Define God
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Originally posted by Pinknutri:
I have only 1 question for god " Why created us?"
Do u think y u breathe?It's natural for a creator to create thing.
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DO u think why am I walking.
Walking is a natural thing to do.
Do u think y u fart?
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why create us? simple. cos God is a relational God...its the same as asking...why do couples produce kids? why do we rejoice when someone in the family is pregnant(by this, i dont mean shotgun cases)?
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Originally posted by despondent:
why create us? simple. cos God is a relational God...its the same as asking...why do couples produce kids? why do we rejoice when someone in the family is pregnant(by this, i dont mean shotgun cases)
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1. Does God exist? The complexity of our planet points to a deliberate Designer who not only created our universe, but sustains it today.
Many examples showing God's design could be given, possibly with no end. But here are a few:
The Earth...its size is perfect. The Earth's size and corresponding gravity holds a thin layer of mostly nitrogen and oxygen gases, only extending about 50 miles above the Earth's surface. If Earth were smaller, an atmosphere would be impossible, like the planet Mercury. If Earth were larger, its atmosphere would contain free hydrogen, like Jupiter.3 Earth is the only known planet equipped with an atmosphere of the right mixture of gases to sustain plant, animal and human life.
The
Earth is located the right distance from the sun. Consider the
temperature swings we encounter, roughly -30 degrees to +120 degrees. If
the Earth were any further away from the sun, we would all freeze. Any
closer and we would burn up. Even a fractional variance in the Earth's
position to the sun would make life on Earth impossible. The Earth
remains this perfect distance from the sun while it rotates around the
sun at a speed of nearly 67,000 mph. It is also rotating on its axis,
allowing the entire surface of the Earth to be properly warmed and
cooled every day.And our moon is the perfect size and distance from the Earth for its gravitational pull. The moon creates important ocean tides and movement so ocean waters do not stagnate, and yet our massive oceans are restrained from spilling over across the continents.4
Water...colorless, odorless and without taste, and yet no living thing can survive without it. Plants, animals and human beings consist mostly of water (about two-thirds of the human body is water). You'll see why the characteristics of water are uniquely suited to life:
It has an unusually high boiling point and freezing point. Water allows us to live in an environment of fluctuating temperature changes, while keeping our bodies a steady 98.6 degrees.
Water
is a universal solvent. This property of water means that thousands of
chemicals, minerals and nutrients can be carried throughout our bodies
and into the smallest blood vessels.5Water is also chemically neutral. Without affecting the makeup of the substances it carries, water enables food, medicines and minerals to be absorbed and used by the body.
Water has a unique surface tension. Water in plants can therefore flow upward against gravity, bringing life-giving water and nutrients to the top of even the tallest trees.
Water freezes from the top down and floats, so fish can live in the winter.
Ninety-seven percent of the Earth's water is in the oceans. But on our Earth, there is a system designed which removes salt from the water and then distributes that water throughout the globe. Evaporation takes the ocean waters, leaving the salt, and forms clouds which are easily moved by the wind to disperse water over the land, for vegetation, animals and people. It is a system of purification and supply that sustains life on this planet, a system of recycled and reused water.6
The human brain...simultaneously processes an amazing amount of information. Your brain takes in all the colors and objects you see, the temperature around you, the pressure of your feet against the floor, the sounds around you, the dryness of your mouth, even the texture of your keyboard. Your brain holds and processes all your emotions, thoughts and memories. At the same time your brain keeps track of the ongoing functions of your body like your breathing pattern, eyelid movement, hunger and movement of the muscles in your hands.
The human brain processes more than a million messages a second.7 Your brain weighs the importance of all this data, filtering out the
relatively unimportant. This screening function is what allows you to
focus and operate effectively in your world. The brain functions
differently than other organs. There is an intelligence to it, the
ability to reason, to produce feelings, to dream and plan, to take
action, and relate to other people.The eye...can distinguish among seven million colors. It has automatic focusing and handles an astounding 1.5 million messages -- simultaneously.8 Evolution focuses on mutations and changes from and within existing organisms. Yet evolution alone does not fully explain the initial source of the eye or the brain -- the start of living organisms from nonliving matter.
2. Does God exist? The universe had a start - what caused it?
Scientists are convinced that our universe began with one enormous explosion of energy and light, which we now call the Big Bang. This was the singular start to everything that exists: the beginning of the universe, the start of space, and even the initial start of time itself.
Astrophysicist Robert Jastrow, a self-described agnostic, stated, "The seed of everything that has happened in the Universe was planted in that first instant; every star, every planet and every living creature in the Universe came into being as a result of events that were set in motion in the moment of the cosmic explosion...The Universe flashed into being, and we cannot find out what caused that to happen."9
Steven Weinberg, a Nobel laureate in Physics, said at the moment of this explosion, "the universe was about a hundred thousands million degrees Centigrade...and the universe was filled with light."10
The universe has not always existed. It had a start...what caused that? Scientists have no explanation for the sudden explosion of light and matter.
3. Does God exist? The universe operates by uniform laws of nature. Why does it?
Much of life may seem uncertain, but look at what we can count on day after day: gravity remains consistent, a hot cup of coffee left on a counter will get cold, the earth rotates in the same 24 hours, and the speed of light doesn't change -- on earth or in galaxies far from us.
How is it that we can identify laws of nature that never change? Why is the universe so orderly, so reliable?
"The greatest scientists have been struck by how strange this is. There is no logical necessity for a universe that obeys rules, let alone one that abides by the rules of mathematics. This astonishment springs from the recognition that the universe doesn't have to behave this way. It is easy to imagine a universe in which conditions change unpredictably from instant to instant, or even a universe in which things pop in and out of existence."11
Richard Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner for quantum electrodynamics, said, "Why nature is mathematical is a mystery...The fact that there are rules at all is a kind of miracle."12
4. Does God exist? The DNA code informs, programs a cell's behavior.
All
instruction, all teaching, all training comes with intent. Someone who
writes an instruction manual does so with purpose. Did you know that in
every cell of our bodies there exists a very detailed instruction code,
much like a miniature computer program? As you may know, a computer
program is made up of ones and zeros, like this: 110010101011000. The
way they are arranged tell the computer program what to do. The DNA code
in each of our cells is very similar. It's made up of four chemicals
that scientists abbreviate as A, T, G, and C. These are arranged in the
human cell like this: CGTGTGACTCGCTCCTGAT and so on. There are three
billion of these letters in every human cell!!Well, just like you can program your phone to beep for specific reasons, DNA instructs the cell. DNA is a three-billion-lettered program telling the cell to act in a certain way. It is a full instruction manual.13
Why
is this so amazing? One has to ask....how did this information program
wind up in each human cell? These are not just chemicals. These are
chemicals that instruct, that code in a very detailed way exactly how
the person's body should develop.Natural, biological causes are completely lacking as an explanation when programmed information is involved. You cannot find instruction, precise information like this, without someone intentionally constructing it.
5. Does God exist? We know God exists because he pursues us. He is constantly initiating and seeking for us to come to him.
I was an atheist at one time. And like many atheists, the issue of people believing in God bothered me greatly. What is it about atheists that we would spend so much time, attention, and energy refuting something that we don't believe even exists?! What causes us to do that? When I was an atheist, I attributed my intentions as caring for those poor, delusional people...to help them realize their hope was completely ill-founded. To be honest, I also had another motive. As I challenged those who believed in God, I was deeply curious to see if they could convince me otherwise. Part of my quest was to become free from the question of God. If I could conclusively prove to believers that they were wrong, then the issue is off the table, and I would be free to go about my life.
I
didn't realize that the reason the topic of God weighed so heavily on
my mind, was because God was pressing the issue. I have come to find out
that God wants to be known. He created us with the intention that we
would know him. He has surrounded us with evidence of himself and he
keeps the question of his existence squarely before us. It was as if I
couldn't escape thinking about the possibility of God. In fact, the day I
chose to acknowledge God's existence, my prayer began with, "Ok, you
win..." It might be that the underlying reason atheists are bothered by
people believing in God is because God is actively pursuing them.I am not the only one who has experienced this. Malcolm Muggeridge, socialist and philosophical author, wrote, "I had a notion that somehow, besides questing, I was being pursued." C.S. Lewis said he remembered, "...night after night, feeling whenever my mind lifted even for a second from my work, the steady, unrelenting approach of Him whom I so earnestly desired not to meet. I gave in, and admitted that God was God, and knelt and prayed: perhaps, that night, the most dejected and reluctant convert in all of England."
Lewis went on to write a book titled, "Surprised by Joy" as a result of knowing God. I too had no expectations other than rightfully admitting God's existence. Yet over the following several months, I became amazed by his love for me.
I found a website that is suitable for God-believers to read. http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html
I am a free-thinker in this lifetime and I know God exists.
God is love. God does not judge.
God bless us all.
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Originally posted by SoulDivine:
I found a website that is suitable for God-believers to read. http://www.everystudent.com/features/isthere.html
I am a free-thinker in this lifetime and I know God exists.
God is love. God does not judge.
God bless us all.
Souldivine I invite u to accept Jesus as personal saviour.Do you believe Jesus as the only begotten son of God died for your sins?
Do you acknowledge you are a sinner?
God is also love as he sent his only begotten son to died for the sins of mankind.
If you believe he died for your sins, you are saved from hellfire.
God do judge each of us fairy during judgement day.
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Originally posted by Haruhi Suzumiya:
Souldivine I invite u to accept Jesus as personal saviour.Do you believe Jesus as the only begotten son of God died for your sins?
Do you acknowledge you are a sinner?
God is also love as he sent his only begotten son to died for the sins of mankind.
If you believe he died for your sins, you are saved from hellfire.
God do judge each of us fairy during judgement day.
1. The correct name is Jeshua, not Jesus. Jeshua did not teach that the way to God was through him alone.
2. No one can ever die for your sins. You have free will and are responsible for everything you do.
3. No such thing as "sinners" to me.
4. Hell exists only to people who believe in it. Personally, I experienced being in "hell" before, but only as a visitor.
5. There is no judgment day. If there is, please make it a public holiday
and print it in the calendar.
God is love. God does not judge.
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Originally posted by SoulDivine:
1. The correct name is Jeshua, not Jesus. Jeshua did not teach that the way to God was through him alone.
2. No one can ever die for your sins. You have free will and are responsible for everything you do.
3. No such thing as "sinners" to me.
4. Hell exists only to people who believe in it. Personally, I experienced being in "hell" before, but only as a visitor.
5. There is no judgment day. If there is, please make it a public holiday
and print it in the calendar.
God is love. God does not judge.
God bless us all.
Our planet earth is really specially designed by God.You see many lifeless planets.
The odds of having the right conditions for life to originate is really slim.
BTW, Jesus said he is the way,the truth and the life. No one goes to the father without through him.
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Originally posted by Haruhi Suzumiya:
Our planet earth is really specially designed by God.Really? I thought Earth was a luxury planet designed and constructed eons ago by the Magratheans.
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Not just Earth. God created ALL THAT IS, including all universes, galaxies, solar systems, planets, life forms, dimensions, densities, laws, principles, forces, energy, spirits e.t.c.
I see that the universe is full of life. Eventually, Earthlings will have the technology for inter-stellar travel, and we will be able to travel to other planets in minutes.
Even our neighbouring planets has sentient life forms. That is why we have ET friends such as the Martians and Venusians.
BTW, if you really want to know the truth about "Jesus", you should speak to Lord Sananda. He knows everything about "Jesus".
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Originally posted by SoulDivine:
Not just Earth. God created ALL THAT IS, including all universes, galaxies, solar systems, planets, life forms, dimensions, densities, laws, principles, forces, energy, spirits e.t.c.
I see that the universe is full of life. Eventually, Earthlings will have the technology for inter-stellar travel, and we will be able to travel to other planets in minutes.
Even our neighbouring planets has sentient life forms. That is why we have ET friends such as the Martians and Venusians.
BTW, if you really want to know the truth about "Jesus", you should speak to Lord Sananda. He knows everything about "Jesus".
Are you a sci fi and star wars fan?
You still have wisdom for believing in a Creator God.
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Originally posted by Haruhi Suzumiya:
Are you a sci fi and star wars fan?
You still have wisdom for believing in a Creator God.
Singapore AFOL, you die die must come back. hahhahahahah! You never run out of nicks for creating clones, hahahahahah -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDtBnn4KbmM
This video is made for people who have spiritual understanding. Enjoy.
This response is for Pinknutri. -> Why God creates?
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Originally posted by -StarDust-:
Do u think y u breathe?It's natural for a creator to create thing.
I will not do things for the sake of doing. I will think of the consequence. If my breathing will cause many people to suffer, I would rather die than breathing.
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Originally posted by SoulDivine:
1. The correct name is Jeshua, not Jesus. Jeshua did not teach that the way to God was through him alone.
2. No one can ever die for your sins. You have free will and are responsible for everything you do.
3. No such thing as "sinners" to me.
4. Hell exists only to people who believe in it. Personally, I experienced being in "hell" before, but only as a visitor.
5. There is no judgment day. If there is, please make it a public holiday
and print it in the calendar.
God is love. God does not judge.
God bless us all.I find you strange because what you said is a combination of Buddhism and Christianity.
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Originally posted by Pinknutri:
I find you strange because what you said is a combination of Buddhism and Christianity.
Souldivine is correct in believing in a God.But he still have to believe in Jesus's sacrifice on the cross in order to be saved.
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its ancient thinking, that when one couldnt understand natural phenemenon, always attributed it to a god. this type of thinking I can understand, because science and technology were primitive back in the old days.
I dare not say science is the be all and end all, but at least we now know earthquakes, tsunamis are not acts of god, but movement of tectonic plates and tsunamis arose as a result of the tremors. do I need to continue anymore?
those folks in the old days do not have the benefit of this knowledge, so this type of thinking is not surprising.
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Originally posted by Rooney9:
its ancient thinking, that when one couldnt understand natural phenemenon, always attributed it to a god. this type of thinking I can understand, because science and technology were primitive back in the old days.
I dare not say science is the be all and end all, but at least we now know earthquakes, tsunamis are not acts of god, but movement of tectonic plates and tsunamis arose as a result of the tremors. do I need to continue anymore?
those folks in the old days do not have the benefit of this knowledge, so this type of thinking is not surprising.
Tectonic plates are created by God.