I Believe in God
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Why I believe in God
A few days ago, I entered this part of the forum, and I noticed the poll that simply asked the question “Do you believe in God?”
I was intrigued when I noticed the fact that those who don’t believe in God began to challenge the people who do believe in God to provide “evidence” for their beliefs. By no means do I claim to be an expert in the areas of religion or science, but I would like to give my reasons for believing in God, since the challenge was presented. I don’t mind any responses whether they are rude or not, but I would hope for a chance for my reasons to be considered without immediately jumping to conclusions.
By the way, I’m a regular poster on this message board, but I created this profile to separate my football comments from my religious ones.
Anyway, I believe there are a couple of things to consider when questioning the existence of God, and because of these reasons, I have come to the conclusion that not believing in God actually requires more faith than believing in Him.
In my opinion, someone who is trying to figure out his beliefs needs to ask at least three questions. 1) How did the universe begin? 2) How did time begin? 3) How did life begin?
There is a common misconception out there that all scientists are atheists. That’s simply not true. The reason why this misconception is out there is because of the fact that the word “science” has far too often been narrowed down to the word “evolution.” Clearly, most biologists are atheists, but what about those in the field of astronomy, chemistry, and physics? For instance, the greatest scientist of all time, Albert Einstein, believed in God, but he was physicist, and he didn’t pursue biological studies nearly as much as he did physics and mathematics. Granted, he didn’t believe in the Judeo-Christian God, but that’s not the question I’m trying to answer. Percentage wise, many more scientists outside of the field of biology believe in God than this within the field of biology.
When looking at these three questions that I posed, I believe it presents some challenges to atheism.
First, how did the universe begin? Okay, I know the answer you’re going to give me... the Big Bang. But then, a ton of questions arise... how did the Big Bang happen? Was there anything before the Big Bang, or was that it? Did anyone or anything pull the trigger? For me, I had to ask myself something; is it really logical to believe that the Big Bang was the beginning of everything, and that something came from nothing? I don’t think so.
This carries over into the question of time. How did time begin? As we have all learned from our youth, everything has a beginning and an end, so what about time? To me, this is something I have wondered for as long as I could remember. It really is baffling, and it is easier to just not think about it. But, what if there were a being or force, or something that was not subject to the progression of time? This is what I believe. I believe that God exists now, but that He also exists a billion years ago and a billion years in the future, and it is all the same to Him. So then, you could ask “how is that possible?” Yeah, I understand. But, I’m not going to simply play the “faith” card here. What I’m going to do is tell you that if God is real, it would make a ton of sense for Him to have many qualities that I can grasp and understand with my mind, but also that He would have some qualities that I cannot understand. It takes much less faith for me to believe such a thing than to believe that trillions upon trillions of stars and planets came from nothing.
Then, the question of life. 50 years ago, biologists would have told you that they were confident that it was only a matter of time before they came up with a theory that explained how life began on this planet. Today, they’re not nearly as confident. The more they learn and experiment, the more they’re coming to the realization that the origin of organic life on this planet from inorganic material is highly unlikely if not impossible. No series of “accidents” have been able to create life. Some could say that aliens came and planted life here, or that life came through meteors that came into our atmosphere, but then when did those lives begin? Others could offer their hypotheses, but nobody could give a definitive answer yet, and I’m willing to believe that nobody will ever come to a definitive answer.
Because of that, I have decided to look outside of the natural, and into the supernatural. I have decided to come to the conclusion that God created life on this earth. Before the evolutionists pounce on me, how do you explain the origin of life on this planet? At the very least, I believe it is reasonable to believe that the first life form on this earth was created, and then allowed to reproduce and evolve from there. Such a belief does not eliminate any beliefs in evolution. In my opinion though, it is becoming more and more unreasonable to believe that a series of random events created life on this planet.
So, when it all comes down to it, I have to turn the tables and say that there is not enough evidence to boldly say “there is no God.”
I have barely skimmed the surface here, and I would love to discuss more if anybody is willing.
Just so you know, I’m a Christian. I didn’t get into any of the “Christian” part of it since the question posed was simply “do you believe in God?”. If anyone is willing, I’d be glad to get into why I believe that the Bible is the Word of God, and why ************ is the Son of God, but perhaps that could be limited to personal messages. Hopefully some respectful dialogue could come from this.
And, in the spirit of this message board GO PATS!
A few days ago, I entered this part of the forum, and I noticed the poll that simply asked the question “Do you believe in God?”
I was intrigued when I noticed the fact that those who don’t believe in God began to challenge the people who do believe in God to provide “evidence” for their beliefs. By no means do I claim to be an expert in the areas of religion or science, but I would like to give my reasons for believing in God, since the challenge was presented. I don’t mind any responses whether they are rude or not, but I would hope for a chance for my reasons to be considered without immediately jumping to conclusions.
By the way, I’m a regular poster on this message board, but I created this profile to separate my football comments from my religious ones.
Anyway, I believe there are a couple of things to consider when questioning the existence of God, and because of these reasons, I have come to the conclusion that not believing in God actually requires more faith than believing in Him.
In my opinion, someone who is trying to figure out his beliefs needs to ask at least three questions. 1) How did the universe begin? 2) How did time begin? 3) How did life begin?
There is a common misconception out there that all scientists are atheists. That’s simply not true. The reason why this misconception is out there is because of the fact that the word “science” has far too often been narrowed down to the word “evolution.” Clearly, most biologists are atheists, but what about those in the field of astronomy, chemistry, and physics? For instance, the greatest scientist of all time, Albert Einstein, believed in God, but he was physicist, and he didn’t pursue biological studies nearly as much as he did physics and mathematics. Granted, he didn’t believe in the Judeo-Christian God, but that’s not the question I’m trying to answer. Percentage wise, many more scientists outside of the field of biology believe in God than this within the field of biology.
When looking at these three questions that I posed, I believe it presents some challenges to atheism.
First, how did the universe begin? Okay, I know the answer you’re going to give me... the Big Bang. But then, a ton of questions arise... how did the Big Bang happen? Was there anything before the Big Bang, or was that it? Did anyone or anything pull the trigger? For me, I had to ask myself something; is it really logical to believe that the Big Bang was the beginning of everything, and that something came from nothing? I don’t think so.
This carries over into the question of time. How did time begin? As we have all learned from our youth, everything has a beginning and an end, so what about time? To me, this is something I have wondered for as long as I could remember. It really is baffling, and it is easier to just not think about it. But, what if there were a being or force, or something that was not subject to the progression of time? This is what I believe. I believe that God exists now, but that He also exists a billion years ago and a billion years in the future, and it is all the same to Him. So then, you could ask “how is that possible?” Yeah, I understand. But, I’m not going to simply play the “faith” card here. What I’m going to do is tell you that if God is real, it would make a ton of sense for Him to have many qualities that I can grasp and understand with my mind, but also that He would have some qualities that I cannot understand. It takes much less faith for me to believe such a thing than to believe that trillions upon trillions of stars and planets came from nothing.
Then, the question of life. 50 years ago, biologists would have told you that they were confident that it was only a matter of time before they came up with a theory that explained how life began on this planet. Today, they’re not nearly as confident. The more they learn and experiment, the more they’re coming to the realization that the origin of organic life on this planet from inorganic material is highly unlikely if not impossible. No series of “accidents” have been able to create life. Some could say that aliens came and planted life here, or that life came through meteors that came into our atmosphere, but then when did those lives begin? Others could offer their hypotheses, but nobody could give a definitive answer yet, and I’m willing to believe that nobody will ever come to a definitive answer.
Because of that, I have decided to look outside of the natural, and into the supernatural. I have decided to come to the conclusion that God created life on this earth. Before the evolutionists pounce on me, how do you explain the origin of life on this planet? At the very least, I believe it is reasonable to believe that the first life form on this earth was created, and then allowed to reproduce and evolve from there. Such a belief does not eliminate any beliefs in evolution. In my opinion though, it is becoming more and more unreasonable to believe that a series of random events created life on this planet.
So, when it all comes down to it, I have to turn the tables and say that there is not enough evidence to boldly say “there is no God.”
I have barely skimmed the surface here, and I would love to discuss more if anybody is willing.
Just so you know, I’m a Christian. I didn’t get into any of the “Christian” part of it since the question posed was simply “do you believe in God?”. If anyone is willing, I’d be glad to get into why I believe that the Bible is the Word of God, and why ************ is the Son of God, but perhaps that could be limited to personal messages. Hopefully some respectful dialogue could come from this.
And, in the spirit of this message board GO PATS!