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Can you prove religion to a non-believer?
As an atheist, I don't believe in god. I don't believe in a higher power, miracles, blessings, damnation, redemption, sins, or anything like that. I believe in science, and I hold fast to the idea that what science has not yet explained is only because we are not yet advanced enough to be able to do so.
Really though, I want to have serious thought on this. I want actual, real, Intelligent debate on the topic. If anyone has proof of god, or of any aspect or story of religion being true, PLEASE, try and explain it to me.Enquiring minds wish to know.
Oh, and please don't quote the bible or other holy books in an attempt to prove it. As it stands I don't believe holy books are true in any way, so quoting them will not prove to me or anyone else that god is real.
Oh, and please, everyone, try to give actual evidence. Saying simply that it is because I haven't accepted him, or because I don't believe in him dosen't help me. I actually want to know the truth, whether I am right or wrong in what I currently believe.
If God as you know him is real, and can be actually proven to me in some way, I would want to know him, and if he can be proven to exist in some way, I would believe. However, I need some proof. Everything I have seen has lead me to think that there is no god, as science has explained everything I have asked it to. But if there is any proof that I am wrong, I want to see it and understand it.
@ CHEF: Yes, I do ask them to present logic and truth. They are human, just like the rest of us, and they are just as capable of logic as we are. And I think it's fair to ask for all sides to present their arguments. Think of it like court. One side is prosecution, th other the defence.
Oh, and Daughter of King Jesus, I don't specifically ask for a christian answer because if anyone is right, no matter what their religion is, I would want to know. I don't seek to put christians below any other person or religion.
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- 8 years agoFavorite Answer
No. You can search for a shred of evidence for any of the holy books, you can sit there and pray and pray and pray, and you can try to be the best of your religion, but in the end, you will never get any evidence, a response, and no feel for your god. Mother Theresa herself had written in personal diaries that she had lost her faith years ago. There is no evidence because it is not real.
- 8 years ago
So you think the Bible is a hox? I can't convince anyone in creation because no one wants to believe you dont want to believe and you will find any and everything to dis prove what is true.. creation.... How do you explain Noahs ark? Its where it was said to have rested the same dimensions and all the ark of the covenant holding the ten commandments has been found since the 50's and Blood said to be Jesus Christ's was also DNA tested to have 23 female chromosomes and 1 male chromosomes and to my knowledge and sources no DNA sample has been recorded in scientific history with this number a normal human has 24 of each for 48... You believe what you want its a waste of time to explain to an atheist anyway... it all has to be science and oh thats not logical scientists are even losing ground with evolution its a joke. The bible is 1000% true everything in it is true... It has 7 prophecies to the world ending and several of them have started 1 world power 1 world leader will come soon... You can't hide from the truth though... If your human you believe if you dont then your a robot because people who dont believe cant have a lot of total belief... don;t you ever wander why certain things happen I know youve experienced something you couldn't explain science can explain the explainable but not the unexplainable thats left for us... all the things ive stated are just whats real and do exist they have not been publically released yet because the bible is not ready for it to be released soon very soon it will be released for the entire un educated world to know and see... But it doesnt matter atheists will just say those are fake they were planted when your science proved the age of the artifacts. I dont know how you could ever get an ark into the mountains of Ararat... Oh another big piece of info... they also found chariots from the Egyptian army scattered along the floor of the red sea in 1 straight line from one side to the other along with the hoofs of horses... how those get there when there was nothing but water? Did the red sea get parted.... lol of course it did
Source(s): believe... I respect your beliefs - 8 years ago
First of all most questions like this the asker does not choose an answer from a Christian at all, but rather a synical atheist who says, "and they as Christians had nothing good to say." So nothing makes me think you will be different.
God tells us in the Bible that you don't want to hear from "seek and ye shall find." Now to you I ask if you are seeking to mock us Christians, in that your "BA" will be they can't prove God, or are you really wanting to know."
My proof of God is not science, and its sure the heck not logic. If I went by logic to look for God I know I'd be atheiest. But my search for God has been in a real world. Its been through some of life's deepest pains that have made me believe in God. Not because they happened or were stopped from happening but because I was carried. Its more of the aftermath, that proved God to me. You can't get my proof of God by any science test or wall of logic.
Source(s): Christian - 8 years ago
Roger! > yea its true that the red sea is open for Moses but that's not the mystery in that story the mystery is the timing! if you read the whole story there is a storm on that week and that storm was the one that make the red sea departed! believe what you believe but don't limit your wisdom by in the bible because life is a continue journey.
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- ?Lv 68 years ago
If by proof you mean evidence than no.
atheism and theism have nothing to do with science. Science is based off observations while theism AND atheism (the belief that no God exists) are based off belief.
If you really want to know the truth, you should actually try accepting him.
- 8 years ago
The existence of God(s) cannot be proven to/by anyone because, by definition, God(s) would exist outside of our perceived realm of existence. We can only definitely prove what exists inside of our realm of existence and therefore, anything that is defined as existing outside of this realm is not provable.
- 8 years ago
You just did. No need for so much negative validation if you truly don't believe. Herein lies the problem....all mankind is endowed with spiritual insight into God. It is eternally inescapable my friend. You will go to your death seeking to obliterate God, unless you repent and are saved by Him.
Source(s): The bible and the love of God toward sinners like me and you - ?Lv 68 years ago
look in the mirror.. your the reason why you don't believe.. I believe, because I accept God, I have faith, God has revealed himself to me, he will not reveal himself to people who don't want to know him
that is the choice you have made with the free will he has given you, he will not force you to believe in him, its really up to you
you don't believe in a higher power, miracles, blessings, damnation, redemption, sins, the bible and God etc.. congratulations.. you have done a good job at rejecting God..
- Anonymous8 years ago
Are you serious??? These people believe snakes can talk and you ask them to present logic & proof?