How do I know God exists or not?

by **dasco** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:48 pm

First off let me give you some background. I am sixteen, I have been a "Christian" all of my life (16 years) I am extremely mature, I am a Sunday School teacher, I am top of my class, never done drugs, had sex, done anything more immoral than tell a lie or fight with my siblings when I was younger. I am a pretty picture perfect kid. At the moment I am spending my summer vacation in a third world country preaching things that I don’t believe myself. I am really confused. I have seen miracles, sick people be healed, the blind be able to see, the lame be able to walk, but at this point in my life I don’t think that God exist.

I feel like the bible is a book up to have people do the right thing, to give hope and calm people. I mean it is great for that. It says that there is an all powerful being that can do anything that let people torture him to death so that you can be forgiven of your sins. That this being knows everything about you and what is more than that he designed you. That he loves everything about you. It just doesn’t make sense why a God who knows everything would create a race that he would grow to be upset with and flood the earth to kill them. That he would give man the power to do things that are wrong. That he would do the things that the bible says that he does.

Creation seems like it is impossible, evolution has its flaws as well. The thing that gets me the most are Christians themselves. I mean look at them. They are a sick breed of humans. They are some of the most backwards people that I have ever met. They preach on "love" but their actions speak louder than their words. They say that Christ came to Earth to share his love with every body. The bible says the Christ hung out with the worst of people. They people that society hated. Christians are supposed to be like Christ, I mean it is in their name. However, If you look at them they do just the opposite. They shun gays, people who have abortions, and anybody else they feel that they are more holy than. They always try and disprove Atheists. But how are they going to lead them to the lord if they point figures and shout that they are going to hell and be rude to them. That is not showing them love.

What I am really looking for is just how to know if God exists. In the back of my head there is a voice saying that he is real, but I think that is just my mind. It is the same voice that I thought was God when I was a Christian and it is still here now. I think I am crazy. I don’t know if anybody out there can help me, but please help me if you can.

And for all the Atheists out there who want to post that God does not exist and not to waste my time. I am sorry for how Christians treat you. How they rub your face in the dirt trying to win in an argument. I am truly sorry. If there is a God out there he most certainly would not want people to treat you that way.

Sincerly,
Just a confused teenage boy.

by **egan** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 8:55 pm

God does not exist outsight of the mind.
There you go.
If you don't believe in him, he doesn't even exist there. Nothing to worry about.

by **kyledyr** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:00 pm

not sure what your question is since an answer is not possible

by **achban** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:06 pm

Look for the evidence. There is none.

by **eadweald71** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:17 pm

Stay honest and as objective as you can, do your research.

But also, ask God to reveal himself to you.

by **drystan** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:20 pm

Stay honest and as objective as you can, do your research.

But also, ask God to reveal himself to you.

By christian standards, telling a white lie is the same as murder.
Why I hate religion!

by **joachim** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:22 pm

We do not know if a god exists. I like what Thomas Jefferson said about it- this isn't the exact quote but it was something like this: "If there is a God, he would prefer reason over blind fear." He is saying that if God is real, he would rather have true believers and people who thought for themselves over people who just blindly followed and did not think for themselves.

by **muata2** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:26 pm

You're an agnostic... it will be difficult for you to accept, but it will come.

I was practically a deist since the 2nd grade... I always thought I was a theist, but technically I was a deist because I knew everything had a scientific explanation... that was sort of an intuitive perception I had and it led me to become an atheist.... i tried to look for proof of God, but nothing was logically sound and I eventually learned to accept that I didn't believe in God

by **thom** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:40 pm

Well if god was real then there would be over 1 millions gods in existence, this is why people believe in gods, Because your parents told you so and/or because you can't find answers to questions no one can answer, and this imaginary friend provides them and/or because you fear death and illness and you feel safe that this imaginary friend will protect you and/or because you see all the children dying from cancer, kids in Africa that don't get over a pound of food a week (and the food they do get is cheap and not so healthy), while you throw away over 5 pounds of good food each day, while all these helpless innocent children that just want food and their family back together, in America men whose veins are filthy disgusting and heinous, polluted veins of these evil men who get a great life and kill thousands of innocent men women and children in iraq and afghanistan (and to kill all these innocent people they use "Jesus"), now explain why god does not reappear when we really need him, why do some crazy lunatics talk in his place and change bibles in his place only one of many proof that such imaginary friends are not real

Edit: these evil men have the money and the power to help all these people, but they prefer to use it to kill them, to create more war and conflict, and to destroy the earth, and remember that they proudly thank "god" and "Jesus" for all the things they do, and he just ignores it all, but he does not ignore, because he does not have the capabilities of doing anything, because he is only a imaginary friend for people of all ages, you decide if you want to keep living in a lie

Edit: religious people are so ignorant, it's like if you saw a Christian cheating on his wife, you take a video, you tell him up straight, and he gets mad at you, you show him the video, and he will claim that it was hacked, that's how ignorant people are, and they fear reality, and prefer to walk away
Why do religious people who are so confident that their dead loved one is in heaven, cry when this person dies, if they believe that they are in a better place and will soon meet up with them in heaven, why do they cry?, cause deep down, they know that their is no more life for that dead person, deep down they know that their is no after life of any kind

by **montrel68** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:47 pm

God might be existed in human's mind, who got extremely influential in the belief of God, in the soul, and God can be anything. God has the shape of human, ain't because we are with the shape of this body we are carrying, then so called the image of God as a human or the image of a father exists? We don't know if there is one or not. If you listen to the opinions of the people who don't believe in religion, they will against that there is no God. Also, you will hear the supporters who believe in God saying without God, there wouldn't be life. You are not crazy, there are plenty of things in life, we don't need to know nor no need to make-up-stories. Really just 50/50 answer. No one really has any clear or proofed answer, beside they are trying to make you believe on their beliefs.

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