What constitutes adequate proof?

What makes you believe in God, if you do believe.

Personally, I don't believe in "A" god, but I do believe something had to have created everything.

Evolution - The theory that everything evolved from something.

If this is true, then where did that first type of creature come from to evolve in to another type of creature.

God - The theory of a person who created everything in 7 days.

If this is true, then how was God created?

I am just curious as to why you believe, or do not believe in God.

 

I've wondered these things myself, and all I can come up with is that we believe in things as a hope/feeling that we get.
We hope in things usually out of fear. I believe that most religions are formed out of fear. If you really think about it, the way Christians pretty much promote their campaign is that if you do not believe in God/Jesus, you will go to hell after you die, where you will then perish forever.
Beliefs are formed when people are hoping for something greater/something to look up to.

*not fact, just on my opinion.

 

I quite frankly do not believe in Heaven or Hell, but do believe in a greater being or spirit in which must have created everything.

My opinion on death is that when you die, your body is in the ground, and you are brought back in to the life cycle to live another life in another body.

 

*sigh*.. Okay.

A belief in God does not mean a belief in a being who created everything in 7 days. As well, the lack of a belief in God does not necessarily imply a belief in evolution. Just thought you should know.

In any case, I, personally, have reached a conclusion that ultimately, any belief I could fathom would always reach an illogical point. That point is, ofcourse, "what came before it?"

So, thinking about it, I've given myself lead to venture into the concept of, "before time", or, "before existence". Of course, I didn't get far, but I got far enough to know that before existence didn't exist. Many people say that, "it was nothing", but, it couldn't have been 'nothing', because nothing doesn't exist, either.

"It was", implying the existence of. "Nothing", or, the lack of. So, in a way, I got myself to the checkpoint of, "There was no before."

Basically, what I'm saying is, I believe that there was no need for something to be created, because the empty shell that we call space was already here.

I wish I could explain it the same way I think of it, but I can't. I hope you understand.

I've found that explanation to always overcome the belief in a God, in a sense of logic. Once I did that, I actually saw a lot of the illogical factors of believing in a God; something I didn't see when I was a believer.

 

I don't believe in god because why should you? What has he actually done for you? everything ive done is because of me not a god

 

Immediately and completely put me off the debate.

/sigh

 

That makes you Hindu , I believe that aswell, heaven, no such thing, hell, wtf?...i mean but why not believe in another life cycle, i mean....not believing= boring 1000000000 billion years and no life, i personnaly think we shall all believe, because not believing means, your believing your gonna be nothing, forever after life.

 

I really don't know if I believe in god.
Because he's never proofed anything to me, i just hope he is really there.

 

I beileve in God,
Why?
Because He talks to me.
even if you dont beileve in him,
What You got a better thing to live for??
He loves You all Because Yur his children

 

I Cant Really Answer This Its Just Like A felling & I Do Belive In God Because I Always Be Theres A Good & A Evil.

 

if you don't want to debate about it, don't post at all.

 

Well, I thought to point out the parochial and ignorant nature of this "debate" would be worth any banter or infraction I may receive.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abiogenesis

Not all people believe their god created the earth in seven days, some people manage to reconcile scientific fact and superstition by compartmentalising their beliefs.

How does that make him a Hindu?

 

It's obvious I'm not going to read that whole article, so enlighten me on what it's about.

 

Believing or not, it's still going to be the same result.

For instance, if I believe, and it's not true, I still sit there, forever, with no life.

If I don't believe, and it's not true, I still sit there, forever, with no life.

If you're going to make a thread, at least make a small effort to debate in it.

Aswell, you don't have to read the entire article to gain an idea of what it's about. The first sentence is good enough. However, since 'it's obvious' that you won't even try to read that, "In the natural sciences, abiogenesis, or biopoesis, is the theory of how life on Earth could have arisen from inanimate matter."

...Enlightened?

 

Don't start a thread if you're not going to contribute. If you're not going to read what's posted, great. No need to fucking tell us about it.

 

politics makes people believe or not, its ridiculous.

 

It's logical, but impossible. Nothing can just exist without being created in some shape or form. Yeah, the area of outer-space may be 500 trillion years old and counting, but how do we really know when it started or not. It's odd.

 

I felt the need to tell you so I can be ENLIGHTENED on what it's about.

This is my thread, I'll tell you about anything I would like.

Don't like? Get off.