How could people still believe in a God?

Why do people believe in things like a God for example? Humans, like 99% of the species who have lived on earth, will eventually become extinct. There are many things that will kill us off that will only take a matter of time to occur, such as a supervolcanic eruption, an asteroid, a gamma ray burst, a black hole, global warming or nuclear warfare. And if somehow we dodge all of these things, we'll die when the sun explodes. Its the way nature is - species come an go. Yet, we think we're some sort of an exception b/c the bible "says so." What if we ARENT here for a reason, and we're just here b/c the earth's climate has been mild long enough to allow us to evolve into intelligence? is this so hard for people to fathom? Then i get the argument that, "someone had to create the universe." We'll, using that logic, then someone had to create that someone, right? People say, no, God was just always there. well, then who's to say the universe wasnt always there?

How could people still believe in a God?
May God give you understanding,





Let me ask you something: What makes evolutionist and people who do not believe in a higher being think that they are superior in knowledge than any other being that exist? What if there is someone or something that is vastly more superior in wisdom and knowledge than mankind. After all, with all the complexities of the universe ( how all the planets, ie. Earth is the perfect distance away from the sun in order to sustain life ) down to the smallest organism with all its complex but perfectly oranized parts that allow it to exist and function; how can you be 100% sure that someone or something had nothing to do with it. Science can explain how things function and sometimes how they came about, but science cannot explain the purpose behind it all. I mean, people criticize Christians and others who believe in God and they make them out to be naive, ignorant folks. But I happen to believe that its very ignorant to think of oneself as all-knowing; that we got it down on how things were, are ,and are going to turn out. The same way that we don't know if there is life on another planet with far more intelligence than us, how can we be sure that there isn't a greater being who some call God ? What's the answer--that God does not exist because we can't see Him? We haven't seen everything, there's still much more to discover. That's why we have scientist; but I find it funny because the more scientist discover, the more we realize the complexity of existance but how perfect it is at the same time--and that to me just points even more to a higher being which I worship and call God. I hope you come to a conclusion that mankind knows alot but not everything and if you're going to put your faith in something, put your faith in God and not on a meaningless life that only relies on chances; its more secure and you have nothing to lose because if God does exist, then his promises are true, and those who love Him will spend eternity with Him; and if he doesn't exist then we just become extinct. But if he does exist and you willfully rejected Him, i feel bad for you and others who never believed because they're end is not a good one.





But i'll pray that you'll recieve understanding and turn to God





May God Bless You!
Reply:we are here to live and die and reproduce that's it i don't think Spirit (the higher power) had a plan for us really Spirit gave use life to live and evolve i think we will kill each other off thats just human nature
Reply:"People say, no, God was just always there. well, then who's to say the universe wasnt always there?"





Because of the Big Bang. It wasn't always there.





HTH





Charles
Reply:Maybe the universe was laways there, but God was laso and he still is. Things that will kill us off is why scientists r working their asses off...duh. Peopel naturally need something to believe in to explain things. We have to be here for a reason. We can't just have been placed here. Anyway things like poverty, war, and things like that are why Jesus is going to come again. I personally want war poverty and the other of the 4 knites to come(read the bible for details on the knites)
Reply:How could you not the beauty and awe of this planet did not evolve from fish
Reply:i agree with everything you are saying. we evolved form single cell organisms. the world will blow up, we are just in this universe. not to serve a purpose for the greater good; perhaps only to bring life to this earth while human kind is still around. although i do not beleive in a god of any sort, i will say poeple beleive what they want to beleive. for some god helps them find beauty in what is ugly, good in themselves, and a feeling of signifigance. if that leads them to be a better person, i am all for it. if someone trys to enforce thier beleifs on others however simply becuase thats all they know, i find them hard to respect. we are all people, and some of us see diferently from others. with that said, i will say that i find science interesting (and true!) but that theology is much more interesting in that people have so many beleifs. and again, a book is a few peices of paper, however "magical" or "holy." i don't se why so many of us put so much faith into somethign written by men. so maybe i'll run into you in heaven... oh wait.. maybe not.
Reply:What is this "nature" you speak of????





Lol, different terms coined by different people...





God will exsist long before all humans are gone. And no one will ever be able to prove otherwise....
Reply:You have to see the beauty in fish. I'm not joking. Maybe you're not looking hard enough but there is beauty in every living thing. It is amazing that there is life and how it works.





Whether you think that God made it or that it came from the energy that always was and will be it is still amazing and beautiful.





Look at some pictures taken by a Scanning Electron Microscope. It is amazing!
Reply:I believe in God and a Goddess as well - God's name's just God and the Goddess's name is Gaia.
Reply:I do not believe in a god. I believe in the God, Jesus Christ
Reply:so to you life is an accident that just happened to work out perfectly..you truly are closed minded..
Reply:true, but I still believe if there isnt an actual GOD in "heaven" that jesus was still crucified and those acts still did take place, but who knows when you go there it wont help any so just enjoy life and dont worry about all of that.
Reply:Most of the live ones and absolutely all of the dead ones do.
Reply:The Sun imploding in a spectacular supernova has absolutely nothing to do with whether God is real or not. That's going to happen in FIVE BILLION YEARS! It's been 7,000 since we decided to stop being hunter-gatherers, and we've already been to the moon. In that FIVE BILLION YEARS, I think maybe we'll have technology enough to go elsewhere?





But I do agree with you: We WILL probably kill ourselves in nuclear war or with man-aggravated global warming before we can leave the earth for another planet.
Reply:Ignorance gone to seed.
Reply:I admit that years ago I wondered myself, but in this world today there is not much a person can put their faith or trust in. The Bible is God's Word, it is for us to belive in, and it teaches us to put our faith and trust in Him (God). To take that away we wouldn't have nothing, we wouldn't have no understanding, granted we don't understand alot of the hows or when or the whys, if it was for us understand everything then we wouldn't need God..I have to believe in God because nothing else really makes to much sense to me..Things happen I have no understanding for it but with out the faith and trust in God I would be lost...I know it is hard to understand but it has to be that way for now till providing it is in God's Will to share with us all. It may be something we will never know or ever need to know..Blessings
Reply:I give up, how? ;)
Reply:LOL, How could people not still believe in God?











Jesus is the only logical explanation.
Reply:were gonna die in armegedon and survive if were gud so deal with it.... and thats that
Reply:Brainwashing from childhood. Or else your life is crappy so you start believing in a god so you have SOMETHING to believe... Sort of the same thing as people who actually like The Sound of Music...
Reply:For me,Because He is only the one who sacrifice to save people from sins.And They believe and I believe that He always rescued us from the fire of sins.But some people like Judas still the betreyal of God, How they can save from sins if they don't know who is the creature of the earth
Reply:***Someone had to create that someone.***





In this physical world, every effect has a cause. God cannot be part of this world and subject to its laws, because He made it. Therefore, God does not need a cause; He always was and always will be.
Reply:what you talking about Willis?
Reply:I believe that God is the natural laws of the universe. that of which we discover in nature and natural laws is god. the god of the bible does not exist
Reply:Faith is believing in something even with the absence of proof. Don't you think there are some things in this world that cannot be explained by science alone?
Reply:how would a person not believe in God?





The heavens declare the glory of God, and his word reveals who He is." Psalm 19





as a person born Jewish who did not believe in a personal God I can see where you have doubts. what if there is no reason to life? it is all just an accident-one day out of no where the universe started-with age which means before that date it didnt exist, then intelligence began-from a one cell amobe with a perfect dna to reproduce only the same one cell. and it became alive without a fairy by accident-which no scientist in a perfect lab can reproduce. and a billion dna accidental changes and turned into a human being who seeks to find God because we have a void in our soul till we find God.


well My Jewish people stopped sacrificing with the destruction of the temple as since the Messiah had alread come as promised -to die for our sins-as listed below and quoted- it was no longer necessary-as the new covenant of Jeremiah 31:31 and following had begun-"A new covenant not like the one that I made with Moses."


this is what helped me to see truth as a Jewish born person= As a Jew that is how I feel about this question-yet instead of cursing the darkness I light a candle=





prayer does work-and selfish prayer is never heard-the first prayer is for deliverance from sin and salvation-I believe it too because it worked for me.





Life is a choice and so are our actions-to those that chose to come to be saved in Jesus for them truth would be understood, to the unbeliever though, no fact is enough till they want to believe in even heaven-they see the changes in peoples lives millions of x drug addicts x whatevers, that come to Jesus-yet they still can choose to not believe-





some info for help here too=the worst day even filled with guilt is heaven compared to Jesus description of hell for a moment-Revelation 19-22nd chapters weeping forever





the key is the way out of hell-and I will tell you also what Daniel has to say about Hell too=Jesus came from heaven as promised Isaiah 9:6 quoted below





Jesus was concieved similar to a test tube baby from the Spirit of God in the womb of Mary as promised in Isaiah 7:14 from a virgin to be born God with us, in the then land of Israel -before the English renamed it Palestine-which also includes land now occupied by Jordan,


Joseph espoused to be married and Mary recieved word by the order of Herod that all were to go to their home towns to be taxed.





Jesus was brought to Bethlehem of Judea in Mary's womb and concieved there in the stable of an Inn because they had no room for them in the inn.


PEACE TO ALL IN THE PRINCE OF PEACE (ISAIAH 9:6 UNTO US IS TO BE BORN A CHILD, A SON IS given and he will be almighty God and the Prince of Peace."


TIME FOR TRUTH FOR All





it is time to teach truth about the Jewish faith including the Echod-compound unity not Yachid=absolute one, and the prophecies and the truth about my Messiah and best friend Yeshua in Hebrew= that Jesus is the Messiah-and if you dont believe Moses, Isaiah and the Messiah your not actually Jewish according to the Jewish Scriptures.





^yes I believe in heaven which gives us purpose in life %26amp; Hell Jesus taught about it and described it too Revelation 19-22nd chapters and


Hell is in the Jewish Scriptures too=Daniel 12:2 described as in torment abhored from God forever and heaven as everlasting life.


the point is accept Messiah Jesus for who he is and Salvation and the reality of Hell.


Here is about Jewish people that reject hell because he tries to change things








Isaiah 53 promised "He will be despised and rejected."


These are things written by those that claim to be Jewish but reject their Messiah promised to be a light to all nations Isaiah 42=








EVEN IF YOU REJECT YESHUA/JESUS ---as some say against scriptures God can not become a man about "Let us make man in our image" Genesis





Isaiah 53 promised "He will be despised and rejected."


These are things written by those that claim to be Jewish but reject their Messiah promised to be a light to all nations Isaiah 42





I was taught that Jesus is a liar and a deciever, and to have nothing to do with him.


yet i learned the truth little by little and this person will help you to see the issue





I happen to be Jewish myself.


this is what Rachel -who claims to be Jewish wrote to me in msg=From: Rachel G it kind of explains-when people say one thing but do another my comments in CAPITOLS=





have a nice day for Iraq where they can hear truth openly now too %26amp; Rachel MY WORDS TO Your comment previous to me





Message: Please stop this! If you accept Jesus as your "savior", then you are NOT Jewish!


EXCUSE ME-THERE ARE ATHIEST SOVIET JEWS AND MANY OTHER VARIETIES-THEY DONT EVEN BELIEVE ISAIAH OR MOSES EITHER "THE LIFE OF THE FLESH IS IN THE BLOOD AND I HAVE GIVEN IT TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR YOUR SOULS." LEVITICUS 17:11 MOSES.





ISAIAH SAID "HE WILL BE EXALTED AND MADE VERY HIGH, AND HE WILL BE MARRED MORE THAN ANY MAN AND LAY DOWN HIS LIFE TO MAKE ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS. HE WILL BE DESPISED AND REJECTED. ALL WE (JEWISH PEOPLE) HAVE GOne ASTRAY AND THE LORD WILL MAKE TO LIGHT ON HIM THE INIQUITIES OF US ALL.. HE WILL DIE WITH THE WICKED AND BE BURRIED WITH THE RICH. Isaiah 52:13-53:12 (predicted 700 bc/bce (era)


You are Christian which means a follower of Christ. I cannot abide Messianic Jews...they are cowards!





EXCUSE ME Rachel you call me a coward -I believe the truth about our Messiah





and to you who rejects the unity of Diviity in Echod-as the Zohar asks "Why is there mention of GOD 3 TIMES IN THE SHMAH "Hear o' Israel the LORD our GOD, the LORD is one. "The first is from the way above, the second is from the way of God on the earth and the third is the Spirit. (Echod unity-like a cluster of grapes =1 yet many=Echod not Yachid=1 grape in that number) -When you talk are those words part of you-are they part of your essence-Since God is everywhere -can he not manifest himself as Isaiah promised in a certain place for his purpose to have personal fellowship with mankind. "He was tested in all ways as we are, yet without sin." (Muslims in the koran also teach the sinlessness of Jesus %26amp; that he is in heaven now awaiting return to reign as Messiah-yet missing the personal fellowship as promised)








WHEN ANY MESSIAH COMES IN YOUR IDEAS YOU WILL BE A FOLLOWER OF THE MESSIAH TOO-THAT DOESNT STOP A PERSON FROM BEING JEWISH IN FACT REJECTING THE JEWISH MESSIAH WOULD STOP YOU FROM BEING JEWISH!








WELL ANYWAYS AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE JEWISH BUT REJECT MOSES, ISAIAH AND THE MESSIAH-and they say things like this to fellow Jewish peoples like me-so its a good question--I am not sure of the answer--I guess jealousy, blindness -I was against Jesus taught he was a liar and deciever-and fulfilled "He will be despised and rejected." too--so go figure.





I PRAYED HIS WORDS AND BECAME A TRUE JEWISH BELIEVER WITH THE MESSIAH AS MY BEST FRIEND


SPOKEN FROM HEAVEN "I LOVE YOU and knock on your heart door to come in and be your friend, if you repent from sin and ask me in ." Revelation 1:1 %26amp; 3:19%26amp;20 This also worked for my Yiddish Jewish Bubbie grandma and Zaddi grandpa in Boston too--she told me "David keeps telling our people about Messiah Yeshua/Jesus they need Him." And I do tell them too!








PEACE TO ALL IN THE PRINCE OF PEACE (ISAIAH 9:6 UNTO US IS TO BE BORN A CHILD, A SON IS given and he will be almighty God and the Prince of Peace."


TIME FOR TRUTH FOR All





thank you it is time to teach truth about where Jesus came from=Heaven as predicted, and who he is =the messiah and savior and, also about the consequences of rejecting his promised salvation delivering from hell as Daniel 12:2 does say it is abhorance forever -Revelation 19-22nd chapter weeping and gnashing teeth-yet heaven is described there too %26amp; the salvation is offered to go to heaven. Thanks please believe me, and that Jesus is the Messiah-and if you dont believe Moses, Isaiah and the Messiah your a rejector of his salvation and friendship according to the Scriptures.^


pray for those that believe in Jesus and heaven and for those that dont -Heaven is described in the bible too. And the bible does say that -by unthankfulness and worshiping the created rather than the creator one can chose to do that which is unseamly male with male and female with female and be given over to a reprobate mind=Romans chapter 1. The Joy is that 1st Corinthians 6:9-13 gives this promise "And such WERE some of you but you have been cleased by the blood of Jesus."





Prayer is a good thing make sure it is a good prayer to help others and not to hurt them.





. I hope this helps answer your question, and also understand what changed my life so I would take time to try and understand others too.
Reply:It is not logical that a living cell could come into existence by random chance. It is too complex. It is not logical to believe all life evolved from a single-celled organism. If it did, there should be 2-celled and 3-celled and 4-celled organisms still evolving; but they don't exist.
Reply:Free will to believe whatever we want. Some beliefs may seem silly, but alas..free will.
Reply:You have been here less then a 100 years and you think you have proved over 6000 years worth of various religions and maybe even longer means nothing, there have been a lot of people smarter than you. You should look into what Einstein believed and realize that there are smarter people then you who believe in God. It's not foolish Bologna that only superstitious people believe.
Reply:OK. Let's say that all christians are wrong and we're just making the whole thing up because nobody wants to believe us. Are you willing to bet your soul that there isn't a God? All God wants you to do is Believe. Why is that so hard? People believe in War, Money, Revenge, etc. Does those things bring happiness or more trouble? Believing in God isn't going to hurt you. It isn't going to make you less human or more of a Man or Woman to admit that regardless of the so-called proof you may have, there is a Creator of all things and it wasn't Science. Someone asked me to use "Critical Thinking" once, so with that in mind I will leave you with something to think about.





Where did the Soul come from? Where did Love come from? Where did Emotions come from? Did they come from the Big Bang, or Science, or Research? People say they want Proof of God's existence, and they say that there isn't any Proof because they've never "seen" any Proof. That maybe true, but they have definitely "Felt" him, wether they want to admit it or not, and that's a Fact. Just like the air, you can't see it, but you know it's there because you can feel it. Same with your Soul. You can't see it either, but you know it's there.





Peace be with you my friend.