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Why believe in God if there is no evidence he exists?
Where is the evidence?
No dogma please.
Is the only reason because the Bible says something along the lines of "God will blast you with a thunderbolt if you don't believe in in him"? Nice God.
17 Answers
- ?Lv 75 days agoFavorite Answer
The only way primitive religion exists today is through the child abuse of forcing it into very, very young children but thanks to better education and growing intellects so many teens are able to discover the truth, throw off the indoctrination and step into the real world!
Acceptance of a supernatural claim tends to promote cooperative social relationships. This communication demonstrates a willingness to accept, without skepticism, the influence of the speaker in a way similar to a child's acceptance of the influence of a parent. By encouraging this kind of behavior where the most intense social relationships occur it facilitates the lack of skepticism and deters more open minded thinking.
They are christian, Muslim or the other religions depending where they were born simply because they were indoctrinated by their parents as very young children. They will go on to indoctrinate their own children and those will go on to indoctrinate their grandchildren!
Atheists have the intellect to see through the conditioning and escape into the real world!
Agnostics have the intellect to see through the conditioning but lack the courage to throw of the conditioning entirely.
Sadly Christians, Muslims and others are still held firmly prisoner by the self perpetuating brainwashing!
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- PubliusLv 74 days ago
There is evidence, Einstein. Every year millions experience God for themselves. You should, too. It's the logical thing to do. Don't bother moving the goalposts. It's more evidence than you have to shore up your fantasy that there is no God.
- PaulLv 75 days ago
Exactly right! Why would hundreds of millions of intelligent people choose to believe in God, and even sacrifice their lives rather than deny Him, unless there was extremely strong evidence of His existence? Wouldn't make any sense, would it? Just as denying the reality of God because you have not personally met Him is totally irrational, given the vast number of people who do know Him.
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- Anonymous5 days ago
I believe in God but I can't prove that to you and it's absolutely fine if you don't until you have seen evidence.
- Anonymous5 days ago
Because we have evidence. If you weren't so blind you'd see it.
- 5 days ago
God is not up on the mountaintop or in the sky. God lives inside of you, and every human. God is "I am" so be mindful of what you believe you are, be mindful of what comes out of your mouth next when you say "I am."
Faith is believing what you don't see. The reward is that you see what you believe.
- Anonymous5 days ago
We are surrounded by evidence. You are in a state of denial.
Romans 1:18-22 — But God shows his anger from heaven against all sinful, wicked people who suppress the truth by their wickedness. They know the truth about God because he has made it obvious to them. For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and sky. Through everything God made, they can clearly see his invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature. So they have no excuse for not knowing God. Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools.
- ANDRE LLv 75 days ago
There's no rational reason to believe in anything for which there is not only no evidence that it exists, but where there is a great deal of evidence that shows that it doesn't.
- 5 days ago
There is plenty of evidence in the form of testimonial evidence, dear, such as the Holy Bible.
Do you need to use fallacies to reject such evidence, dear? Or do you wish to not remove your blinders to see such evidence, dear? If so you may be ensnared by the enemy of humankind, dear, and will need to study the evidence very sincerely to break free of the snare, dear.
- Anonymous5 days ago
The evidence is all around you.