Why do you believe in God?

Tate1 · (#1 (**permalink**))

1. Has something happened to you that made you believe?

2.Were you brought up to believe?

3. Is believeing all you've ever known and hence have never questioned why?

4. Or is it something else altogether?

If you don't believe in God, why not?

Shemsi en Tehuti · (#2 (**permalink**))

I believe in God because it makes sense...although I don't see God the way the popular religionists do...

Tate1 · (#3 (**permalink**))

@ Thoth B3, how do you view God? Does it make sense for usto believe in God because its the 'norm'?

KANOBI · (#4 (**permalink**))

Well something must existunconditionally and everything other than godexists underconditions.

Should_i_never · (#5 (**permalink**))

Thoth B3 wrote:

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I believe in God because it makes sense...although I don't see God the way the popular religionists do...

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I agree

One Zero Seven · (#6 (**permalink**))

In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...the Best Knower.

Salaam (Peace) to all.

EXCELLENT QUESTION!!

I don't have time to answer it fully, at the moment, but God willing, I will be back.

For now, I will just leave us with a couple of definitions to ponder...

belief:
a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing; something believed; especially : a tenet or body of tenets held by a group; conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence; A persuasion of the truth, or an assent of mind to the truth of a declaration, proposition or alleged fact, on the ground of evidence, distinct from personal knowledge.

evidence:
that which is evident; that which is clear to the vision or understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation; means of making proof; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.

proof:
the evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as true; the validation of a proposition by application of specified rules, as of induction or deduction, to assumptions, axioms, and sequentially derived conclusions; determination of the quality of something by testing; trial; that degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.

More to follow, God Willing.

RM

cherrypie · (#7 (**permalink**))

i believe in God because his like a lighthouse to me if it wasn't for the lighthouse where would this ship be ? lost right

i believe there's someone up there who is taking care of us all

somebody once told me ''you got to have faith in the lord , the God that you've never touched , God you've never seen '' if you do that you'll see what will happen to you.i did that and my life felt better .

i believe in God because his alive ,because i'm a christian i can feel it

if i can't believe in God whom else can i believe in ...... at least if i ask God for something he will give me . if i ask the Sun/cow and all those idols for something willthey give me

One Zero Seven · (#8 (**permalink**))

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In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful...the Best Knower.

Salaam (Peace) to all.

EXCELLENT QUESTION!!

Again, let's revisit a few key definitions:

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belief:
a state or habit of mind in which trust or confidence is placed in some person or thing; something believed; especially : a tenet or body of tenets held by a group; conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon especially when based on examination of evidence; A persuasion of the truth, or an assent of mind to the truth of a declaration, proposition or alleged fact, on the ground of evidence, distinct from personal knowledge.

evidence:
that which is evident; that which is clear to the vision or understanding, and satisfactory to the judgment; a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation; means of making proof; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.

proof:
the evidence or argument that compels the mind to accept an assertion as true; the validation of a proposition by application of specified rules, as of induction or deduction, to assumptions, axioms, and sequentially derived conclusions; determination of the quality of something by testing; trial; that degree of evidence which convinces the mind of any truth or fact, and produces belief; a test by facts or arguments that induce, or tend to induce, certainty of the judgment; conclusive evidence; demonstration.

It is an easily observable phenomenon that each of us comes into this Life DEPENDENT on a Power or Being Greater than our own. We come into this Life in Need, therefore we have a Natural Need for Assistance from, and Interaction with,a Higher Power than ourselves.

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This does not mean that we are necessarily born with a "God Consciousness", but we are born with that which is the Foundation of God-Consciousness, as stated above.

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When I was a child, my Belief in God was based mainly on "tradition"...or "hearsay". I was never taught or advised to "prove" anything...to myself or anyone else. I was simply told by some elder I that Loved and Trusted, "you just have to believe"...and so I did. But what was the QUALITY of my Belief? Looking back, I can see that my "pre-awakening" belief was little more than "superstition"...which brings me to the core of my answer.

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In my view, there is "intelligent" belief and there is "superstitious" belief. Any BELIEF that is not based upon one's own honest EXAMINATION of EVIDENCE, should more rightly be called "superstition"...or "supertitious". As Stevie Wonder once said, "When you BELIEVE in things you DON'T UNDERSTAND, then you Suffer. SUPERSTITION ain't the way."

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BELIEF is not the "opposite" of KNOWLEDGE. We are born into the world knowing nothing, and therefore seeking to know everything. The more we know, the more we get the sense that there is more to know. The more we LEARN, the more we get the sense that there is more to BE LEARNED. This "sense" is what we call "Belief". Therefore, the BEST BELIEF is that which is supported by KNOWLEDGE or EXAMINATION of any related EVIDENCE.

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So...WHY do I believe in God...now? Because my examination of the EVIDENCE at hand -- that portion of the UNIVERSE that is accessible to me, and the Laws and Dynamics at work within it (the Human Body included) -- leads me to the conclusion that ORDER cannot exist without INTELLIGENCE. Or, There cannot be a "design" without a DESIGNER. Therefore, I have concluded for myself that whatever BEING is responsible for the Existence of such a Superbly ORDERED and MAINTAINED Universe, must, by default, be "GOD".

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This is an outline of "why" I believe in God.

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Now, if you want to know "WHAT" I believe God to BE...lol...that is another essay...lol.

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Thanks for this question.

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RM

Black Aviator · (#9 (**permalink**))

I have proof he exists.

had my cosmic connection restored a few weeks' ago. very frightening experience at first, i thought i was having a breakdown.

like a rebirth, you watch your inner demons get washed away from your soul. then from then he gives you instructions and leads your way.

good things start to happen and you dont look at things from one prospective (white folks prospective)

in satans system (now) everything is take, take, take. In the creators heavenly kingdom its "how can give, give give to my people?"

Now he's shown me that we are the Imhoteps of our day,master builders,and that KNOWLEDGE has been locked up in our genetic memory bank, thats why we havent prospered in satans new world.

the creator is the positivebeing whichscales our universe and beyond, its just that the devils put a white face on the creator, which naturally rises up in all of us black people, they just had to put their face on it.

and i am not in any religion either, religion comes through the soul. not mediatingmen.

as for proving to someone if he exists, doesnt it not say "seek and ye shall find?" because he only reveals himself and proves himself to be the creator to those that seek him actively in spirit.

and just think i used to be a skeptic!
everyones experience will with the creator will be different though.niceone.gif

Miss Nellia · (#10 (**permalink**))

Simply..... because there are things that not even science can explain.....

One small example is de-ja-vue (sp). Why can no one explain why a person can know that a conversation, place, event, an action etc has happened before, and this is something that happens to most people. Not even science has a viable explanation for this. I am not saying that this is proof that there is a God, but it proves that there is a power there greater than us.

The big bang theory always seemed abit far fetched to me...... how have we come to be...even the scientific world are starting to back track on some of the well homed theories.

There is defiantly a SOMETHING there, I choose to call this something GOD. I don't believe in religion however, that was man made and has done nothing but cause the destruction of man.

And I certainly don't believe in a blond haired, blue eyed Jesus.... sorry. The white man invented him.

One Zero Seven · (#11 (**permalink**))

Miss Nellia wrote:

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Why can no one explain why a person can know that a conversation, place, event, an action etc has happened before, and this is something that happens to most people. Not even science has a viable explanation for this.

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Salaam (Peace) to all.

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Science is not the same as "Scientists". "Science" literally means "to Know", And anything we can OBSERVE or EXPERIENCE can be Known and Explained, if we are willing to make the necessary effort. The limited knowledge of the Scientists (knowers) does not in any way minimize "Science" (that which can be known).

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There are those who know what "dejavou" is, and can explain it. The question is, are we prepared to accept the explanation?

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RM