Topic: Why do you believe God exists? - page 35. (Read 7902 times)

That definitely wasn't Musk's idea, the simulation hypothesis has been around for decades.

I like the idea of Elon Musk's Universe Simulation, where the Universe is just a compute program/game, developed by a post-human civilization. This seems legit to me, especially taking into account that the humanity itself is able to simulate universes with the help of computer.

You say can nothing create something, and yet you ignore the fact that your God must have come from nothing.

Your reasoning is fatally flawed, humans evolved by sequential adaptation, like a stacking process of adding and remove pieces of an organic puzzle. Over millions of years this process leads to complex systems such as humans, yes, this process is remarkably unlikely to occur, nobody denies that. But there are also trillions of worlds in the universe which did NOT undergo these steps, we are, as far as we know alone in the universe. Of course, the fact that we exist allows us to perceive ourselves, it allows us to acknowledge our own rarity. However, do not mistake that for evidence of a creator, that is a bias of reason, to assume we are created, is to assume all those other planets were left barren by that same creator.

My best example is the book of life or our DNA. Our dna is composed of billions of instructions that commands how you will look like, hair color, eyes, shape of face, height and many more. Its so detailed that it cant be possibly made from accident, or just happened over the course of time. For example a book will not just fall from the sky and form its letters, shapes, color and compose comprehensible words in english or any other language. If you think that's possible you're silly. In the end just ask yourself this, can nothing create something? or can something come out of nothingness? There always will be a greater force than all of us, than all of the universe that made everything happen.

It is sad that there hasn't been even a single rational attempt to address any of the points made in OP.

Looks like the following graph is holding true;

Even if God does exist, it is quite clear he must be an absolute lunatic, and thus does not deserve my praise.

Let me guess, God does not require a cause, right?  

You just have to believe." Well, here is an attempt to candidly offer some of the reasons which suggest that God exists.
But first consider this. When it comes to the possibility of God's existence, the Bible says that there are people who have seen sufficient evidence, but they have suppressed the truth about God.1 On the other hand, for those who want to know God if he is there, he says, "You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart, I will be found by you."2 Before you look at the facts surrounding his existence, ask yourself, If God does exist, would I want to know him?.

Every single thing in this vague universe is a product of creation; and creation would not exist if there is no creator --- and that creator is the highest of them all, God. God as god, is the causation of all things, the beginning of all beginnings, the founder of all founders. The mere fact that we all do believe that things needs to have its origin, we can already say that there is 'Someone' or 'Something' that originates all of these, all of the things we know, and all of the things we are experiencing. If God does not exist, then where does that idea came from? Well, the concept of God would not emerge at the first place if that idea is not first-handed by someone whom somehow know and meet God Himself. Moreover, have you ever wonder why even though we are in living in a world wherein almost nothing is impossible,  yet, many things are still unknown, mysterious, and unexplainable? Just think about whose highest being knows all of the answers to all of the confusion, ignorance, and inquiries of life.

Infinite regression isn't really even science theory. But entropy is science fact.

If there were no beginning, entropy would have reduced all complexity to a state of complete dispersal and diffusion by now.

The universe may not have had a beginning, ever heard of infinite regression?

I can testify that God trully exists. There is no other person that will tell me something that will change my mind. When you feel the presence within yourself,your body. You know that this is it. You are judging Christianity by it's book. That Book is metaphor. Whole old testament is methapor. I'm 22 years old. I don't know many things about this book but I'm sure in that. Everything that is written in there doesn't have to be explained at all. Who does that? Only those who do not believe. I can type to this theme for days,what I've experienced. I just know the God is real.

1. My opinion on that is I'm born in Croatia. If I was born other country maybe I would believe in other religion. But does that matter? I think we all believe in one thing. Same thing. God.

2. God does not punish people. They punish themselves. That what are you saying,yes it happens to children,can't answer to that. Sickness exists because we brought it. That is what I believe. For me personal,I've been fighting with alergies my whole life. I'm on pills my whole life. When I was around 18 years old I found out what things do I need to avoid(I have atropical dermatits,neurodermatits). I just though wow how can I avoid that? I can't,that is something that I have to live with. Before that I was believer,but that thing that happend to me turned everything around. I never had girlfriend before and I tho I would never have one. Classic teen problems. But when he showed me what Evil is. Believe me. You don't want to see that what I saw.I'm 22 y old now. Sickness that he gave me was with the reason. I believe that reason is that I draw myself closer to him. Now my skin is pure,I've never been cleaner in my life. If you don't know what is that google it(Dermatits).

3. Already said everything.

Sorry if you didn't understand some things,my english is not that great. I hope you understand.

Most of the religious books were written before the printing press. They were hand-copied. This process is very demanding on the copier.

There are over 25,000 ancient copies of the Bible. There are only a few ancient copies of any other religion. Why? Maybe God and the copiers and the people who believed in the God of the Bible, thought that the truth was important enough to make many copies for themselves.

I certainly agree with you. Without God, we are nothing. As it has been thought to us since we were kids, God is the creator of the universe. I believe that God exists because I, myself is existing and breathing. I am enjoying the life He gave me. I believe that God is the reason of every good things that is happening in my life and there are things that is yet to come.

Everything with a beginning requires a cause. The universe has a beginning and therefore requires a cause. That cause is God.

So yes God does exist..but is he/she in the form of what religions portray them to be?

That is the everlasting question that has yet to be answered. Everyone believes their God is the one and only.

Who really knows!

I believe in God because there is no way that all of the things existed without a creator. I think that idea is easier to believe than all these were caused by the big bang theory, a cosmic accident and everything fell into places perfectly. I do not claim to know what came before God as you might want to use as a counter-argument; in which can also be used against the idea of everything from nothing. Yet, I am sure that for him to create everything God must be an immaterial being and outside of what we know as time, dimension and all things science can explain.

Anybody who thinks that God doesn't exist, is simply setting himself up as god against the godness of those others who do believe that God exists.

Yes i believe god exist because we are not here in this world without god,and there will be no living things on earth without god

I think the title should not have been limited to why we believe in God since some people don't. Anyway, I believe that there is a God, but not the Bible nor anyone in this world can describe him or anything beyond this life unless he has been there.

yes i believe that god exists because god created us. i have strong faith in bible and i also believe that god will punish those who do not believe in him.