I believe in God not because He has shown Himself to me, but because He revealed Himself to me.
I believe in God not because a prayer I said came true, but because most prayers I said came true (including my family said).
I believe in God not because I believe what the Bible says, but because I read, analyzed, contemplated on the Bible.
I believe in God not because my parents did, but because they did not and I searched. Now they do.
I believe in God not because of what my school taught me, but because .
I believe in God not because I want there to be some point to life, but because I know there is some point to life.
I believe in God not because I want to go to heaven when I die, but because after I read and considering the truth, I know that the heaven (and hell) is real.
I believe in God not because everyone else does, but because not everyone does (just look at the number of people who voted "I don't believe in God"
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To those who ask for a physical proof that God is real, I'm sorry to say that it is almost impossible if it's not possible at all.
Think about this, many people saw Jesus 2000 years ago, yet they didn't believe in Him.
Would you believe if I say nasi gudeg from Jogjakarta, Indonesia is very delicious and tasty? Or that Bali is beautiful?
Maybe you'll say no. But I can say that it's a tasty dish and
it is real.
You might say it is not true just because you haven't seen Bali, but it's real.
"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." (Hebrew 11:1)
It's all about faith.
The simplest definition of faith is believing something you cannot see.
You, in some point of your life, must have experienced it.
Not knowing you'd be able to do it, but you did it, and it worked.
It's the same thing like believing in God, but you cannot push/force it.
You can merely experience it.
There is absolutely no point of debating whether God is real or unreal.
Let say people who believe in God "lose" the debate, people who don't believe will think that God is "proven" unreal at least in these forums.
If people who believe in God "win" the debate, people who don't believe will think the arrogancy of people who do.
Most science are changing facts or assumptions (or even "better" word, theory).
I do enjoy reading news in which the scientists were puzzled with their own discoveries. But then they declared they've found new discoveries that had been there since the universe was created.
So there, I've expressed my opinion and will read this thread from time to time without posting further reply.
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