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Can you prove god to me?
right now im an atheist. ive been trying to communicate with "god." i tell god to prove his/her existance by teling him/her to do something random like make a 4.2 earthquake to happen right now without anyone or anything bad happening. but nothing happens. if god is real he/she is being an asshole to me. i want to believe in him/her but i feel like religion is bullshit. my family believes in god, i dont. i dont believe we have souls. i dont believe there a heaven. i dont believe theres a god. i believe we were all brought into this world to suffer. i really want to believe there is an afterlife. i want to believe that theres a god. but i also want to believe in world peace, but there will never be world peace.
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- TheophilousLv 69 years agoFavorite Answer
Can I “prove” God to you? No. At best I can provide you with evidence. But the certainty of proof is something that no one can provide for you. The questions then become, what is sufficient evidence for you to believe in God’s existence? And are you willing to consider the evidence with an open mind?
You demand miracles of God in order to “prove” to you that he exists. I give you your demand of “make a 4.2 earthquake happen right now without anyone or anything bad happening.” You are demanding a sign from God. There is precedent for this question being asked of God and his answer.
Mark 12:38-40 “Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. “
So… You want proof that God exists? Then investigate the sign he gave. Did Jesus raise from the dead? Open your mind up to the possibility of that happening and investigate. There are certain presuppositions that you will have to make.
1 Jesus lived.
2 Jesus was killed, by the Romans at the instigation of the Jewish Leaders.
3 Jesus was considered dead.
4 Jesus was executed in a publicly accessible place, and not in secret.
5 Jesus was buried in a known location.
6 A guard was placed at his tomb.
7 He was preached to be raised, ascended and the tomb was empty.
Each one of these presuppositions are easier to prove than the resurrection. There is both biblical and non-biblical historical information for each of these. I’ll let you do the research if you feel you have to.
There are a number of possibilities to explain the empty tomb.
1 That the apostles went to the wrong tomb.
If this is so, then the body was still in the tomb. Why didn’t the Romans or the Sanhedrin show everyone the body was still in the tomb, once the false claims of his being resurrected surfaced? They couldn’t because the body wasn’t there.
2 The apostles took the body.
This could not happen as a Roman guard was at the tomb. The Sanhedrin did try to bribe the guard into saying that the apostles took the body while they slept. But this cannot be true. First, falling asleep on guard duty for Roman soldiers was a death sentence. Second, if they were asleep while the apostles stole the body, how do they know who stole it? And if they were awake enough to see who was stealing the body, why didn’t they stop them?
The Babylonian Talmud also makes this claim. But in doing so they admit that Jesus lived, that he was killed, and that the tomb was found to be empty.
No one from the time of Jesus ever claimed that he did not exist. No one from that time ever claimed that he wasn’t killed by the Romans.
3 The Romans took the body.
If the Romans had the body, why didn’t they bring it out and show everyone that the claims of Jesus’ resurrection were false? They didn’t because they didn’t have the body.
4 The Sanhedrin took the body.
Same thing as the Romans. If they had it, why not show it when the claims of the resurrection were being made? It would have saved everyone a lot of trouble.
5 Someone else took the body.
Who? And you are still presented with the problem of the Roman guard on the tomb.
6 The apostles hallucinated the whole thing.
Then the body was still in the tomb. Why not show the body. Also in order to have an hallucination, you have to have some kind of an expectation of the event occurring. The apostles had no such expectation. They might have thought that Jesus would be resurrected at the judgment day, but had no hope of that happening before. They were all in hiding.
7 Jesus revived in the cool of the tomb and then escaped.
Romans are VERY good at killing people. If you, as a roman soldier let a prisoner escape, then you were going to serve the rest of his sentence. If you let a condemned man who was to be executed for treason escape his death sentence, then you would be killed in his place. The Romans made sure he was dead.
And the idea that someone scourged, crucified, left without medical care for three days, could revive without food or water and push aside a stone large enough that three healthy women were not sure they could move it, is ridiculous.
8 The apostles lied.
Then the body is still in the tomb. Why not show it?
9 The apostles told the truth, and the resurrection happened as described.
- Dei bellatorLv 59 years ago
Well first off, God is referred to as He. He is masculine in nature. Second, if you don't believe, then trying to ask God is foolishness. Third, what you're asking for is ridiculous. If you want proof that God exists consider the fact that the planet earth is perfect for sustaining life unlike any other planet. You were not brought into this world to suffer, you are here to learn who God is and what he has done for you. This is a time of grace before you are judged by God himself. If you want to believe, pick up a bible and get started. I pray that you come to a knowledge of the truth.
- Anonymous9 years ago
You know what, im glad about the things youve been choosing to do. I used to doubt his existence too, until one day without even thinking, i felt him when i prayed a shallow prayer. That night i was brought down to my knees and i was shivering despite the hot room and i kept on crying and repenting for doubting him. Most christians i know had to have a personal encounter with Jesus before they fully believed. An God has a perfect timing for every encouter. Because you are seeking him now, i believe soon he will come to you and reveal himself to u. Do u know that Many are called but few are chosen? God picks the people. And one way to find out he has picked you is the hunger he has given your heart to seek him. Because to everyone who seeks, he will reveal himself. Only at the right moment. I pray you will continue to search for him. I was a doubting person, yet he changed that and proved me wrong. Its sad to know you put him to the test because who said it was your command that was to be followed? You cant rush him into things, and another thing i hate religion too. I hate it sooooo much. Thats why i dont have it. What i do have is a relationship with God, which i had only after my personal encounter. He is amazing. There are also people whom god blinds and deafens so that they would not get to know him. Even my grand dad has a stubborn heart. God wont come to you if u dont want to. My gran dad doesnt want it. He was called, but i dont know if he was chosen, i hope he is. U dnt even have to follow the rituals many religions require u to. Yes suffering wont end. But its because of the war between God and Satan. God is choosing the people who are sturdy enough to fight for him. All u see now are little wars, but this is all heading to a war between two sides. God and the devil. Its proven at revelations of the bible. And prophecies in revelations have already been fulfilled.
- 9 years ago
God is spelled with a capital G. and I can't prove God to you, that's your responsibility. You never put God to the test. and yes I agree there will never be peace on Earth and that in life you are meant to suffer, but I believe there will be peace in Heaven.
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- Anonymous9 years ago
You were created by a fart in outer space, then you evolved into a monkey. I'm going to visit my cousin, Curious George, tonight.
- Anonymous9 years ago
the proof is right in front of your face .. nobody is going to prove anything to you when your stuck on mainstream programming .. turn the crap off and look for yourself ...
- Computer GlowLv 79 years ago
If you want proof just ask the Lord to reveal Himself to you and He will. =)
- ZeeLizardGlueLv 69 years ago
The proof is right in front of you...that's right, all that blank space? Yeah, nothing is there. "God" isn't real. Ergo - NO GOD!
Source(s): KaiThanksBai - Anonymous9 years ago
If there were no God, there would be no big bang, no Universe and no us.