Evidence for God from Science

Noah1201 wrote: I'm not a Christian, although I was one for a short time. Sorry, I don’t believe this. Your believing that God exists, and your believing in Christ’s divinity doesn’t mean you were a Christian anymore than my believing that my wife exists, and she’s human, makes me married to her. Y...

I'm not a Christian, although I was one for a short time. During that period, the most fascinating argument that I heard in favor of Christianity was the one I alluded to in the thread title; that the Jesus story is the greatest love story ever told, in fact, it's the greatest love story that ever c...

Believing that God exists, is a good first step towards becoming a Christian, but it doesn’t make one a Christian. Believing in and trusting in Jesus Christ, and his atoning work, is what makes one a Christian. John 3:16 Either I wasn't clear or you didn't read my post very carefully (no offense). ...

Several months ago, I had what I believed is a called a religious experience. After intense thinking about questions concerning God, Christianity and so forth, my heart suddenly started getting filled with warmth in a very special, profound way. My conviction that the Christian God was real skyrocke...

Can you explain in lay-man terms what you mean by God being "existence itself"?

This is completely unrelated to religion and the existence of god, but I think this topic can belong here. Fyodor Dostoevsky mentions the concept of human tendency towards masochism - taking pleasure in one's own pain, one's own humiliation, in several of his novels, and probably many more I haven't...

So, theists... Do you think living one's life under the dominant morality, while recognizing that this morality is not objective, is rational? When Beanybag offered his theory of subjective morality, he was jumped at, suggesting that you think the answer is no. Still, in my discussion with FL, he to...

Consider also the following: http://commonsenseatheism.com/?p=12 Read that, carefully. Can you read that and honestly think that the guy doesn't want Christianity to be true? That he doesn't want to submit to god out of "pride"? That he's willfully suppressing its truth because he wants to...

1. Something exists IF and ONLY IF there is evidence available for anyone who inquiries for said evidence. No, that's not it. More like "a very particular thing (i.e. the biblical god) which claims to desire people to believe in his existence with all his heart exists only if the evidence is a...

Well, I'm not the only who thinks like that. Here's William Lane Craig talking. Given the finality of death, it really does not matter how you live. So what do you say to someone who concludes that we may as well just live as we please, out of pure self-interest? This presents a pretty grim picture ...

This is not original to me. It's also a variant of the Divine Hiddenness argument. 1. If the Biblical God exists, then his existence would be evident to anyone who sincerely seeks God. 2. Biblical God's existence is not evident to everyone who sincerely seeks God. 3. Therefore, Biblical God doesn't ...

...is this what you mean? Yes. But murder is an extreme example because of the high possibility of being caught. We can, however, stick with murder, if we can say, hypothetically, the individual can be one hundred percent certain they will never be caught somehow. Let's imagine a scenario similar t...

But if it, instead, increases them, then the emotion is doing the opposite of what it was designed to. I'm confused. You're talking about atheism, and you used the word, "designed"? 8-}2 Ever heard of a metaphor? God doesn't design anything, either; designers do. God wishes things into ex...

Yes. Of course, I'm sure you will tell how I have no basis to think for some reason, but as of now, I'm not sure why. Feel free to link me to some articles/sites that explain this. EDIT: Why do so many apologists, like WLC for example, focus so much only on morality? Is morality somehow different th...

...yes, I think it is rational for a person to make such a choice. If in doubt, ask the person why they chose to do what they did. Listen to their explanation and learn about how their brain works. In any event, humans are rational creatures. Widom, however, isn't given to everyone; it is only for ...