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Does anyone have ONE shred of evidence that any religion, superstition, etc is real/factual? Just ONE shred.?

Just ONE shred is all I'm looking for.....any religion...past, present, or one you may be considering starting. And yes....your religion...is a religion.

Update:

Never asked for proof of God's existence....a few of you have strayed.....religion...superstition...that's what we are on.....lets keep on task!

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    Nope, none

  • 9 years ago

    The important distinction you've failed to mention is what KIND of evidence.

    Word of mouth is evidence, of the anecdotal sort.

    Had you insisted on verifiable, empirical, testable, measurable, demonstrable evidence, THEN you might have a point.

    Also, not everyone agrees on what things are superstitions or religions.

  • kelm
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    faith has truthfully confident those that there is an invisible guy residing in the sky who watches each and every thing you do each and every minute of daily. And the invisible guy has a catalogue of 10 issues he would not decide so which you will do, and in case you do any of those 10 issues he has a particular place full of fireplace and smoke and burning and torture and soreness the place he will deliver you to stay and go through and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever until at last the tip of time.. yet he loves you! He loves you and he desires money! - George Carlin

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    My religion is a religion? Gee, who would've guessed. Anyway, it's always funny how atheists ask for "proof" of Gods existence like they can actually comprehend his very nature. Try imagining a being with no beginning and no end. Can't right? That's because every living and non-living thing around you, including yourself, has a beginning and will have an end. God is infinite, uncomprehendable and cannot be measured. What use is proof and evidence for something like that. That's like saying count to infinite.

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  • Many people think that the Bible is full of fables and stories. So I will talk about an account that is imposible/improbable for any human to duplicate. The Bible talls us:

    (Joshua 10:13) 13 Accordingly the sun kept motionless, and the moon did stand still, until the nation could take vengeance on its enemies. Is it not written in the book of Ja′shar? And the sun kept standing still in the middle of the heavens and did not hasten to set for about a whole day.

    “Is anything too extraordinary for Jehovah,” the Creator of the heavens and the earth? (Genesis 18:14) If he chooses to, Jehovah can manipulate the movement of the earth so that the sun and the moon would seem motionless to an earthly observer. Or he can let the movement of the earth and the moon remain undisturbed while refracting the rays from the sun and the moon in such a way that the light from these two luminaries continues to shine. Whatever the case, “no day has proved to be like that one” in human history.—Joshua 10:14.

    The unusual supernatural events recorded at Joshua 10:10-14, when the sun kept motionless and the moon stood still, as well as the many other miracles that Jehovah performed in behalf of his people, are powerful reminders of Jehovah’s ability and purpose to bring a final extermination of all wicked opposers of God.

    Even some religious persons have questioned this account. The New Catholic Encyclopedia states: “In terms of modern science and modern theology it is just as impossible for God to obey man as it is for the sun to stand still.” (1967; Volume XIII, page 795) But on what basis can solar behavior be called “impossible”? No human, of course, not even one who believes the Bible, can definitely explain how the sun stood still. But should that shake one’s faith in the Bible? No. As we have seen, men today do not understand the mysterious astronomical events taking place right now. But who can deny that they do take place? No one.

    God could, as Creator, if he wished, stop the motions of the whole solar system. Or, he could stop the motion of only the earth so that sun and moon appeared to remain in the same position as viewed from the earth. On the other hand, it is possible that the sun, moon and earth all continued on in their regular movements, but that the light from sun and moon ceaselessly shone by some form of refraction that we do not now understand. In any event, this was a truly unique event, for the Bible says that “no day has proved to be like that one, either before it or after it, in that Jehovah listened to the voice of a man.”

    The simple reasoning of Henry Cooke in the last century is still valid regarding this Biblical event:

    “Were even philosophers better acquainted with the causes of the annual and diurnal [daily] movements of the heavenly bodies, they would be better able to judge of this miracle. Though all miracles are alike easy to Omnipotence, it may still be fact, that some order of exceeding simplicity effected what appears so stupendous to our eyes. Something perhaps more simple than the stopping of the pulsation of the heart, . . . Had syncope, or fainting, never been witnessed but once some thousands of years ago, it would appear as incredible to modern physiologists as the standing still of the sun to infidel philosophers.”

    The humble person knows that the question that Jehovah God asked Job is still proper: “Have you come to know the statutes of the heavens?” The answer is still, No! (Job 38:33) Such a person is overwhelmed at the thought that the Maker of the vast heavens even condescends to deal with men. Said the Bible writer David: “When I see your heavens, the works of your fingers, the moon and the stars that you have prepared, what is mortal man that you keep him in mind, and the son of earthling man that you take care of him?”—Ps. 8:3, 4.

    Such humble persons will take time to learn about this marvelous God. And, rather than challenge Him or His Word, such one will seek to harmonize his own life with God’s changeless standards.

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    If you would like to know more about this and other themes, next time Jehovah's Witness come to your door, ask them for a free Bible study at your convenience. You will never regret all the knowledge you will acquire and remember that what you do with that knowledge is your choice.

    Knowledge + Application = Wisdom

    Source(s): the Bible w04 12/1 p. 11 Highlights From the Book of Joshua si p. 45 par. 23 Bible Book Number 6—Joshua g74 1/8 p. 15 Our Mysterious Universe
  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    No, nobody does.

    Some will *claim* to have evidence, but when presented it will be fallacy, not evidence (usually arguments from ignorance and/or incredulity).

    Peace.

    edit: see, that's exactly what "Elizabeth" offered up, a fallacious argument from incredulity.

    As for "rockaday," who wrote:

    "Eyewitness accounts that Jesus was raised from the dead."

    Show me such an account. No, the "gospels" are no such thing. "Luke" states right up front his account is NOT an eyewitness account, and bible scholars agree the "gospels" were not written by eyewitnesses. There is no eyewitness account.

  • 9 years ago

    Since there is already sufficient evidence available, we suspect that no amount of additional evidence would would ever satisfy you. Luke 16:31 confirms this. Thus God does not cater to those who require more evidence that they would not accept anyway.

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    The Quran has knowledge, it explains things with shocking accuracy science only discovered in this age. It is a very mysterious book indeed.

    Source(s): The Quran
  • 9 years ago

    No, I must admit, I have no evidence whatsoever of monkey-men.

  • 9 years ago

    Eyewitness accounts that Jesus was raised from the dead.

    That's evidence. It may not be persuasive to you, but it's evidence. Now if you ask for any evidence and then add filters, you're sending out invitations for a fool's errand.

  • When is the last time you or anyone has seen anything appear from nothing?

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