How do we know that God is real?

[alex.siegel]

Simple as that. How are you so sure that God exists?

I understand that the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that she was going to birth Jesus Christ. I get that. But how is that any different than Muslims believing that the Angel Gabriel appeared to Mohammed? Both can be used as "Evidence."

Essentially, what makes you so sure that you are "right?"

[alex.siegel]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

I want you to keep in mind that I am not here to troll you. I simply want to have a rational and reasonable discussion about this.

[Charlie O'Hairupmyass]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

God is real because the bible says so, can you not read?

[alex.siegel]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

God is real because the bible says so, can you not read?

But how do we know that the Bible is true? This is a serious question. I could write down that we should worship a false God, and try to get people to believe it. And if it becomes a major religion in 2,000 years, it's still not true. So, is the Bible true just because we think it is, or do we have evidence? Again, all I want is a civil discussion. I am not intending to offend you in any way.

[MitzaLizalor]

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[WWJDnow]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

But how do we know that the Bible is true? This is a serious question.

Why would God let us have a false Bible? That would make no sense at all.

[Nobar King]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

But how do we know that the Bible is true?

I suspect that you have an alternative that you would prefer to the Holy Bible. Let me suggest that wasting your life by smoking weed in the morning and living with clouds in your brain is not really an inviting alternative. Nor would I believe that you have found heaven by jamming your nose into some dirty woman's cooter.

This is a serious question.

No, it's not. You are a total beginner.

I could write down that we should worship a false God, and try to get people to believe it. And if it becomes a major religion in 2,000 years, it's still not true.

The Bible was not written by one person. God has spoken to scores of people. Has He spoken to you, yet? I suspect not, considering your user handle.

So, is the Bible true just because we think it is, or do we have evidence? Again, all I want is a civil discussion. I am not intending to offend you in any way.

The Bible is true because it is true. The entire course of western civilization has been determined by it. I'm sure some space cadet like you would prefer to live on Mars and try to make your own cataclysmic utopia, but the rest of us prefer to live in the real world and accept the gifts that we are given instead of throwing them back like an ungrateful punk.

[alex.siegel]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

I suspect that you have an alternative that you would prefer to the Holy Bible. Let me suggest that wasting your life by smoking weed in the morning and living with clouds in your brain is not really an inviting alternative. Nor would I believe that you have found heaven by jamming your nose into some dirty woman's cooter.

No, it's not. You are a total beginner.
The Bible was not written by one person. God has spoken to scores of people. Has He spoken to you, yet? I suspect not, considering your user handle.
The Bible is true because it is true. The entire course of western civilization has been determined by it. I'm sure some space cadet like you would prefer to live on Mars and try to make your own cataclysmic utopia, but the rest of us prefer to live in the real world and accept the gifts that we are given instead of throwing them back like an ungrateful punk.

Right. So how would it be different of I and a group of my friends decided to write a book that said we shoul worship towels? How is that any less true? You choose to blindly base your lives on a book that you have no evidence is true. I don't have a problem with that, but it simply confused me why anybody would do that.

[James Hutchins]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

Right. So how would it be different of I and a group of my friends decided to write a book that said we shoul worship towels? How is that any less true? You choose to blindly base your lives on a book that you have no evidence is true. I don't have a problem with that, but it simply confused me why anybody would do that.

Because you are not God. He tells us all about worshipping other so called 'Gods' other than Him.
Isaiah 43:10
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.


If you'd read your Bible, you'd look less foolish.

[alex.siegel]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

Because you are not God. He tells us all about worshipping other so called 'Gods' other than Him.
Isaiah 43:10
Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Exodus 20:3
Thou shalt have no other gods before me.


If you'd read your Bible, you'd look less foolish.

How do you know that the people whom wrote the Bible were visited by God? I could claim the same thing. It isn't true, but I'm sure I could get people to believe it. That's how Mormonism started. Some guy said he was visited by God. How do you know that the Bible is truthful?

[James Hutchins]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

How do you know that the people whom wrote the Bible were visited by God? I could claim the same thing. It isn't true, but I'm sure I could get people to believe it. That's how Mormonism started. Some guy said he was visited by God. How do you know that the Bible is truthful?

Friend, you can 'claim' anything you want. Jesus is with me every day, just as He is with all True Christians(tm). It is when you God haters have no faith and refuse to acknowledge Him that you feel compelled to question everything.
Why do you think you came here?
Do you really think everything is 'just an accident'?
Do you really think that Christianity would be around for so long if it were just hokum?
Why do you think the Inerrant Word of God has been round for so long, essentially unchanged where as 'science' books change once a year?
What would God have to gain by having His people write a book full of falsehoods and misdirections?

[alex.siegel]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

Friend, you can 'claim' anything you want. Jesus is with me every day, just as He is with all True Christians™. It is when you God haters have no faith and refuse to acknowledge Him that you feel compelled to question everything.
Why do you think you came here?
Do you really think everything is 'just an accident'?
Do you really think that Christianity would be around for so long if it were just hokum?
Why do you think the Inerrant Word of God has been round for so long, essentially unchanged where as 'science' books change once a year?
What would God have to gain by having His people write a book full of falsehoods and misdirections?

I'll answe all of your questions.



I came here because of a coincidence. Life happened to generate on Earth. It was very unlikely to happen, but Earth is simply the perfect environment for life to exist on.

Yes. I believe everything is coincidental.

Yes, I do. Judaism has been around way longer than Christianity, and you still refuse to acknowledge it. Age is not a measure of truth.

Science books change so often because people are constantly making new and groundbreaking discoveries. However all basic laws stay the same. We're never going to disprove Gravity because it's already been proven. Not everything changes. The Bible hasn't changed because most people who choose to follow it literally are ignorant and themselves refuse to change everything.

God has nothing to gain, because he isn't real. The Bible is a set of species written by a group of people to try and produce a set of rules that Mankind should follow. There was no Diety involved.

[Basilissa]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

Yes, I do. Judaism has been around way longer than Christianity, and you still refuse to acknowledge it. Age is not a measure of truth.

Where do you think does the Old Testament come from, honey?

Science books change so often because people are constantly making new and groundbreaking discoveries.

...which disprove what scientists before believed to be a "scientific fact."

However all basic laws stay the same.

You should have said that to Copernicus and Einstein.

Not everything changes. The Bible hasn't changed because most people who choose to follow it literally are ignorant and themselves refuse to change everything.

No, honey - the Bible doesn't change because it was given to us by our Merciful Lord, it is perfect, and therefore doesn't need any change.

God has nothing to gain, because he isn't real. The Bible is a set of species written by a group of people to try and produce a set of rules that Mankind should follow. There was no Diety involved.

You have a weird spelling, which makes your statements hard to read. The Bible is not a species, it's a book. And I don't think that the men who were inspired by God to write the Bible were on a diet.

[alex.siegel]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

Where do you think does the Old Testament come from, honey?



...which disprove what scientists before believed to be a "scientific fact."



You should have said that to Copernicus and Einstein.



No, honey - the Bible doesn't change because it was given to us by our Merciful Lord, it is perfect, and therefore doesn't need any change.



You have a weird spelling, which makes your statements hard to read. The Bible is not a species, it's a book. And I don't think that the men who were inspired by God to write the Bible were on a diet.

I apologize for the typos. I am typing on a touchscreen, which causes a lot of auto-correct errors, and I cannot edit my posts in this forum. Also, who said anything about a diet? I said "diety." Which means a supreme being, essentially a God. I said that a god had nothing todo with the creation o the Bible. The men who wrote it simply desired justification for their rules.

[Basilissa]

Re: How do we know that God is real?

I apologize for the typos. I am typing on a touchscreen, which causes a lot of auto-correct errors, and I cannot edit my posts in this forum. Also, who said anything about a diet? I said "diety." Which means a supreme being, essentially a God. I said that a god had nothing todo with the creation o the Bible. The men who wrote it simply desired justification for their rules.

Honey, "diety" is not a word in English.

Try again.