Why God does not exist, in one sentence.

[Chronicles]

God does exist, because I've been blessed on far too many occassions when no other way was possible. Being blessd with love. From survivng accidents and traumatic situations, to overcoming mental diseases, finding favor in people, having the true power of prayer manifest itself. Reaping true benfit through real faith, which is realer then belief.

Belief is the idea, as some said, thus belief is not enough. I KNOW God exists. No affirmation, no religion, no self deception, only pure. Living the blessing to be able to benefit from true spiritual understanding and wisdom.

Having guidance into what became clear benefical direction, apart from ways of my own thinking. Salvation, deliverance. The blessing of Forgivness. To be able to forgive as well as be forgiven. The ability to be able to reach people through love and empowerment. The ability to be able to create. From life to art that effects life and emotions. Such as music, poetry, film, architecture, all the way down to intangibles. Impact on positivity. hope. Faith. The ability and blessing of being able to have faith in the blessing, believe in the promise (beyond normal perception of the word believe) despite having issues with no solution, then the manifestation of that faith and reward of victory, overcoming.

The ability to see beyond carnality. The gift of discernment. The showering of blessings of far more then I can think to lost, even though I can go a lot further then here.

I know many don't apply patience, so i'll settle this down. But there are too many reason God does exist. From what i just listed even down to your typical questions like "If he doesn't exist, who invented the sun, skies and stars, etc?"

So who did?

Bush?

I pray you'll one day see.

If you open your hearts for a second to allow God to prove his existence to you, you'll easily change.

HE won;t subject Himself to vain challanges. If you really have or will grow to have an honest attempt to find the truth without bias/preset judgment/opinions, you'll definitely grow.

Don't let people stand in your way...find out for yourself.

Pray and listen.

Lisetn.

Listen... He will speak, to the spirit through the spirit.
You may question it now, you'll understand when it happens, if your heart is real enough to receive.

So let yourself receive.

[bhouncy]

God does exist, because I've been blessed on far too many occassions when no other way was possible. Being blessd with love. From survivng accidents and traumatic situations, to overcoming mental diseases, finding favor in people, having the true power of prayer manifest itself. Reaping true benfit through real faith, which is realer then belief.

There are over 6 billion people on this planet. Some die the second they are born. Some die when they reach 120. And then there's all the other people in between. Some people have perfect health. Some lose their legs. Some win lottery. People overcome all manner of difficulties in their lives and have no concept of a God.

I'm not saying that a creator doesn't exist but claiming that it does based on some 'normal' events happening in your life is like saying there is a god because you can hold your breath under water for 43 seconds.

[cdub]

However, the law of gravity cannot be "proved" as such, but that does not make it reasonable to jump from a tower expecting to fly.

If I were to place a bet on the Pascal wager I think I will choose to believe. If you place your bet in the existence of God and determine to seek him, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist and there is no life after death after all. But if you bet against God and abandon searching for him, and he does exist and rewards those who seek him, you lose everything.

[bhouncy]

However, the law of gravity cannot be "proved" as such, but that does not make it reasonable to jump from a tower expecting to fly.

If I were to place a bet on the Pascal wager I think I will choose to believe. If you place your bet in the existence of God and determine to seek him, you lose nothing, even if it turns out that God does not exist and there is no life after death after all. But if you bet against God and abandon searching for him, and he does exist and rewards those who seek him, you lose everything.

and if you abandon this god you speak of and everyone who believed is tortured violently and you are given the rewards then you made a wise choice. And if you want to question the validity of this claim then ask the same question to your idea of what happens after you die.

[Mohksha]

God doesn't exist because every God-based religion bans rational discourse on the existence of god.

[cdub]

Due to our limited minds, the nature of the issue we are dealing with puts proof practically out of the question.

[greenhorngrower]

god is an idea.

I would like to think the universe has a designer.. but perhaps not.. perhaps its just completely arbitrary and has no meaning.. But it seems to perfect not to... its like we are living in a virtual system created by intelligent conciousness. Perhaps we are the gods, and we create our own worlds as we go along.

Perhaps heaven and hell are here right now.. its just a choice, and whatever we truly believe manifests itself onto us, and all of our worlds are created through our perceptions of things. We are constantly switching into different realities that fit our deepest beliefs, our conciousness traveling into another realm or universe slightly different.. that yields a reality that fits our needs for belief/perception. Where mind meets reality. And reality is consistently being rearanged for all of us always. If you have ever read about quantum cosmology or parallel universes... it seems to fit the criteria.

This forum is pretty sick.. you guys have alotta interesting philosophical threads.. could read through these threads all day.

[WeedTillDeath]

If you choose to believe in a god for whatever reason I ask this one question: Why your god and not the thousands of others through history. John Lennon said it best when he said god is how we measure our pain. But humans will never accomplish what we're truly capable of until we throw away our childish beliefs in "higher powers" and realize that we are our higher power. To me it is not a virtue to believe in something that cannot be proven, except by our "feelings". And if there is an omnipotent they surely can't be worth much with the way the world is going today. This ill-conceived notion of a god rules our world and causes many wars, and why not? If you truly believe in god why wouldn't one fight for the "truth"?
For instance, if a christian believes the bible to be the word of god why aren't we still stoning people for their sins as god commanded? Because we have EVOLVED dramatically from the glib twits of the bible and we realize that certain commandments don't fit well in the society of today. One day we will realize this considering the idea of god, which in ancient times was created to keep people in fear and controlling them...read history it's actually quite informing.

[beachguy in thongs]

Here's an option:

God expects us to evolve, and, as we do, we will no longer need things like second-eyelids, webs on our hands and feet, arms, legs, and, thumbs. We will be able to control everything with our brain.

Maybe, God spoke to these people of their eventual outcome. A bunch of brains floating in a room, mentally stoning another who doesn't follow the rules.

If we skip all this "evolving" stuff, and look to distinguish every person by their brain...

What a world we live in.

[BeforeYourTime]

i found another amazing reason to be a skeptic of religous texts,

watch the movie in my sig, tell me what YOU think

Thats a good video. And probably very close to the truth.

I wonder how many narrow minded religious people turned it off after 20 minutes or less because the truth scares them.

Humans knew of astrology and the sun 5000 years ago. Religion as is known today only hinders the human race and provides power and money to brainwashers.