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Jeff, I am young minister of God and I have rarely run across this question. I’d like to ask you: Why not believe in God? Can you honestly say that you are satisfied with your beliefs? Can you REALLY accept evoltuion and theories related to atheism? I want you to take a look at yourself in the mirror tonight before you got to bed and explain why you’re so wonderfully made but there is no Creator. You seem to be a ‘prove it/show me’ type of person. Give it up! Everything is not mean’t for you to see or even know in depth about. You can’t see air but you know it’s there right? Perhaps your problem isn’t God. It may be the religion. I suggest you search for something more satisfying. You’ll never find treasures on the surface.
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Name : nina20072, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, City : jackson, State : MS, Country : United States, Occupation : student/minister,I think for you to have ‘proof’ that G-d exists, then you need to open your mind, pray diligently and sincerely, study the Torah and reevaluate your belief when your prayers have been answered and you have begun to see the wisdom of the Torah (effectively G-d’s code for life) in the way it relates to this modern-day world. Careful study of the Torah reveals so much of the ‘proof’ of G-d’s existence because it offers advice and guidance on every aspect of life with incredible insight into issues. It was written so long ago yet still is so pertinent to today, i.e. if you follow the mitzvot you will essentially live a rewarding life, avoiding many of today’s hazards. Who could give so much wisdom? Only a being with infinite wisdom – not a human characteristic, this can only come from a being greater than humans, i.e. G-d.
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Name : Emet25356, Gender : M, Race : Jewish, Religion : Jewish, Age : 32, City : London, State : NA, Country : United Kingdom, Occupation : Businessperson,There are no absolute truths. To search for truth, whether that truth is found through God or science, is absurd. To abandon the search for truth is to free oneself.
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Name : Patrick-Wood19907, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 19, City : Toronto, State : NA, Country : Canada, Occupation : Research Assistant, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Upper middle class,Most people do not like life’s fundamental questions to go unanswered, so they believe in a god. If you can accept, ‘I don’t know’ as an answer, you gain a great deal of freedom.
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Name : John, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, City : Orlando, State : FL, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class,So just because you can’t explain something, you jump to the conclusion that an omnipotent/omnipresent ultimate Creator accounts for it? Doesn’t make sense. Why not just assume the great Wizard of Oz accounts for it? There is just as much evidence for that as there is for God.
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Name : Rick29797, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, City : Springfield, State : OH, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,Sounds like you believe in God just because it benefits you personally.
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Name : Rick29798, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, City : Springfield, State : OH, Country : United States, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class,How can somebody say that god’s real if nobody even knows if he really even exists. Maybe the world was scintifically created. All the chemicals in outer space came together and made the earth. Then humans just evoled from primates.
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Name : Ashley, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 17, City : St. John's, State : NA, Country : Canada, Occupation : student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Upper middle class,You say you are an engineer. In your schooling, how many biology courses have you taken? And even if you are an expert in biology, to escape making the ‘appeal to authority’ fallacy, you would still have to explain to a satisfying degree how you came to your conclusion that a butterfly’s metamorphosis could not have come from evolution. I suggest you read up on the Anthropic Principle, since this is the argument you are using. Indeed, http://www.anthropic-principle.com addresses the very issue.
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Name : Michael20681, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : bi-curious (mostly straight), Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 20, City : Livingston, State : LA, Country : United States, Occupation : undergrad, Education level : 2 Years of College,Believing is just that – believing. For many people, it reality and believing have no correlation. Faith, rather, is an emotional experience, and does not require…for most people…corresponding empirical evidence. Those inclined towards skepticism or empricism, which you seem to be, tend not to understand this, because they base their understand of reality on what can be proven and what makes sense. This, I think, is a good thing. In terms of the nitty-gritty of proving or disproving God, there are two possible cases: god demonstrates his presence clearly and unambiguously, or we are left unknowing. It’s simply not possible to trully disprove god, since one can just as easily fathom a god who chooses to make it look like the universe happened on its own. And on a note to other people: not being able to understand evolution, or the universe, is not proof of anything other than ignorance.
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Name : Exton, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : nontheist, Age : 18, City : Medway, State : MA, Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class,
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