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God? Exists, doesn't exist?

How do you know for sure there exists a thing such as God.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I know for sure because one day He drastically changed me, from the inside out, in a way I was not expecting and did not even know was possible.

    I became born again, born of the spirit; and a great pall of darkness was lifted off of me and a flood of light and love and peace and hope and joy filled my heart, and totally changed the way I viewed life.

    I became convinced Jesus really was the Son of God come down from Heaven, that He really did die for me and that He was alive - risen from the dead.

    Ever since life has made more and more sense.

    I know where I came from, and I know where I am going, by a direct revelation to my heart from the Creator God. I have met hundreds of others who can share a similar experience.

    I call them brothers and sisters in Christ.

  • 1 decade ago

    You know, I think that Fosho described it best.

    If you look around you, you'll see that this world couldn't have been made spontaneously.

    How could anyone believe that all of the complicated functions of life in this universe could have been created by spontaneous explosions of chemicals. If you think about it, you'll realize that the creation of matter itself doesn't make sense at all. How could chemicals exist in the first place!?! Sooo...

    I know that people will say that the Bible was made by men, but I just can't believe that some of the wonderful, perfect things that are stated in the Bible could even be thought up by sinful, imperfect humans.

    No, the Bible didn't just fall out of the sky, for that Lillian s person; God used human's hands for his tools. But, how could you believe that men thought up those beautiful things?

    Why would anyone waste their time writing something as huge as that just to help sinful people? I'm sorry, but that's just not something that any human being would do. No person can find it in their ruthless hearts to make a story that tells of someone forgiving the very people who killed him.

    My answer got a little longer than I wanted it to... but I wish everyone wanted to have the king and friend I do. I think a lot of people just think God is this big mean judge. He's not.

  • 1 decade ago

    I really can't give you an absolute answer, I have never seen nor heard him, like many other people you just have to have faith. Try reading the bible, i know some people say that it can't be true because it was written by regular people like you and me, but the bible was written over a span of 2,000 years, if you read it it fits together just like any other book. Most of the people who wrote the books of the bible didn't even know each other or live in the same life time. So how does it fit together, that's what i can't tell you. Personally, i would go to church for at least a month before you decide if you think God exists or not...

    Also i suggest reading a book called:

    90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper, it is a true story about a man who was gone for 90 minutes and then came back to life.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    You perform an exhaustive search on everything which exists (impossible) or you examine the properties attributed to the god and perform a proof by contradiction - if you manage to find one, then god as stated is non-existant. If you can't, then you can always recourse to having insufficient evidence until you have completed an exhaustive search.

    Only then can you actually be sure.

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  • 1 decade ago

    It's not so much knowing as it is believing. People need something to believe in, something to have faith in. I believe in God because it doesn't seem possible to me that there is no God. I respect people who don't believe in God though. For me though, it feels good to have something grater than myself to believe in. I ask you though, if there is no God, why has everything worked out so well? We as humans are what is messing life up. The earth is a beautiful and amazing place. I don't think it's just luck.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    God exists, for if he did not, how can I describe him.

    God is a concept. Everything I am not. Everything I hope to be. Perfection. All mankind strives for perfection. But you can't reach something without knowing what it is. That is why God is there.

    As we progress through life, we become closer and closer to our God. Closer to what we want ourselves to be.

    But, as we are dying. Man realizes that perfection is impossible. And will accept their death. And accept the fact that they will never become one with God. A success full life.

    You see. Thing about us is. We want to be perfect, but we don't realize that we fit the description of man perfectly. What Man is, Is Perfection for Man. We don't strive to be perfect, rather we strive to be better. Better than man. Proof of evolution. As we continue to push ourselves, man will evolve into what was once thought of as perfect. But as we come closer to perfection, perfection moves further away, because we update what we see as perfect. It will continue in this process until the process can no longer continue.

    Source(s): Atheist
  • Mel
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    When you turn 57, your maternal grandmother comes to you in a dream and fills you in on the whole "Does God Exist?" business.

  • 1 decade ago

    i dont go to church alot probably once every 2 months but i think he exists i mean just look around with the flowers and the views there had to be a god to creat beauty

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Have you even attempted to open a bible? If you are a believer you wouldnt even need any proof. You walk in faith. Here is a link that will be very helpful for you if YOU ARE REALLY concerned.....gettin a bad feeling about this question. Irritated a lil i guess....take care

    Source(s): The BIBLE (where the FACTS are)
  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    For every action there is a reaction. God is this first action.

    Scientific Proof

    I am here. You are there. Thus to prove God is not, you must prove negation. That neither of us exist.

    Source(s): Roman Catholic
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