Is there a single shred of evidence to support the existence of God and/or an afterlife?

Belief in God never develops forcibly! No matter what, God Almighty would always remain hidden from human eyes! Why? God Almighty is beyond capture of five senses and mind. Spirituality starts from the point where science and religion end. At no stage of life science could prove existence of God Almighty... nor could religion!

God Almighty can only be reached via path of spirituality... never path of religion... path of rituals! If we desire gaining enlightenment in present life time we have to travel path of pure spirituality that takes one directly to abode of God (termed Vaikuntha in Hinduism)! We may or may not believe... how does it matter to God Almighty?

Ever since God Almighty exploded self with a big bang... the present cosmos got formed! In the melee all pure souls atmans scattered all over cosmos at unimaginable speeds. This also confirms the saying that God Almighty is everywhere. The pure souls' atmans in their cosmic sojourn gathered impurities similar as a rolling ball gathers moss.

To cleanse self of dross impurities within... starts cosmic life cycle of every soul atman! It is through a maze of 8.4 million manifestations... an earthly life cycle of 96.4 million years a soul atman finally reached cosmic end of life... when human beings gained enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) and finally salvation (moksha)!

For knowing God... for reaching God absolute faith in God Almighty is necessitated! Devoid of absolute faith... devoid of wisdom contained in sacred Bhagavad Gita of Hinduism... no human being on mother earth could gain enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) or reach stage of salvation (moksha)! Both enlightenment and salvation could only be achieved via path of Bhagavad Gita!

The concept of God Almighty... the big bang theory... the doctrine of karma... the process of evolution... all are integrally related! None can function without the other. It is through the complex process of karma every soul atman finally regained its lost original pure prime pristine form when human beings reached stage of enlightenment and salvation!

As every soul atman is indestructible... can neither be created or destroyed... the entire journey of 96.4 million years in the life of a soul atman is one single span of life! In the cosmic journey of souls atmans death carried no meaning. On earthly plane family weeps bereaved but in world of souls' atmans nothing much happens... it is as simple as changing of guards at Buckingham Palace!

Life in cosmic system moves totally uninterrupted! As a student of class one jumps to class two... every soul atman also manifested new form after death of present body! As per doctrine of Maya (veil of illusion) propagated by Adi Shankaracharya, God Almighty is the only truth of life! Why? From cosmic point of view every single human being is but a cluster of atoms and molecules!

Only when viewed from senses point of view things appeared solid... in truth all is gaseous formation... prime reason why God Almighty is the only truth of life! As per Bhagavad Gita other than God Almighty nothing else exists in whole of cosmos. Bhagavad Gita of Hinduism contains truth and only truth! Knower of Bhagavad Gita finally becomes knower of all! More on Proof of God - http://www.vijaykumar.org/Proof-of-God/

If you honestly want to know so that you can start following Him, then I'll tell you. But I won't waste my time on foolish mockers who ask questions hypocritically, with no intention of following up! You don't want an answer, so don't ask the question!

God even declared that while He would reveal Himself to the person who is humble and has a contrite heart, yet He would hide Himself from the proud, the arrogant, the skeptic, the scoffer, and the mocker alike! So if God wipes His hands of the likes of you, then why should *I* even bother?

When you get serious about wanting to know Truth, even to the point in which you are willing to allow Truth to change you (rather YOU trying to change Truth), then come back and ask a more honest question! (Can we say "hypo-cough-crite" ?)

God isn't a physical being, so it's not like there are finger prints or hair fibers left behind. God doesn't sign the backs of new born babies. Evidence of God only exists for people that believe in God. (that's where the whole "faith" thing comes into play). Evidence of God's existence means nothing to someone that doesn't already believe.

So no, there is no physical evidence from a being that is not physical. There is no point in trying to convince someone other wise, nor is it worth looking for someone to answer this question. It's something you just have to find yourself within the experiences you'vee had in your life.

Yes, creation is evidence that supports a creator. Assuming you are an atheist, you are new at the logic game aren't you?

Your fellow seasoned atheists would have asked for "proof" not merely "support." But asking that is hardly original. It's in fact quite boring. Just trying to help.

God bless.

Edit: Oh, you are serious? Then you are right about me making assumptions, because I assumed you were just trolling. Assuming (pun intended) you are serious, yes, again creation is evidence that supports a creator God. I am being serious here.

Does creation prove the existence? Atheists say no because we believers can't define what/who God is. But proof of the existence of God does not require explaining all attributes of God.

For example science proves the existence of things all the time, without necessarily understanding what it is that we found. Look at the quantum particle "quarks" for example. We know they exist, we can get evidence of them, using particle accelerators and applying scientific laws and theories to gain evidence. We know they have mass and have spin and charge and that there are different kinds of them. But do we see them or know everything about them? Of course not. We just know they exist and we have discovered some attributes of the.

Within that framework, why do atheists demand proof higher than what we use in modern everyday science?

And atheists sidetrack themselves all the time when they figure out a new discovery. Big Bang, "the God particle," evolution, whatever. One can dismantle a car and figure out how a gasoline engine works, but that still doesn't explain who made the car.

So you see, I do not use faith to prove the existence of God. Not at all. Existence didn't just happen. Creation not only supports but proves a creator, by definition. There had to be a creator. Faith comes in choosing what I'm going to do about it, i.e. which religion or lack of one am I going to choose based upon God? That's the faith part. But existence is proven.

Scientifically speaking, no. God and the afterlife cannot be proved or disproved. These are merely beliefs.

Scientific definition of belief:

A position or concept that is considered to be true but often lacking proof; an opinion based on assumptions instead of proof.

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Spiritually speaking, yes. The believer's faith should be based on experience (Philippians 3:8, 10). Knowledge carries the sense of experiencing (Genesis 3:5).

Can I prove that God exists? no,I cannot. But when I see the grand canyon, a starry night, the awesome heavens, can I prove that a god doesn't exist? no, I cannot. There has got to be something bigger out there than we are. We call that being God. God is not just a creator he is also a relator...he loves people and sent his son Jesus to die on the cross for our sins. Read this if you want a personal relationship with Jesus Christ http://www.sbc.net/knowjesus/theplan.asp

Sure. The Bible is the ONLY prophetic book with a 100% track record, and true, pure science VALIDATES The Bible at every encounter, which, is of no surprise, since it was written, BEFORE man had a clue. Where do ya think all these "brilliant" minds got the ideas to puzzle out? I' personally have had the privilege of seeing the hand of YHWH reach down, and save me from drowning in my truck with a stuck seat belt, so, I don't believe, I KNOW!!!

The fact that no camera is not nearly as complex as the human eye...could go on and on with different objects but something like this happening by accident is quite remarkable to believe without some kind of force driving it.

It depends how you want to define evidence how high do you set the standard? The bible wasn't written by people who witnessed the events but by people who knew people who witnessed the events. Personally just because someone writes something in a book based on what they were told from another person I dont see as reliable evidence to base my existense upon and derive purpose from.

There is ample evidence that the Bible is incorrect about many things and therefore the Christian God doesn't exist such as

1. The world isn't 6000 years ago but is 4.5 billion years old

2. Man wasn't created in a day but through millions of years of evolution ( there are human skeletons older than Adam and Eve)

3.The Earth was created after The Sun not before as stipulated in the Bible.

Also there are many things that God says that are I believe morally wrong such as :

1.Wanting us to pay the church tithes (taxes) and cursing those who don't "You have cheated me of the tithes and offerings due to me. You are under a curse, for your whole nation has been cheating me."(Malachi 3:8-11 NLT

2. Kill Prophets who are false

"If a man still prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall say to him, "You shall not live, because you have spoken a lie in the name of the Lord." When he prophesies, his parents, father and mother, shall thrust him through. (Zechariah 13:3 NAB)

3. God has a bad temper and acts petty and childishly

"The LORD is a jealous God, filled with vengeance and wrath. He takes revenge on all who oppose him and furiously destroys his enemies! " (Nahum 1:2-8 NLT)

"I have wiped out many nations, devastating their fortress walls and towers. Their cities are now deserted; their streets are in silent ruin. There are no survivors to even tell what happened. I thought, 'Surely they will have reverence for me now! "(Zephaniah 3:6-10 NLT)

4. He wants to kill Ethiopians

"You Ethiopians will also be slaughtered by my sword," says the LORD Zephaniah 2:12-15 NLT)

5.He commands Bablon to be attacked encouraging war

"Go up, my warriors, against the land of Merathaim and against the people of Pekod. Yes, march against Babylon, the land of rebels, a land that I will judge! Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them, as I have commanded you," says the LORD. "Let the battle cry be heard in the land, a shout of great destruction". (Jeremiah 50:21-22 NLT)

6.God wishes Nonbelievers to be killed

"They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and soul; and everyone who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, was to be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman." (2 Chronicles 15:12-13 NAB)

7. The bible wants people killed who are unfaithful to their spouse

"If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death. (Leviticus 20:10 NLT)

A common rebuttle is that God's now changed his mind. That was how he thought and wanted us to behave back then,but now he doesn't want us to do any of his old commands that don't fit in with modern society. If this is the case then if Gods will changes everytime society changes then it doesn't give us directiion. If it doesn't change its just ethically wrong. So either way its wrong.

The bible also contradicts itself many times .

God is satisfied with his works

Gen 1:31

God is dissatisfied with his works.

Gen 6:6

2. God dwells in chosen temples

2 Chron 7:12,16

God dwells not in temples

Acts 7:48

3. God dwells in light

Tim 6:16

God dwells in darkness

1 Kings 8:12/ Ps 18:11/ Ps 97:2

4. God is seen and heard

Ex 33:23/ Ex 33:11/ Gen 3:9,10/ Gen 32:30/ Is 6:1/

Ex 24:9-11

God is invisible and cannot be heard

John 1:18/ John 5:37/ Ex 33:20/ 1 Tim 6:16

5. God is tired and rests

Ex 31:17

God is never tired and never rests

Is 40:28

6. God is everywhere present, sees and knows all things

Prov 15:3/ Ps 139:7-10/ Job 34:22,21

God is not everywhere present, neither sees nor knows all

things

Gen 11:5/ Gen 18:20,21/ Gen 3:8

7. God knows the hearts of men

Acts 1:24/ Ps 139:2,3

God tries men to find out what is in their heart

Deut 13:3/ Deut 8:2/ Gen 22:12

8. God is all powerful

Jer 32:27/ Matt 19:26

God is not all powerful

Judg 1:19

9. God is unchangeable

James 1:17/ Mal 3:6/ Ezek 24:14/ Num 23:19

God is changeable

Gen 6:6/ Jonah 3:10/ 1 Sam 2:30,31/ 2 Kings 20:1,4,5,6/

Ex 33:1,3,17,14

In conclusion I don't agree with many of Gods thoughts and actions and I dont wish to base my life on a book that contradicts science and itself .

@ majestic aerotec: first hand testimony is evidence. If you were to be a witness in court and all you had to tell was what someone else said someone else said, the judge would throw you out immediately. Also there's the issue of credibility even with a first hand account.

None.

No testable falsifiable evidence reveals either.

It tends to come down to subjective interpretations of 'feelings'.

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@Smeitemm:

"Yes, creation is evidence that supports a creator. Assuming you are an atheist, you are new at the logic game aren't you?"

There's not even evidence of any "creation", so that nullifies that claim. If you disagree, feel free to provide the evidence.

Edit2:

"Within that framework, why do atheists demand proof higher than what we use in modern everyday science?"

I think you mean scientists, and the same standard falsifiablility and of independently testifiable evidence applies to all claims about the nature of the universe. To try to claim a different standard is nonsense.

You're still not actually providing evidence for your claims, and trying to disagree with others' claims is not the same as providing evidence for your own.

So what falsifiable claims of gods are there, and what validating evidence of such claims? I am unaware of any, and I have yet to see any falsifiable claims (or even a definition) of any "creation" at all.