Is there a scientific way to explain the spiritual reality (or realm) that alot of people have faith in?
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If results are measurable, by definition they are scientifically provable, but people CAN refuse to believe it. Jesus' life and miracles are a perfect example. His existance and miracles are historically irrefutable, but only a small percentage of people believe that He is who He says He is... the Creator of the universe made flesh.
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i am very tollerant of other peoples religion on the condition that they don`t try and shove it down my throat! my beleifs can`t really be put into a neat little box. maybe i could say i beleive in Katherineism?! (my name is Katherine) i beleive everything happens for a reason, we will meet all our departed loved ones when we die, there is some higher power or force up there, i`m just not sure if it`s god? Also, the spirits of departed loved ones show themselves in the form of birds.  i`m going to keep checking your answers, because i`m also interested in other people spiritual beleifs.
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I think people believe in religion because it is much easier to follow along with everyone.  There is comfort and safety in numbers and if you just do what the nice man tells you to do, you'll get into heaven and won't have to do any real work to get there!  YAY!!!!  lol...really, don't people wonder about the fact that the huge miracles that you read about in the bible just don't seem to happen? it's because people forgot how to believe in themselves and in their own spirituality and began to believe in what they were told to believe.
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I have worked with these people for years.  The best answer I have ever heard was from one of them.  They told me, "It is there reality."  What they are seeing is real to them, just as the sky is real to us.  He told me people could tell them that his hallucinations were not real but to him they were "real" because they were there right infront of him.  Pretty good discription I thought.
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Like communism, it sounds great IN THEORY. However, there is the small detail of how could anyone convince people that the things that they've held in such high regard their entire lives to be false. And keep in mind these aren't just theories about what COULD be to them, they are FACTS. Like gravity or mathematics, for some people belief in some higher being is just as constant and valid. But if you can think of a way for it to happen, I'm right with ya.
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Oh, dear.  So many of them have been disproven.  Be sure to look up the methods of fraud being used as well, such as statues with yes of porous stone, etc.  Best to be careful, as the church doesn't need that sort of publicity.\nAt the same time, science never suggests that something is false because so many have been found to be false.  There may be some real miracles, and waiting for God to prove himself is hubris in the extreme.  I can think of few other apparitions I'd rather meet in a dark alley, or in the skies.\n\nThat some people have dream-like visions while awake is already proven fact.\n\nI had a "vision" of God when I was seventeen.  I still leave open the possiblity that it might have been something else, despite the wonderful results of that experience and knowing it's truth.  There are always other possibilities for what caused my experience that a sane and thoughtful scientific man should consider.   Yet, we must never be afraid to explore the unexplored.\n\nKeep searching.
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Where most religious people think to see "proof" of God, an objective person will only see something that usually can be explained by smthg else. The point is that the average human is not much aware of modern science (like cutting edge cosmology, quantum physics, abiogenesis, and the like) and just ignore the many possibilities for other explanations alternative to "God". \n\nThere is no such thing as "scientific proof" of the existence of God. No matter what religious people say.\nWe don´t really need the "God theory" to explain things in this universe. They can be explained by more conventional means. \n\nThe problem is that science is just too young compared to culture and tradition. \nMankind, my friend, is still at its childhood, and it still loves fairytales when going to bed.
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Well in my opinion... If people don't understand something then it must be supernatural.  Believeing in God is easier than researching the evidence for natural causes.  Think about it 2000 years ago people were mystified to see the sun rise everyday, 1000 years ago solar eclipses were perplexing; are you really surprised that today people still can't comprehend our existance.  Where ever science can't 100% explain you'll have God.
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many people would not be able to accept it and rather live a lie then face up to the truth.An interesting question and if for example evidences emerge that your religion is based on lies and contrary to  belief , extraterestials do exist and people have been around millions of years before the suposed creation ,and there was a more advanced technolegy  at the so called beginning of time ,then there is today.\n\nbut then again judging by the reaction on this program .the majority of people will simply not except it ,even if an extraterestial was sitting on their face.\n\nyou have to understand the depth of programming that a large section of the worlds population is under.\ntheir minds will only see or accept that which is allowed.\nthe brain is a lier.and only sees what it is trained to see.\nthere are 11 dimensions and we percieve only 3% of 3 of those,humanity is practically blind to its surroundings.\n\nI recommend you read the Biggest secret by David Icke (to be found on www infowars)and look at the BBC´S THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE which is a documentary on quanten mechanics and the String AND M theory\n\nyou will have problems believing The BIGGEST SECRET and you must work your way tru much suporting information before you can begin to accept the posibility of these things being true.\n you will come into conflict with the acepted or programmed  reality.\n\nwhat you would change of course ,to answer your question is another outlook on life an other perception of reality and another understanding of what we humans are about,in short a complete change of all of lifes philosiphies.
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I have to agree with you. I have argued with my mother in law on countless occasions about this. Everyone believes in something. I do believe there is a superior existence , I do not, however follow any specific religion. In any religion there is always some kind higher existence. There is no TRUE fact proven (in any religion) on what and or who is right. I find people tend to quote things from the bible but don't actually know what they're talking about. And to those who believe that everyone should have a faith, I do. I believe there is something, or someone who will show us our true religion, everyone, as a whole. I apologize if I have offended anyone. That was not my intention.
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Belief in a supernatural being is the easiest answer one can give for most of all unanswered questions raised by not knowing where we come from or where we are going to. Therefore, such belief is not explainable from a logic point of view.
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some people have a large amount of "brain" and "logics"\nthey don't believe what they couldn't see, couldn't touch, couldn't feel.\n\nand some people thing that even some atheist doesn't believe in god, that people is blessed also.
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A level of reality other than what is viewed by most. Could seem to be a hallucination, might also be able to communicate with people without talking or motioning if they're on the same level. Things you learn in a transcendent reality should be applied loosely to life, as a general principle, not as an absolute answer to a question. Also not a good idea to discuss particulars of alternate levels of reality with the vast majority of people, some will be very scared, others will just feel stupid and hate you. \n\nThat guy's not talking about transcending reality, he's talking about brainwashing to create an illusion of another reality, which isn't real.
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People get comfort from believing there is a reason for existence, that it's not all accidental or the product of a statistical probability. \n\nLook at it this way: if you are a believer and you die and there is no God, what difference does it make.  If you are not a believer and you die and there is a God, BIG SURPRISE!
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I am sure you are talking about christians.\n\nChristianity is not the only truth, there are many other religions int he universe\n\nBe spiritual.... and stop judging others is the best way
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The theory: reality as we know it is \nrestricted to time and distance. Comparing\nthis with a narrow path, branching off \ncould be countless realities.  This would\nexplain angels and ghosts, coming in and \nout of dimension.  Even UFOs which are \nsometimes seen, more often not could have\nthe same explanation.  In spite of our egos\nand scientists who have all the answers, we\nonly use a small part of our brain and the\npart we use is very limited when you consider\nthe greatness of God and his creation.
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This is a good question.  \n\nSimple answer:  All religions are based on faith.  Once you accept that religion, on faith, it is truth to you, but not necessarily truth to other people.\n\nThe same is true of each and every one of your perceptions, they are real and true to you, but, other people may not accept your perceptions.  \n\nThus to find truth, you need to look for it.  Let's say you never have prayed or meditated, and thus do not believe in spiritual experiences.  However, some else has prayed or meditated and has had some spiritual experience.  Then you have 2 different and independent truths, don't you.  \n\nHowever, in a court of law with jury, which truth would have the greatest defense?  You cannot disprove spirituality if you have never experienced it.  However, if you have experienced it then it is true for you, and others like you.  A court and jury would have to rule that spirituality appears to exist.  All a skeptic has to understand, that in their reality, their mind, they are not looking for spirituality, in fact they are actively against it at times, thus they will never see it, and that is ok, it is their choice. \n\nThus, truth in religion is "faith that becomes truth" only for those who believe in the religion.