The love revealed by Jesus in His teaching, life, death and Resurrection…
This is the perfect answer. Personally, when I’m asked how I can believe in the existence of some invisible God, I like to answer something like “You believe that the beauty of a sunset, a snow-capped mountain, the rolling waves of the ocean, the dew shining on the plants of a forest in the morning, the music of Mozart, the art of Michelangelo, the love of human relationships, the depth of human knowledge and wisdom, all just fell into place by accident? And you think believing in God is crazy?” What it comes down to, is I see the world as a work of art. I don’t understand how you could see otherwise. Every artwork needs an artist.Everything you see proves the existance of God. - Thing
Energy, and the existance of natural laws. The understanding that the source of all that exists had to be eternal (which is the conclusion both athiests and theist agree on) what that source is, is understood differently be both parties. Athiests say its the universe or some other natural force that is unkown while theists say it is God a super natural being.
It’s comforting to know that when I don’t have the answers to things, I can just insert my favorite shot-in-the-dark hypothesis. Personally, I bow to the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but we’re all believers here under our one God, that’s the main thing With the big difference that the worship over the One, True God has brought countless people throughout human history to the fullness of life. People have changed their unsatisfying ways, come out of awful lives to fulfilling peace and goodness. Not to mention the countless miracles given through saints over the ages, just to verify the truth and goodness of following God.That I can’t think of an alternative explanation
That’s not true at all! When good things happen, it’s my God who instituted them
. I know that when I pray for good things to happen and they do (raising money for the homeless; giving children an education they wouldn’t otherwise have), it’s the work of our heavenly monster. Why else would good things happen to bring people to the fullness of life?Your view of God as a “heavenly monster” reveals your own lack of appreciation for everything you are and everything you possess. There is only one monster around here - obsessed with himself and dominated by filial ingratitude… If you’re so dissatisfied why don’t you opt out of life? Then you would find what you really want - and deserve…That’s not true at all! When good things happen, it’s my God who instituted them
Aquinas’ first proof is disproved by the simple concept of negative infinity. We use it in mathematics all the time, in the case of negative infinity, there need no be a first mover, particles of any description could have always existed.
Can you give me some evidence for his resurrection?
You need to start a new thread…
Why is that? This thread seems perfect, it discusses the favourite proofs of God.
A detailed discussion of the Resurrection would derail it completely. I’m sure that wasn’t the intention of the OP. Why are you reluctant to start a new thread?
Maybe I will, but before I do I’m just wondering how anyone is going to go about proving the resurrection without resorting to theological and scriptural arguments? I’m agnostic in reality, perhaps with a tendency to the complete lack of belief, so to avoid any miscommuncations I will just say I don’t believe in God. With that in mind, I reject any theological or scriptural arguments for obvious reasons.
Forward to reality
I will start with a question. Would you knowingly die for a lie? The apostles who saw Jesus risen from the grave did not lie when they said he is risen. Think about it. Would people who taught morality be able to tell a lie like seeing a man who was tortured to death come back to life and be willing to go to their deaths proclaiming that he is risen when he was not? It is a psycological impossablity that they would make up a lie then go on teaching high moral standards then willingly die for it. And then there are all the others who have died rather than deny that Jesus came back to life.