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Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-02-02 at 17:39:55
With all these god topics going about here, none of us christian people are really trying to prove his existance. I think that's because we dont know enough about it to be able to prove it. However, some of these sites i've seen actually brought up lots of interestings even i haven't thought about.

6 reason to believe in god: http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html
Someone's testinomy on leaving atheism: http://www.doesgodexist.org/AboutClayton/PastLife.html
Just an overall thing: http://www.existence-of-god.com/

There's much much more out there. But these were ones that actually caught my attention.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by CaptainWill on 2005-02-02 at 17:45:28
Argh - you're trying to force a god on people who aren't going to accept it, no matter how hard you try.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-02-02 at 17:48:36
I'm not forcing god upon you people. Most of you guys have been asking us why we believe in God.

Those links there contain some of our answers
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Wolf on 2005-02-02 at 18:08:04
as a little kid i used to beleive in god, but now i beleive church is brain was, u can beleive in god but you don't have to go to church..yes i know that, but still i'm getting off the pint, after reading thoses i still do n ot beleive in god, and i probably never will. i've tryed praying to god about stuff, like saving my brother when he was in the hospital(didn't happen) about my sister(didn't happen) and a lot of other stuff
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-02-02 at 18:11:08
Yes i understand why you wouldn't believe in God.

But i hope people now understand why we believe in God
Report, edit, etc...Posted by CheeZe on 2005-02-02 at 18:38:06
A lot of the sites I read say the chances of such a perfect world is nearly impossible

The good part is, you realize it's only nearly, not is

So you see, as time reaches infinite, the chance of anything happening reaches 100%.
Since we don't know how old the universe is, I can assume it happened long enough for life to come from nonliving things.

That's my thought right there.

Now for me to tackle one of the sites!

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Does God exist? Throughout history, in all cultures of the world, people have been convinced there is a God.

Good job! That proves nothing yet.

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Billions of people, who represent diverse sociological, intellectual, emotional, educational makeups...believe that there is a Creator, a God to be worshipped. Now, the fact that so many people believe something certainly doesn't make it true. But when so many people through the ages are so personally convinced that God exists, can one say with absolute confidence that they are all mistaken?

Of course, people believed that the earth was flat a long time ago. They couldn't possible be mistaken!

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"Anthropological research has indicated that among the farthest and most remote primitive people today, there is a universal belief in God. And in the earliest histories and legends of people all around the world, the original concept was of one God, who was the Creator. An original high God seems once to have been in their consciousness even in those societies which are today polytheistic."

Once again, this proves nothing. People back in the days relied on religion to have morals. We're past the enlightenment for anyone who didn't know. biggrin.gif

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Does God exist? The complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer who not only created our universe, but sustains it today.

Refer to my response at the top.

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Does God exist? Mere "chance" is not an adequate explanation of creation. ...

Grand Canyon, Great Coral Reef, the Sun. All of these are proven to be natural effects. All of these are great effects of nature. Much better than the carvings on some mountain.

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Does God exist?

Don't care.

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God not only has revealed Himself in what can be observed in nature, and in human life, but He has even more specifically shown Himself in the Bible.

"Nature". Suuuuuuuuure. "Human Life". Suuuuuuuure. "Bible". Yeah, I guess, luckily the bible is just a book. biggrin.gif

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Does God exist? Unlike any other revelation of God, Jesus Christ is the clearest, most specific picture of God.

And yet, we can't find evidence of what he did when he was alive that was claimed in the bible.

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Do you want to begin a relationship with God and actually know you are accepted by Him?


Sure, once I have proof he exists.


I found out that people think we're superior to animals. Can someone tell me how this is? Animals and Humans (just another animal) are both alive, we both have organic cells, etc. The only difference is, we're smarter. Dogs are better at running than us. Birds can fly. Why do we not see those as advantages? Because we were able to build something that can beat both?

So you see, we're not superior, we are only "stronger" and "faster" because we use enhancements not given by nature. Which means, we're not superior, but our advantage is one that was huge.

Blah, end rant.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-02-02 at 18:45:16
Tackle you say? All of your comments dont say anything; almost as worthless or than some of the arguments u quoted. You were trying to pick apart things from the last link which actually didn't even present an argument. That site is just an introduction with lots of links to actual arguments. It has the weakest arguments compared to the other two. Why dont you try tackling the other two?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by cfro7211 on 2005-02-02 at 20:23:03
kudos to MillenniumArmy. Cheeze, your off your rocker, but I'm not complaining.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Neiji on 2005-02-02 at 20:54:19
Go, Milleniumarmy! I'm wit ya, as I am a believer of God too! Cheeze is just another obstacle in life, like marajuana to get in the way of God... (I learned that in a retreat i went to! biggrin.gif )
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2005-02-03 at 16:09:22
About the guy that left Athiesm... would you really trust a guy that nearly committed suicide? I'd have to say I'm agnostic, but I do not mind going to church because I actually find it fun, most of the time. We all just need open minds...

*Edit* Cheeze was just poking fun at the first horrid and empty "argument" you posted Millenium. I almost thought the site was sarcastic when they expected me to believe in a god based on the overwhelming evidence they presented. happy.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by TheOddAngel on 2005-02-03 at 17:19:03
Chease: Agreed and Well said smile.gif

I think all thats stuff is BS... "god" dnt exist because anything they can say about "God" There is a logical explination...

"god" is in quotation marks because it is jsut a name you don't know what it is...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-02-03 at 17:25:01
Well why dont u guys go send those people a personal e-mail or something and tell em they're wrong?

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I think all thats stuff is BS... "god" dnt exist because anything they can say about "God" There is a logical explination...

"god" is in quotation marks because it is jsut a name you don't know what it is...

You can't just say it's BS without actually stating your reasons why. How about u go try picking apart every single word in all those sites and tell me whats wrong with each and every one of them with a good thorough explaination. I'll be waiting.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2005-02-03 at 17:53:06
How about you first tell us one thing that is right. Then I'll start listing the things that are wrong.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-02-03 at 18:21:39
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How about you first tell us one thing that is right. Then I'll start listing the things that are wrong.
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blink.gif Ummm... I hate to say it but that's a dumb remark.

I posted those sites because they had proof for my reasons for believing in God. If nothing they said was right, why would i even post those links? Cmon use ur common sense. I believe in just about everything they say. Beside, he's the one who wanted to disprove those pages and began the "offense." I think he should actually present something rather than just say "I think all thats stuff is BS" and look like a fool. THEN as a defense, i might present my arguments.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2005-02-03 at 20:15:01
No, in fact it was not. I would like to see some cold, hard evidence please. I would not like to see "theoretical" proof of statistics of people's beliefs.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-02-03 at 21:00:42
But that's not the point.

TheOddAngel made a statement saying "I think all thats stuff is BS." He didn't state his reasons as to why he thinks that way. I was just telling him to do so so he wouldn't look stupid just by saying that "I think all thats stuff is BS" without any valid arguments.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2005-02-03 at 22:20:45
The point is I want my proof!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by cop29 on 2005-02-03 at 22:22:21
every sunday after church he will be in the back room counting all the money the churches collect.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-02-03 at 23:08:44
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The point is I want my proof!
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Look man, u're starting to act stupid. Please dont.

If you really want proof, go to google search and type in "Does God exist." Plenty of pages will pop up and perhaps your answer will be there.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by EzDay281 on 2005-02-03 at 23:36:49
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I posted those sites because they had proof for my reasons for believing in God. If nothing they said was right, why would i even post those links? Cmon use ur common sense. I believe in just about everything they say. Beside, he's the one who wanted to disprove those pages and began the "offense." I think he should actually present something rather than just say "I think all thats stuff is BS" and look like a fool. THEN as a defense, i might present my arguments.


Damn. At first, you said they were why you believe, something I don't hear from Christians often.
Now you're saying they're proof... closedeyes.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MillenniumArmy on 2005-02-03 at 23:38:18
Proof as in they state why i believe.

Im not saying its proof of his existance, but proof of why if that makes any sense to you...
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Felagund on 2005-02-04 at 22:29:24
The topic is "Proof of God's Existence" not "Proof of Why I Believe in God."
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Mr.Kirbycode774 on 2005-02-04 at 22:55:29
QUOTE(CheeZe(U) @ Feb 2 2005, 03:38 PM)
A lot of the sites I read say the chances of such a perfect world is nearly impossible

The good part is, you realize it's only nearly, not is

So you see, as time reaches infinite, the chance of anything happening reaches 100%.
Since we don't know how old the universe is, I can assume it happened long enough for life to come from nonliving things.

So what you're saying CheeZe, is that as time reaches infinite, if God DOESN'T exist, he will come INTO existance because we have infinite time and the chance of anything happening reaches 100%.

Ok lets experiment. From what i've heard, Darwinists assert that science is built on observation and repetition. Okay, suppose we observe and repeat and experiment where we allow natural laws to work on rock for the next ten years. Will we ever get the faces on Mount Rushmore? Never. Of course one would say "natural laws would do it if we gave them billions of years." No it wouldn't because nature disorders, it doesn't organize things (fact that nature brings things toward disorder "entropy" is an aspect of 2nd Law of Thermodynamics). More time makes it worse, not better.

Let's suppose we throw red, white, and blue confetti (like the little protein molecules in the socalled "premedorial soup") out of an airplane 1,000 feet above your house. Whats the chance its going to form the American flag on your lawn? Not much. Natural laws are going to mix them up. You need more time? Fine. We'll throw them out of an airplane 10,000 feet above your house. Natural laws work upon them and makes the confetti even more disordered.

But wait.. of course... just because its 0.000000000001% chance... its still "possible" right? Wrong. Even though its virtually zero, we believe the possibly is actually zero. Why would someone make such an assumption? The word "chance" is not a cause. Chance is a word that we use to describe mathmatical possibilities. No power on its on. Chance is nothing. You could say it's what rocks dream about biggrin.gif

If you flip a coin, whats the chance it'll be heads. 50% right? But what CAUSES it to flip? An intellegent being applies an amount of rotational torgue upon the coin, and the wind current and weight of the coin affects it's flip also. If you were to know all these variables you would be able to flip and know if it becomes heads or tails. Since we don't, we use the word chance to cover our own ignorance. Instead of not knowing a natural mechanism by which the first life came into being, Darwinists suggest a powerless word that just states possibility.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by VoidArchon(MC) on 2005-02-05 at 02:01:15
If your not sure if something doesnt exist and believe in it?
that's like me believing in some foreign middle-aged man named Yoh Ahmoma...and he doesn't even exist, or does he?

no matter what people say, i won't believe in anything except myself! happy.gif
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DrunkenWrestler on 2005-02-05 at 11:29:55
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Tackle you say? All of your comments dont say anything; almost as worthless or than some of the arguments u quoted. You were trying to pick apart things from the last link which actually didn't even present an argument.  That site is just an introduction with lots of links to actual arguments. It has the weakest arguments compared to the other two.

Ok, so you concede that website is null and void. You made that point more verbose than necessary.

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Why dont you try tackling the other two?

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You can't just say it's BS without actually stating your reasons why. How about u go try picking apart every single word in all those sites and tell me whats wrong with each and every one of them with a good thorough explaination. I'll be waiting.

MA, as every psuedoscientist knows and takes advantage of, it takes more time to debunk dubious arguments than to make one up. Links and sources are supposed to support your argument, not be your entire argument itself. You however, do what many of us call "link dropping," where a fundie will drop a link and expect the non-believers to actually debunk everything it in. 99% of the time, if some point is debunked, he won't bother defending it, but simply find another dubious website that slips past his balony detector and throw it at the rebuttal. Also 99% of the time, he hasn't even read the link himself and expects others to refute it.

With that said, I hope you're not one of those types. MA, I want you to pick three arguments that you think are the strongest for your case, and Cheeze(if he's still here) will examine those in detail. Once those three are dismantled, you can decide for yourself how well those other arguments hold up.

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Well why dont u guys go send those people a personal e-mail or something and tell em they're wrong?

And why don't you write a book with the overwhelming evidence God exist and try to get it peer reviewed?

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f nothing they said was right, why would i even post those links?

Because you don't have a balony detector.

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Cmon use ur common sense.

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I think [TheOddAngel] should actually present something rather than just say "I think all thats stuff is BS" and look like a fool. THEN as a defense, i might present my arguments.

Kind of like how you did it with Cheeze, eh?

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Ok lets experiment. From what i've heard, Darwinists assert that science is built on observation and repetition. Okay, suppose we observe and repeat and experiment where we allow natural laws to work on rock for the next ten years. Will we ever get the faces on Mount Rushmore? Never.

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But wait.. of course... just because its 0.000000000001% chance... its still "possible" right? Wrong. Even though its virtually zero, we believe the possibly is actually zero. Why would someone make such an assumption? The word "chance" is not a cause. Chance is a word that we use to describe mathmatical possibilities. No power on its on. Chance is nothing. You could say it's what rocks dream about

Why not? After all, we do have figures such as the face of Mother Teresa on a cinnamon roll, the face of Jesus on a potato chip, and the face on Mars, the face of Vladimir Ilich Lenin appearing on my shower curtain, and a nebula giving us the finger, which were all arrived at blunderously. With a million cinnamon buns being made every day, or a million nebulas in the galaxy, it's really not a suprise and definately not a miracle for these chance happenings to occur.

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No it wouldn't because nature disorders, it doesn't organize things (fact that nature brings things toward disorder "entropy" is an aspect of 2nd Law of Thermodynamics). More time makes it worse, not better.

Your right, but the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics (2LoT) doesn't impede evolution at all. My step-aunt will still be able to have her next kid, even though all the matter in her womb will have to go from a state of disorder to a state of order. The beautiful formation of a geometically symmetical snowflake isn't prohibitied by 2Lot, why? Because we are constantly recieving energy from the Sun available to do work, therefore we are not in a closed system. 2LoT only applies to closed systems.

If a lightbulb is shining on a plant, the plant will never have to worry about falling into a state of disorder, since it's constantly recieving energy from the Sun. If I take away the lightbulb, the plant will eventually go towards a state of disorder and eventually die.

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Let's suppose we throw red, white, and blue confetti (like the little protein molecules in the socalled "premedorial soup") out of an airplane 1,000 feet above your house. Whats the chance its going to form the American flag on your lawn? Not much. Natural laws are going to mix them up. You need more time? Fine. We'll throw them out of an airplane 10,000 feet above your house. Natural laws work upon them and makes the confetti even more disordered.

What if it landed and gave you the finger? In any case, abiogenesis is not a part of evolution theory. Evolution also does not predict irreductably complex (IC) systems, which you seem to be alluding to, to develop within one generation. If something like that ever happened, it would actually be evidence against evolution. Evolution predicts that it will happen in gradual stages.

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If you flip a coin, whats the chance it'll be heads. 50% right? But what CAUSES it to flip? An intellegent being applies an amount of rotational torgue upon the coin...

Not always.

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Instead of not knowing a natural mechanism by which the first life came into being, Darwinists suggest a powerless word that just states possibility.

Again, abiogenesis is not a part of evolution theory. After all, if we didn't know how the first atom came into existence, would that impede our ability to explain chemistry?
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