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Theists, without using the Bible as a reference can you prove that God exists?
Without using any part of the Bible, support as much information as you can for the existence of a God.
Kathy, how do you know that God created you? (And please don't say "Because the Bible says so" because that is against the rules in this argument.
Jehovah, I am asking you to disregard one piece of "evidence" if you cannot pull any more evidence for the existence of God then he does not exist. Without using fossil evidence I can still offer evidence for the theory of evolution. The chemical and anatomical similarities of related life forms have changed over the years by small pieces in DNA. You cannot take away ALL evidence to support something because then NOTHING can be proved. You can only take away 1 variable and examine the remaining evidence. If the Bible is the only "evidence" you have to support your claim on a god. Then you have a very weak argument.
Ivy, Apes are still around because we didn't evolve from them, we evolved from a common ancestor. As for the IQ jump. IQ is dependent on knowledge. There are monkeys that can play piano. This is because their brain is capable of comprehending the ability that it takes to understand this activity. Our brain is larger because our ancestor's brain had a mutation that made it able to understand more information. This allowed us to succeed in a "society" while others who didn't have this mutation died out.
I am excluding 1 proof. That "proof" is the Bible. Without science textbooks I can still go to a museum or to an dig site and learn about fossils. It seems that because the Bible is your only proof, it becomes necessary to believe it is true to keep your faith alive.
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
God created the morality that keeps people from tracking you down and beating the Hell out of you (ahaha get it?).
P.S.- This part isn't about proving God's existence, so I'm going to use the Bible and compare it to your DNA argument. Just as I did not write the Bible, yet I believe it to be true; so you did not discover this DNA evidence, and you believe it to be true. In both instances, we are believing hearsay. So, here's a challenge for you: Without using any part of science, explain to me how DNA and evolution exist.
- 1 decade ago
No. I cannot prove that God exists, with or without the Bible.
I can, however, present a reasonable, logical case for God's existence that is cumulative in nature, showing that it is more likely that God exists than not. There are five main arguments:
1) The argument from a first cause.
2) The argument from design.
3) The argument from morality.
4) The historical case for the real Jesus
5) In absence of evidence to the contrary, my personal experience.
Each of these is available online in some detail.
The requirement that the Bible be ignored, however (though my argument above doesn't depend upon the Bible) is simply fatuous. That's like asking if your car can be repaired without referring to any automotive engineering references, or baking a cake without referring to heat. It's just goofy.
Source(s): http://www.reasonablefaith.org/ Start here ... - the_ivy_vineLv 51 decade ago
Personally, I've experienced BIG miracles. (I once saw "daylight-vision" in the night, and there's another, more personal one).
Also, to me, it makes more sense to believe that there's always been a God than the idea that there's always been matter...Plus, the design of the Earth and all its creatures is so complex and varied that, to me, it proves other theories impossible. (If I had evolved from an ape, where are all the skeletons--why have we only found a few? Also, why are apes still around and with VERY little mental capacity beside us. Why the jump in progress from their IQ to ours? Wouldn't there be proof of increasing "ape" intelligence along the way? I guess it's hard to explain.
- BIRDY85Lv 41 decade ago
Evolution has never been witnessed; a species branching from another has not been seen or recreated. Also, the idea of something being created from nothing has never been seen or recreated. The first atom had to have had a source, and many call that the God factor.
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- 1 decade ago
Without using a science book as a reference can you prove quarks or leptons exist?
EDIT: Remember, 'bible' means 'little books'. It is not '1 proof'. It's 66 proofs written over the course of 1600 years.
- GregoryLv 71 decade ago
sure when you can prove with out fossil evidence and the say so of scientist that evolution exists
with out using any fossil or scientific theories support as much information as you can the existence of evolution.
better yet prove with physical evidence you had grandparents 1500 years ago?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
you cannot say to prove something then exclude in one of the proofs.
Look around you at creation itself- the vast array of it and all life forms have one thing in common!
You tell me what that is I will give you the proof that you desire so badly.
You are not allowed to use any science text books- they are written by man and men make errors. So they are not conclusive.
- JP (Jan)Lv 61 decade ago
There are many historical writings outside of the bible that write about Jesus, his life, his death, how it turned dark, etc. Jesus is God, the Word made flesh. I don't have to prove anything, but if you desire personal proof, then ask of God and he will answer and make Himself known to you. Seek and you shall find.
- The Whoflew BirdLv 51 decade ago
No one can really prove anything exists. I cannot even prove that I'm not dreaming right now, since even in my dreams I believe I'm actually awake and climbing Everest or whatever it is I'm dreaming about. The wabbit hole goes vewy deep.
- 1 decade ago
God created me,Answer Seeker Kathy
Source(s): Update:Just look at me then,God doesn't create garbage.