Getting close to 3000 word replies here :S...whoever reads this, good job
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the world WILL NEVER come to an end
even science agrees, without religion, the world will come to an end (our sun changing constantly...look into star patterns,)
so they say god is real, i say he is not cause the bible lies so much
funny how atheists always say it lies/ contradicts but never give examples....example please?
if god is real...why do innocent people die
in respect for free will, without free will God creating our existence would become meaningless (he wants us to CHOOSE to follow him, not be a droid that says "God is #1, over and over")
if god is real and people believe in him then where the fuck is he when you need him
when is he ever not there?
i think you misinterpret what a need is, is life even a "need"?
not for me....its only a want
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Now, both the Jews and the Christians tell us that God does not need anything or anyone to make him satisfied.
where?
To say that before anything existed, a God existed, is an oxymoron. Such a statement can neither be understood nor conceived by our minds. It can not possibly be true and here is why. If a God existed, then that God is something. And something is not nothing. So the universe could not have possibly come from nothing. It must have come from something. Thom's law explains that.
Thom's Law
"Nothing can not produce something. If there was ever a time when there was nothing, there would STILL be nothing."
So even a God (which is something) could not be produced by nothing. Therefore, if a God came into being, he must have come out of something. The only "something" which exists now and has always existed is that of energy and/or matter.
i see a loop here, you say that nothing can produce something....yet you explain how energy/ matter always existed. At this point i will agree that there was never absolutely "nothing", something MUST of always existed. Why matter and/or energy? Opinion: makes more sense to have God always exist. But i would bet my life that either God has always been, or energy has always been (later converted to matter, E=MC^s). Along with energy you would also have to assume that laws of science itself must of come along in the package, if you believe God has always existed....he would of been the creator of these laws (and the creation of "the beginning of everything we know today"
So, any God (or anything else) must be, or must have been, the product of something. Everything which is, must be a product of energy and/or matter.
only if you assume energy/ matter/ laws of science to be the thing(s) that has always existed
Now that is strike one against the Christians who say that a God preexisted nothing.
na, its just another idea....better or worse is a mere opinion
So, you can not have a God (which is something) and say that before him, there was nothing.
were assuming the Christian God here, why would be assume "before" him...when "before" God is a fallacy, God has always been (Christian view)
You must either start with a God, which is something (and came from something) or you must start with nothing. For sure, you can not have it both ways. If there is a God, he is something and something can not come out of nothing.
another loop, is matter/ energy not something?
actually, matter and energy are a part of the scientifical world we know today. Why would it make sense for scientific entities to always be? Everything we know today has a beginning and a end....the only thing we have thought of that disobeys this knowledge is that of supernatural existence, GOD.
Strike two says, since there was something which must have predated a God, God could not have created everything.
if you follow this theory you will only find yourself going in circles. To say that ANYTHING, including that of a supernatural entity....could not have a creator is obviously wrong. If it were true, nothing would still be nothing.
Knowledge and character MUST be developed.
says who?
God has always been...lives outside time, outside science. you cant place the science of today on something supernatural
Knowledge and character is a PRODUCT of life and living. It is a product of making wise and foolish choices. It is a product of growth.
true for life on earth...thats about it
That is, the Christians give God a good, moral and powerful character. Now character can not be developed in a vacuum. Character must be developed by trial and error. Character must be developed by finding out what is good and what works. To do this one must also find out what is bad and does not work. Character must always answer the question, "Why?" in order to develop. Character is a growth process.
true for life on earth...why continue to try attribute the supernatural with the scientific.
In addition to this, God talked! How could a God language develop without other like beings with whom to communicate. Come on now! Think about it!
continuation of trying to mix supernatural with scientific...not going anywhere with it sorry. Cool ideas though
Either the God of the Old Testament made a mistake and used the word "made" when he should have used the word "create" in telling us about a beginning, or the New Testament God made a mistake and used the word "create" instead of the word "made" to describe a beginning. In other words, one of these Gods is lying to us. Which God is lying to us?
I suggest that you don't pick on the English version if your going to get picky about the words. God's messages are in the Bible, thats all he wants. HUMANS translated the Bible, its bound to have a spelling error here and there etc....
If you want to get picky on the words, go the the original copy of the Hebrew/ Greek text.
Did you know that believers in all ages have created gods? Today believers can create too! They make lots of gods using only the twenty six letters of the English alphabet.
and a true God that cared about humanity would ensure that the message would be spread to as many as possible (see my following statement's)
So, the Christian concept of a creator God goes down on a called strike three. From now on, the creator God must take his seat on the bench next to the rest of the religious gods who struck out. A God could not have preexisted that from which he came. He could not create himself. He could not create the universe without vast knowledge which he must have learned by trial and error. He could not have learned without other intelligence with whom to interact. He could not have created the universe from nothing when material (energy/matter) was already available from which to make it. The creator God strikes out.
well written, all the loops wernt thought out but ill leave it out that.
my turn: (by me)
"God isn't real" is a statement that cannot be factually said.
People have mentioned that i cant say space goats aren't real...its true. Humans don't know everything.
-Although i personally see logic in there being a God.
-Others may see there is logic in energy always existing.
-Lastly some may simply state there is no God, we just havn't solved this phenomenon yet.
I think these are the 3 most common answers people will come up with, non of which we can say are wrong.
The way "I" see it is it doesn't matter how complicated it is.
To me it seems more likely for a "God" to have always existence rather then
matter/ energy to have always existed. This is considering that God is superior to science, and would not need a creator.
Maybe, although it is unproven, energy can be transformed into matter (E=MC^2).
Thom's Law
"Nothing can not produce something. If there was ever a time when there was nothing, there would STILL be nothing."
It doesn't matter how much research we do, anyone who has common sense knows that no matter how much "nothing" you have at any given length of time will still be nothing.
You cant create particles, let alone the laws of science from "nothing". Something that is superior to science, that has always existed, is the only explanation for how
the universe began (unless the universe itself never had a beginning). My opinion is that, that something could only be God.
Now which religion is right?
Hinduism...if u think that multiple "Gods" are possible, all controlling different things go for it.
It seems most reasonable to me that there was, is, and always will be just one "God"...
he may have other powerful allies (angels) or oppositions (devil) but hes still the one that has complete control.
Consider the following facts:

The maker for the very first "cause" is what i would define god as. "god" is the Origin of "everything".
God is interpretable at your own desire.
I believe that if there is a heaven after Earth, it would be created by a God that obviously cared about us.
If he cared about us, he surely would send a message on how to get to this heaven. And if he wanted to present the message,
a GOD would ensure a huge, worldwide impact....resulting in a high percentage of believers taking part in that religion
(which is why i consider either Christianity or Muslims to be the most accurate religion).
If God does not care about us then one would ask why we were created.
The other explanation would be that we were created by "chance" resulting in there possibly not being heaven or hell after death....still no harm in picking a religion.
Were left with the two most strongly populated and closely related religions in the world.
Muslims and Christians, both follow a similar book, similar characters, similar stories, etc...
Which is the right one is for you to decide.
What i think is that the Bible was copied and edited by a person nammed Muhammad, then renammed the Quran (Book of Islamic people).
The editing took place in such a way that Jesus would be left looking like a prophet and not the son of God.
For example:
The Bible says Jesus died on the cross and rose again. This message is what most would consider the center of Christianity.
John 3:16 is thought to be one of the most important verses in the Bible. God sent his son, for us, as a sacrifice so we could ask for forgiveness for our sins.
Once we get rid of our sins, we can live with God. People with sin cannot live with God and therefore must live without God, without happiness (hell).
The Quran, once again, has a similar story but instead of "Jesus dieing on the cross" an IMPOSTOR is put in his place.
This provides Muslims with the ability to say that Jesus never died on the cross for our sins.
Editing the Bible in a way to turn people from Christianity would be done exatcly like this.
Does this make sense chronologically? Yes, the Bible was COMPLETED 400 years before the Quran was made.
This would enable "Muhammad" the possibility to get a copy of the Bible and edit it in a way that would hide the true meaning of the Bible.
The Bible warns of religions like this, religions that would try deceive it. Satan wants to be God, whats a better way then to mimic the Bible?
Thats my thoughts at least
(wish i knew more about Hinduism :S)
Proof (is proof supposed to be possible)?
For God, what would be more meaningful... he makes people love him (no free will), they believe he is real after he shows them he has the power to do anything in the world and gives
them anything they ask for, OR they CHOOSE to follow him based on faith NOT because he can do some "magic tricks". Because of this i believe that God will never prove to
humanity, until he comes to Earth, that he is real...he will give us things to lead us to believe in him through faith, a book on how to do it, but nothing more. Although i
also believe that after we TRULY accept God and desperately need something from him (need, not want), he will give it to us. Heres a real life example:
During the summer my mom likes to sleep on the deck underneath a overhang on the side
(sort of a rectangle area on the side of a deck large enough to fit 3/4 of a queen size mattress).

My mom was in a stressful mood one day, before she went to bed she prayed to God and said that she was feeling very stressed with life and wanted to know that he was there
for her. (she has been a very faithful Christian and hard-working mom her whole life).
Later that night she was woken up by a small storm, she looked over and there was a blanket held between the her and the deck where there was no overhang.
This blanket was blocking the rain from hitting her. Through the blanket was a bright glare of light shinning through.
The figure behind it appeared to be my dad standing on a chair holding the blanket with a lattern in his other hand.
She feel back asleep and the next morning thanked my dad for putting up the blanket.
He said he never did such a thing. It then hit her that this was Gods sign to her that he was there for her. He sent an angel to protect her from the storm.
(The main purpose of the blanket was not to serve as a barrier to the rain but rather a message/symbol from God to say "its ok, im here for you")
Up to this point she had ALWAYS thought that angels were the size of cupid (shorter then a human).
Later that month she read in the Bible that angles are between 12-15 feet tall. the distance between the deck and the roof is ruffly 15 feet high!
Why is this important? If it was a "hallucination" or dream of some sort, her mind would of created the image based on what it knows. She had no doubt in her mind, at the time, that angels were cupid size (3-4 feet tall?)...yet when she saw it...it was 3+ times as tall. This would also be the one and only "hallucination" in her life. Is this all just a series of coincidences? possibly, but maybe not. I believe it, thats as far as it will go for any factual statement though.
Take into consideration: my mom had neck pains, was under stress, and was taking mild pain medication at the time. Therefore it is possible that this was a "hallucination" or dream, she says she knows 100% it was real but then again hallucinations/ dreams can be very very realistic. Its also possible that at a time in her life she passed by a picture with a tall angel on it, although she cant remember this ever happening...maybe it came back to hear during the hallucination/ dream? I'm stating the possibilities because it would be unfair to only support one side of the argument. Although i do see this side of the argument, opposition, as unlikely...it is "possible" given a series of coincidences. Despite this being 100% fictional or not, i still consider it an interesting story.
Take note that this is the only appearance of any supernatural thing she has seen in her entire life, id imagine it to be more then once if it were a medical problem?
Is this story enough to "prove" Gods existence?
Of course not, God wants people to find him through faith...and therefore he will never give something that can be used as hard proof/ evidence that he exists.
If we found a way around faith, hard proof/ evidence, humanity would be pointless (God wants us to CHOOSE to follow him).