I have to say, it has been on my mind a while and I am lead to believe that THERE is a God, I knew there was anyways, but I just observe how the world operates. A couple things I thought of goes as follows:
1.) Bible states 7 days of creation (6, anyways), thus we have 7 days
2.) B.C. exists and is accepted so the transition over to A.D. must mean that Jesus existed, otherwise we would still be in B.C. and B.C. is world known as "Before Christ".
I'm certain there is more I can't think of right now but why do atheists still go in their way to say none of this ever happened, it's all fake? Add more observations if you would like to.
Proof Of The Trinity Exists?
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Evidence for Christianity (and God!)
Brian,
There is just so much evidence for Christianity out there you'd start to roll your eyes like I do
at those "experts" who say there's no real proof, and that if you want to believe you have to take that infamous, (and blasphemous,) "leap in the dark" that the one guy with the name I can't spell, (knee-chee,) came up with to the eternal doom of many. In high school, (no, I'm not in college either, but that according to God's will,) I gave twice the same sixteen minute speech, with an awesome PowerPoint and everything, 
on the historicity of the Bible. That means the proof for the Bible being a historically reliable document. I got most if not all of my material from Josh McDowell's Evidence That Demands a Verdict. I highly recommend it, but there's a lot of it to go through. Then, along with the historical evidence, which is enough in-and-of itself, there's the evidence of a personal God in Creation. This is my newest study, and I'm getting my foundation for it in the book The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel. I don't know if that's the best book on the subject because it's the only one I've read on it so far. This area of evidence includes all the areas of science, I believe. Then there's the evidence of the inward witness that people I think are most familiar with. Deep down we all just know. God placed this knowledge of Him in us, but we like to eigher deny it for selfish reasons, or we mutilate it with false ideas of what this personal god is like. Therefore you have all of the different religions man has made up. There's no shortage of proof for Christianity and it's God, you just have to look a little for it, sometimes, in order to be fully convinced of it. We don't find God, He finds us. That's in the Bible somewhere, said as just specifically as I said it. And I dare say that God's found you, although He has yet to firmly establish Himself in your mind. I've been a Christian since I was like seven, but it took me untill I was about fourteen to realize I didn't have a basis for my belief except for being raised with it. That was a very difficult time for me. I felt like I was hanging off of a cliff by allowing myself to honestly evaluate the evidence I thought I had for God's existence and the truth of Christianity. It is a big deal to put the reality of a God and a purpose for your existence on the line!!! I had very weak proof back then, but God saw it fit to illogically satisfy me with it. It convinced me just the same as all of the evidence I now know convinces me, and God has, like I think you said yourself, audible spoken to me, on two separate occassions, and constantly reveals to me His activities in my life in ways where there's no mistaking that He exists and is directing every part of my life and the world around me. It sounds like you're pretty much convinced because we base the numbering system for our years off of Christ's life, and the structure of our weeks off of Biblical events- which if you ask me can be perfectly fine evidence if it's God that's using it in your heart and not your mind feebly grasping at it by itself. I do recommend looking-up this other evidence though, because some day you may find yourself with a trial of faith that requires knowledge which you currently don't possess. Easier to find it now while you're still confident and use it as ammo. in the day of "reckoning" than to fall prey to the trial and get unnecessarily stressed out over it. Best of "luck" to you in your quest! And boy am I surprised no one else has responded to your post in all this time when it seems so important!
~kateliz
There is just so much evidence for Christianity out there you'd start to roll your eyes like I do
at those "experts" who say there's no real proof, and that if you want to believe you have to take that infamous, (and blasphemous,) "leap in the dark" that the one guy with the name I can't spell, (knee-chee,) came up with to the eternal doom of many. In high school, (no, I'm not in college either, but that according to God's will,) I gave twice the same sixteen minute speech, with an awesome PowerPoint and everything, on the historicity of the Bible. That means the proof for the Bible being a historically reliable document. I got most if not all of my material from Josh McDowell's Evidence That Demands a Verdict. I highly recommend it, but there's a lot of it to go through. Then, along with the historical evidence, which is enough in-and-of itself, there's the evidence of a personal God in Creation. This is my newest study, and I'm getting my foundation for it in the book The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel. I don't know if that's the best book on the subject because it's the only one I've read on it so far. This area of evidence includes all the areas of science, I believe. Then there's the evidence of the inward witness that people I think are most familiar with. Deep down we all just know. God placed this knowledge of Him in us, but we like to eigher deny it for selfish reasons, or we mutilate it with false ideas of what this personal god is like. Therefore you have all of the different religions man has made up. There's no shortage of proof for Christianity and it's God, you just have to look a little for it, sometimes, in order to be fully convinced of it. We don't find God, He finds us. That's in the Bible somewhere, said as just specifically as I said it. And I dare say that God's found you, although He has yet to firmly establish Himself in your mind. I've been a Christian since I was like seven, but it took me untill I was about fourteen to realize I didn't have a basis for my belief except for being raised with it. That was a very difficult time for me. I felt like I was hanging off of a cliff by allowing myself to honestly evaluate the evidence I thought I had for God's existence and the truth of Christianity. It is a big deal to put the reality of a God and a purpose for your existence on the line!!! I had very weak proof back then, but God saw it fit to illogically satisfy me with it. It convinced me just the same as all of the evidence I now know convinces me, and God has, like I think you said yourself, audible spoken to me, on two separate occassions, and constantly reveals to me His activities in my life in ways where there's no mistaking that He exists and is directing every part of my life and the world around me. It sounds like you're pretty much convinced because we base the numbering system for our years off of Christ's life, and the structure of our weeks off of Biblical events- which if you ask me can be perfectly fine evidence if it's God that's using it in your heart and not your mind feebly grasping at it by itself. I do recommend looking-up this other evidence though, because some day you may find yourself with a trial of faith that requires knowledge which you currently don't possess. Easier to find it now while you're still confident and use it as ammo. in the day of "reckoning" than to fall prey to the trial and get unnecessarily stressed out over it. Best of "luck" to you in your quest! And boy am I surprised no one else has responded to your post in all this time when it seems so important!~kateliz
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No Response God's Will
Oh, I feel so loved! God is so Good. He's been showing me lately that He does want me to share what He's given me, and your comment on my comments is just another confirmation of this for me. I just love it! I'm so excited about it all! A few hours ago I was at my Bible study, (we actually went over numerous verses this time,) and boy, did the place get jumping! The pastor seemed to attribute it to myself when he spoke with me afterwards. I'm not boasting, I just absolutely love it when God uses me to reach other people! Who wouldn't? And thanks for the compliment, but credit the One who gave it to me. I just love Him! He's so Good.
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Re: No Response God's Will
Amen!kateliz wrote:Oh, I feel so loved! God is so Good. He's been showing me lately that He does want me to share what He's given me, and your comment on my comments is just another confirmation of this for me. I just love it! I'm so excited about it all! A few hours ago I was at my Bible study, (we actually went over numerous verses this time,) and boy, did the place get jumping! The pastor seemed to attribute it to myself when he spoke with me afterwards. I'm not boasting, I just absolutely love it when God uses me to reach other people! Who wouldn't? And thanks for the compliment, but credit the One who gave it to me. I just love Him! He's so Good.
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I know of an eyewitness report, man! When Jesus was baptized, heaven broke loose, the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove came down, and a voice from heaven spoke, basically saying, "THIS IS MY SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED."
"My actions prove that God takes care of idiots."
He occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.
- On Stanley Baldwin
-Winston Churchill
An atheist can't find God for the same reason a criminal can't find a police officer.
You need to start asking out girls so that you can get used to the rejections.
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He occasionally stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.
- On Stanley Baldwin
-Winston Churchill
An atheist can't find God for the same reason a criminal can't find a police officer.
You need to start asking out girls so that you can get used to the rejections.
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kateliz
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Re: No Response God's Will
I love you too, bizzt. Are you a joy-buzzer or something?bizzt wrote:Amen!kateliz wrote:Oh, I feel so loved! God is so Good. He's been showing me lately that He does want me to share what He's given me, and your comment on my comments is just another confirmation of this for me. I just love it! I'm so excited about it all! A few hours ago I was at my Bible study, (we actually went over numerous verses this time,) and boy, did the place get jumping! The pastor seemed to attribute it to myself when he spoke with me afterwards. I'm not boasting, I just absolutely love it when God uses me to reach other people! Who wouldn't? And thanks for the compliment, but credit the One who gave it to me. I just love Him! He's so Good.
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Re: No Response God's Will
I try to be but you have doubts in me nowkateliz wrote:I love you too, bizzt. Are you a joy-buzzer or something?bizzt wrote:Amen!kateliz wrote:Oh, I feel so loved! God is so Good. He's been showing me lately that He does want me to share what He's given me, and your comment on my comments is just another confirmation of this for me. I just love it! I'm so excited about it all! A few hours ago I was at my Bible study, (we actually went over numerous verses this time,) and boy, did the place get jumping! The pastor seemed to attribute it to myself when he spoke with me afterwards. I'm not boasting, I just absolutely love it when God uses me to reach other people! Who wouldn't? And thanks for the compliment, but credit the One who gave it to me. I just love Him! He's so Good.
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Then you seem to doing ok AKMS..I see the enthusiasm in your post.AttentionKMartShoppers wrote:I know of an eyewitness report, man! When Jesus was baptized, heaven broke loose, the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove came down, and a voice from heaven spoke, basically saying, "THIS IS MY SON, IN WHOM I AM WELL PLEASED."
Thumbs up.