its Going To Call For Intelligent Design And Origination--i Kid You Not!

 

[jesusfreak220]

To quote A Walk to Remember, it's like the wind. I can't see it, but I can feel it. I know He exists. Everything in my being screams that there is One True God and that He loves me.

 

[reimer]

These words taken from a very well-known pastor. "until you realize you were made BY God and FOR God, life will never make sense" I like it....it kinda sums it up for me.

 

[MikeMcK]

None of you can tell me you're 100% sure of the exsistence of god unless you are unbelievably ignorant of science.

I can't help but wonder, then, why so many of the great scientists of history were Christians.

Are you looking for someone to awnser the questions that confuse you, a blueprint on which to base your life around, false hope, fear of thinking for yourself? What?

Actually, I was pretty happy, already, before I was a Christian.

I didn't repent and put my faith in Christ because I was confused or was looking for "answers".

I repented and put my faith in Christ because I'm a sinner and in dire need of a Savior.

But back to the original question.

I can know that there is a God because I can see the witness of creation and know logically that creation requires a creator.

 

[marshamarshamarsha]

My compliments to posts # 27 and 28 !
Posts like that really speak to those of us
' sitting on the fence '... more so than Bible quotes.

 

[Zeena]

There's no such thing as sitting on the fence..

Luke 13:34
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not!

Matthew 12:30
"He who is not with me is against me, and he who does not gather with me scatters.

 

[jrmronald]

When I was your age, I had the same problem as you do now.
It comes from living in a Godless society as ours. As you get
older you will find that the workers of the world system of anti
christ are hard at work. As you realize this you will find the truth
of Christ and know He is real. I will not give you scripture, for
its a silly thing to do when you understand the truth.
may God bless
jrm

 

[Seekermeister]

Posted in wrong thread.

 

[Catherineanne]

None of you can tell me you're 100% sure of the existence of god unless you are unbelievably ignorant of science.

Actually, we can. I am 100% sure of the existence of God because I have met him. I don't blame you one bit for being sceptical because you have not. But that does not alter reality, of whether he is or is not. The reality of God may be outside your ability to comprehend, but you do not therefore limit or constrain such reality. No more than any of us constrain nuclear fusion by not understanding it or by denying its existence.

Same as with anyone else. I might tell you that I have an Uncle called Manfred. You would have no idea whether I am telling you the truth or not, and would have to decide whether to trust that I actually do have such an uncle. But if you then came to my home and met him at a party, then you might say, ok, there is such a person. I suspect you would not ask for DNA evidence to establish scientifically that the relationship we claim, that of uncle and neice, is backed up by empirical scientific evidence.

Much of what we accept every day as 'true' is, therefore not based on science but on relationship and on intuition. We take wedding rings and mutual affection as perfectly adequate evidence of marriage, and do not ask our friends for a sight of a wedding certificate before agreeing that they are married. We accept that the proof exists if we wanted it, but we do not insult our friends by asking for it, and saying that to us their marriage is not real until we have the proof. I suspect we would rapidly lose friends if we did this.

It is the same with God. You cannot prove by science that he does not exist, and so you cannot hide behind the suggestion that we are all ignorant while you are enlightened. It is quite the opposite, in fact. Neither Science nor faith can prove their position, and it is disingenous of atheists to pretend to be more scientific than people of faith, when you are not.

So, it returns, as every other relationship does, to relationship, experience and connection. I know God, I experience his love every day, I connect with him. This is proof positive to me. I do not need faith to find God; I have experience. It is faith in God which helps me live my life, knowing he is beside me. But it is not needed to find God himself.

Consider this in relation to your own mother. I might say to you, I do not believe in your mother; there is not and never has been such a person, and there is no scientific evidence that she exists. Would this bother you? Would she cease to exist for you because of my blindness, or because any evidence you provide I am happy to reject out of hand?

Me neither.

 

[Catherineanne]

There's no such thing as sitting on the fence..

Only those who cannot see the fence will deny that it can be sat upon.

I can see such a fence, and I accept anyone who wants to sit there for a while. I can even sit next to them. Me one side, Our Lord the other.

 

[inHisgripkim]

When I went running today I thought about how insignificant we really are in terms of this vast universe in which we live. I imagined myself leaving the earth and watching it grow smaller and smaller until it disappeared. We are, within the universe, a micro spec. As a micro spec in a universe, I began to understand just how big and powerful our Almighty really is within the dimensions of time and space that we live in. According to science, there is nearly 27 mathematical equations defining a dimension. There are some 27 dimensions in time and space and our existence is defined by a mere few. With these thoughts it became very clear that there is a God and just how incredibly big God's kingdom is.

God created the Universe. Before the universe there were, perhaps, only dimensions of time in which God's energy and Spirit resided. There has to be energy for anything in this universe to take form and to exist. Atoms join together by energy. The joining creates form. Where does this natural energy come from? Where does the energy that holds the universe together come from? Energy begets energy and God is the ultimate form of Energy and Spirit. He is an inter-dimensional God who does not need the universe to exist. He was, is, and always will be. God is real. He is here in every dimension. He is Spirit and Energy and He is within us. We need only to tap into Him with the vessel that He gave us. We tap into Him by pursuing a personal relationship with Him. To do so is to acknowledge Him. Once we acknowledge Him and stay connected to Him, we develop the ability to communicate with Him. We are able to see Him, feel Him, and breathe Him. Our God is a God of signs and wonders. He communicates to us with these. If we are truly attuned to Him, we are able to see these signs and wonders. Once we are able to see them, we have His divine guidance in our grasp. His will for us becomes clear. The end result, we achieve inner-peace and Godly understanding.
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