Faith no more
A C Grayling PhilosopherI do not believe that there are any such things as gods and goddesses, for exactly the same reasons as I do not believe there are fairies, goblins or sprites, and these reasons should be obvious to anyone over the age of ten. Peter Atkins ChemistIn part because there is no evidence for a God (sentimental longing, desperation, ignorance and angst are not evidence) and in part because science is showing that it is capable of answering all the questions that the religious have argued, without any evidence, require the activities of a God, I dismiss holy scripture as evidence
Why I Am Not a Christian
What I mean is that we have no evidence they are physically possible, much less real, in the way we know an interstellar spacecraft is physically possible or that a nuclear missile is real. A brain no larger than that of a monkey would be sufficient, since a monkey can see, hear, smell, and do pretty much everything we can, and its tiny brain is apparently adequate to the task
Why Believe in God, Jesus and the Bible? Christian Evidences
Resources The following books were especially helpful in preparing this study and will be helpful to you in further study: Indestructible Foundations, by Peter Wilson. When you consider all the organs of the human body, then all the other plants and animals, the heavenly bodies, and all the complex laws of nature, is it reasonable to argue that all this came without intelligent planning? Science is founded on the conviction that the universe is intelligible -- it is so orderly and systematic that the human intelligence is able to grasp much about its working
50 reasons to believe in God - Iron Chariots Wiki
Where is the corresponding evidence for God (or intelligent design, etc.)? No, in actuality, most religions, with their tales of super-beings and magical events, bear a much greater resemblance to fairy tales than does evolution. In fact, filling the gap with God or universal invisible sky pixies is not even a solid answer, it is merely just solving a mystery with another mystery and gets nowhere
No Reason to Believe in Gods: Without Good Reasons, Belief is Impossible - Theists Fail to Provide Good, Rational, Sound Reasons to Believe in God
What I mean is, we should ask which method will do the best job of helping us sift through the myriad of claims we face every day, discarding more false beliefs than true one and allowing us to accept more true beliefs than false ones. It is my experience that few people are so consistent, and they often apply far lower standards of evidence and logic to theistic and religious claims they grew up with than they do to anything else
25 things which make it hard for me to believe in God - Straight Dope Message Board
Some would say he paid a moral debt, others that he satisfied the demands of justice, still others that by becoming a pure sacrifice he broke open the prison of this world for us. The Holocaust was the fault of man? But is God not stronger than man? It all comes back to a fundamental disconnect between what we read in the Bible and what we see in real life
How can we possibly control the sun and the moon? The rain fall? Or I must say controlling the nature? Can a scientist provide water that is sufficient for everyone? No human can ever do these things. God is loving, god is vengeful, god is the original creator, god set the universe in motion and then left it to itself to unfold, god is unknowable, god is perfect, god loves all life, god punishes those who defy him
Only the atheist appreciates just how uncanny our situation is: most of us believe in a God that is every bit as specious as the gods of Mount Olympus; no person, whatever his or her qualifications, can seek public office in the United States without pretending to be certain that such a God exists; and much of what passes for public policy in our country conforms to religious taboos and superstitions appropriate to a medieval theocracy. That so much of this suffering can be directly attributed to religion -- to religious hatreds, religious wars, religious delusions, and religious diversions of scarce resources -- is what makes atheism a moral and intellectual necessity
Chapter 1 - Why We Believe Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God - Truth For The World
Jesus rose from the dead, never to die again! This is unlike any other religious leader in history! There have been many religious leaders in the history of mankind. Later, the apostle wrote: Many other signs therefore did Jesus in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book: but these are written, that ye may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye may have life in his name (John 20:30-31)
Islam Tomorrow .com
It was memorized by thousands of people during the lifetime of Muhammad, peace be upon him, and then this memorization was passed down from teacher to student for generation after generation, from mouth to ear and from one nation to another. He calls Himself by a number of names and three of them are: A) The First - (Al-Awal) B) The Last - (Al Akhir) C) The Eternal, who is sought after by His creation, while He has no need from them at all
If there is a God, why should He prevent me from going to heaven (providing I had led a decent life of course) just because no one had told me about it? Not my fault is it. The mathematical odds dictate that you have probably chosen the wrong one! Does that make you a bad person? Contact me: EMAIL It is not always possible to answer all emails, but all will be read and noted
A Basic Buddhism Guide: Buddhism and the God-idea
In the Aganna Sutta, the Buddha describes the universe being destroyed and then re-evolving into its present form over a period of countless millions of years. Finding no security, they created the idea of gods in order to give them comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong
However, there is abundant evidence that the universe was designed by super intelligent Agent, who purposed that the universe should exist and be capable of supporting advanced life. Who alone stretches out the heavens, And tramples down the waves of the sea; (Job 9:8) Covering Thyself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain
The Real Reasons Why People Believe in God
Given how important believers claim the existence of their god and truth of their religion are, you'd think that they would invest a lot of effort into constructing the best possible arguments and finding the best possible evidence. Even so, the quality of arguments typically offered by believers as justification for their religious and theistic beliefs are remarkable for just how atrocious they are
close Email This Recipient's Email Address (Separate multiple address with commas) Your Email Address Message (Optional) Send me a copy or Cancel close Thank You Your email has been sent. Since the beginning of recorded history, which is defined by the invention of writing by the Sumerians around 6,000 years ago, historians have cataloged over 3700 supernatural beings, of which 2870 can be considered deities
Science is focussing on observable facts, is creating some hyphothesis or models of reality out of that, and tries to predict the behaviour of a system. Presenting it as a religious text which contains an explaination based on the existing knowledge twothousand years ago is somthing which makes sense for me if taught in schools (if other religions are presented on an equal basis)
If There Is No God, Then Why Do So Many People Believe in God?
Most humans seem to be hard-wired to believe that agents explain various facts; this tendency seems to include all sorts of invisible agents, including God, gods, ghosts, and so forth. Atheists throughout history have tried to explain religious belief by appealing to wish fulfillment, the influence of family and culture, the (alleged) irrationality or ignorance of theists, and so forth.In my opinion, the best explanation comes from the cognitive science of religion: humans evolved a Hypersensitive Agency Detection Device (HADD)
But isn't this Deism, the belief that God set the universe in motion and walked away? While it could be Deism, the Bible speaks more of an active God, one who is frequently intervening in His creation. Since experiments judging religious beliefs cannot have predictable results, and may give different results under the same circumstances it is not open to scientific inquiry
Does God exist? Is there evidence for the existence of God?
Where did this sense of right and wrong come from if not from a holy God? Despite all of this, the Bible tells us that people will reject the clear and undeniable knowledge of God and believe a lie instead. For example, if the Earth were significantly closer or farther away from the sun, it would not be capable of supporting much of the life it currently does
Why Believe in God? :: Catholic News Agency
It can be noted that some things in the universe are in motion and it follows that whatever is in the state of motion must have been placed in motion by another such act. And surely were science falters and extrinsic evidence fail, reason and intrinsic evidence can prove the spiritual which can not be measured by material sciences.St
Report by Claire on October 9th, 2012 In the interest of being brief, I will forgo discussion on the other points raised and cut straight to the question which you asked: 1. You dust my garage floor with powder in order to see his tiny hoof prints, and I tell you he hovers just inches above the floor, flies around, and his hooves never touch
Our vision is to see people of all nations experiencing a personal relationship with Christ, growing to be more like Him, and serving in a local body of His family. The salvation Christ offers is not a reward for effort but a gift to all who in light of the evidence put their trust in Him (John 5:24; Romans 4:5; Ephesians 2:8-10)
Why do some well-educated and genius people believe in God or any (internal, universal) power when there is no real proof for that? And if you have any real proof (not any suppositions), you are welcome here. - Quora
Check Khalil Gibran : All poems of the poet: Khalil GibranAs for the scientific community, they are not much far either : Quantum Mysticism: Gone but Not ForgottenIf the whole cosmos was really explainable with a proof.. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe to describe? The usual approach of science of constructing a mathematical model cannot answer the question of why there should be a universe for the model to describe
Where are the experts, the professionals, who were to collude with us and help expand our knowledge? When was the last time you posted with one of those individuals? All there is is you, me and the others we blog with everyday. I guess the positive results won't be much better than placebo effects or natural remissions or from focusing or visualising something without god beliefs
Surely this God would not then expect us to assume His existence while instructing us to prove everything else from His Word!Before beginning this study, remember, assumptions do not count! Neither do superstitious myths or traditions based on ignorance! What can be known from science? Only accept facts. Those who read this powerful publication will never again doubt the scientific case for Creation!)Faith and Proof Faith does play a role in the life of a Christian
God is Imaginary - 50 simple proofs
In John 3:16 the Bible says: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." All that you have to do is believe in Jesus and your soul gets to go to heaven. There is also the problem that we saw with bacteria -- the only way for a mosquito to go to heaven would be to somehow transport all the chemicals in a mosquito from earth to heaven
He of course can do whatever he likes but in order to preserve our right to choose what we believe and what we will seek in this life he reveals himself only to those that come to him. I have not made a new religion or made a god, you are missing my point - which is that there is most likely no god and that therefore religions are deluded
Why do people still believe in God despite no proof of his existence and so much evidence against him and the Bible
He was meek, benevolent, patient, firm, disinterested, and of the sublimest eloquence." (MORE) Answers Staff In Christianity Understanding Hell in the Bible Those who follow the path of Christianity believe that hell exists. Some theists feel that any question which has an presently unknown answer should be relegated to a category of "We don't know why or how this happened so god must have done it!" and see scientists' relentless probing (and difficult to discuss in simple terms) explanations as an affront to their belief system and conclude that scientists are trying to prove god does not exist
Who Is Jesus? - Is Jesus God? - See the Proof - No Need for Blind Faith
Five times in the course of his life, Jesus clearly predicted in what specific way he would be killed and affirmed that three days later he would rise from the dead. The quality of his life was such that he was able to challenge his enemies with the question, "Can any of you prove me guilty of sin?"13 He was met by silence, even though he addressed those who would have liked to point out a flaw in his character
And there was vastly more of it than there was of our stuff.Looking in the other direction -- down toward the small -- we got past atoms, to subatomic particles, and encountered quantum weirdness.The theory of quantum electrodynamics describes nature as absurd from the point of view of common sense. And that's our only choice, no answer or a false one.That creates a whole set of new questions.If there is no God, what is morality, where does it come from, and will it work without God? What is spirituality? How is it different than religion? Does it have value if God is a mere myth and legend? Why are there atheists? Why gods, and then a God? Why is monotheism successful in some societies and not in others? Why is belief more prevalent among some groups and cultures than in others? Why are we willing to kill and die for this particular idea?But that's OK, because those are questions about us, as natural human beings, and they can be answered
Why do people believe in God without proof
(MORE) Answers Staff In Christianity Understanding God the Father in Christianity Of all of the doctrines of the Christian faith, the Trinity is perhaps the most confusing to outsiders. Yeast has a long shelf life in the refrigerator, but there is no way to know when the organisms have died unless you add them to warm water and a little sugar let them sit.If you want the best results when you are proofing yeast and baking, store your yeast correctly
If god is the cause of everything, god is void We would never notice god This is not an evidence against god, but rather describes the lack of sense in praying to a god who stands above time. Then we must raise the question, who created god's nature? If we just accept that god has a nature and exists without a cause, why not say that the known world just is and that the laws of physics are what they are, without a cause? God is not really an explanation, only a non-explanation
Or Again, can you prove to me that human reason (scientific or otherwise) is able to discover 'truth'?What I'm saying is that you hold your form of rationalism to be a self evident axiom - it's your starting point. Why must the existence of God be confined to scientific evidence only when felons are convicted of their crimes on the testimony of witnesses without any scientific evidence?If you're refering to scripture, heresay is inadmissable in court.No, when it comes to my own personal belief, I'm not refering to the Bible
Why do people believe in god when there is absolutely no proof? - Quora
Your knowing it is a screen, or your personal belief in it being a screen, is irrelevant to the fact that it is a screen.The study of science answers questions in the universe through observational evidence
Does God Exist - Six Reasons to Believe that God is Really There - Is There a God
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