How can one prove the existence of God?
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Explain infity as a concept. Explain that infinity, if existing, results in infinite probabilities. With infinite probabilities, you must accept that it is possible that there is a god. Then explain that conditions in universe exist in almost every possible state. The sheer vastness of it garantees that. Explain that humans are the "most powerful, most intelligent" thing on the planet. Then explain that surely, vanity cannot blind one to think that we are the most powerful things in the universe. The rest is up to faith.\n\nOr, you could just bluntly perform a miracle.
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God do not exist anywhere eles, except our imagintaions. "There is not even a slight scientific proof available of the existence of God "-Albert Einstein. Everyone should keep scientific thinking and become Rationalist. Read Rationalism and follow Rationalism... Be Rationalist...
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Philosophers have wrangled with this question for centuries and I comes down to this:  You simply cannot prove that you exist.  You can't even prove that the outside world exists.  After all, 'you' could just be a brain in a vat somewhere being stimulated by electrodes that make you 'see', 'feel', and 'touch'.  What philosophers have come up with is the concept of a "Properly Basic Belief".  It means that if there is no evidence whatsoever to the contrary, then you can probably safely assume that it's true.  However, that doesn't mean you can prove it.  And of course you have to be open to the possibility that evidence may turn up at some time.  So until there is evidence that I don't exist, I'll stick with the philosophers and say it's a "Properly Basic Belief" that I exist.  And of course, there's the old standby of "I think, therefore I am."
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Good One. There is no proof that there is no God. That can mean only one thing. He is.\nAmen\nBut the non-beleivers will question this and say the burden of proof in on us. Well I'm sorry, the burden will be on you, when Jesus returns and you think that maybe you can sneek in because of your acts of kindness that you might have shown to someone in your life. He will not know your name.
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First of all: I consider it really important to base your faith upon something that is reasonable, because if you do not do so, when faith is replaced by doubt, it would be really difficult to sustain. according to this, I consider that God is evident because: if we, the world we live in, and the whole universe surrounding us exist, then we could say that "Emptiness" (understand this as the lack of everything  doesn't exist), therefore Everything (understand this as the total lack of Emptiness) exists, therefore God (or something that could be considered to be infinite and eternal exists.=)
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- The Bible says god exists\n\n- Just have faith\n\n- Just pray\n\n- Just believe, that's the only proof you need\n\n- You have to discover him for yourself\n\n- The creation\n\n- Just look in your mirror\n\n- Well, the world couldn't have just happened by chance. Trillions of planets exist and one has life, no, it couldn't have happen by chance.\n\n- You're alive aren't you?\n\n- He only speaks to you if you want to hear him\n\n- The universe\n\n- The complexity of the human body\n\n- The answer is in you\n\n- Meditate\n\n- Just look around you\n\n- My children\n\n- Common sense\n\n- Life proves he exists\n\n- You can't disprove his existence which means he exists\n\n- The miracles\n\n- I almost was in a car accident and was seriously injured, it was not known at first if I would survive or not. I went to a hospital of course. The hospital workers were extremely well trained medical professionals with years of experience. The equipment they used for tests in order to help me make a full recovery were top of the line. Modern medical science truly saved my life, therefore god exists.\n\n- God himself is proof that he exists
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There is no proof that a god exists which actually holds up (all of the ones that people have come up with so far have been knocked down).\n\nThere are however disproofs of the existance of some types of god which still hold.
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I'm glad to hear you say this because noone will ever be able to PROVE that God doesn't exist.  So now you get to stay a Christian and gain an eternal reward!
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This is the age old conundrum.  Does God exist?  Is God male or female?  Is it an energy force?  Einstein said our minds are too feeble to understand something that is so complex.  So, be a good person and just stand in awe of everything and you will find out soon enough when you die.\nBut, until then, there is no scientific proof that any God, or supernatural Deity exists in our known universe.  We have the four forces of the known universe to keep us busy for a long time.
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I believe in God because I met him (in my heart).\n\nWhy wouldn't you ask God if He exists? There is 0% risk. Indeed : \n1. Either He does not exist, and then you will get no answer....\n2. Either He does exist, and He will show you, a way or another, that He exists and that He loves you.\n\nThen you would know how to "defend yourself".
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I can give some information, but only God can convince you.\nI know this is really long, and I apologize in advance, but to follow the chain of logical reasoning takes a lot of words.\n\nAbsolute Proof for the Existence of God:\nThere’s a lot of really great evidence that God does in fact exist:\n1. The existence of God explains the universal longing of the heart.\nBillions of people have believed in a god, people of differing cultures and times, differing places and customs. Mankind is irreversibly homo religiosis, a religious creature. Even philosophies that had no god eventually had to invent one—this was clearly the case within Buddhism. The Buddha did not teach the existence of a deity, but the Buddha’s followers over the centuries converted Gautama Buddha himself into a god, and he is still revered as such by millions of Buddhists today.\n\nAnd this shift is also a shift to a personal deity. An abstract “force” does not satisfy the needs of the human heart—we need to know that someone is out there, not just something. This same shift was evident within Hinduism. The monistic impulse of Upanishadic Hinduism, with its highly philosophical Brahman, an abstract higher power, was overshadowed over time by devotion to individual, personal gods. We humans arrive on this earth incomplete, sensing a deep need within our souls for the divine. This is the “God-shaped void” in each heart.\n\nAtheism—the denial of God’s existence—simply doesn’t satisfy the longings of the human heart. Man cannot live without God. When people are denied a god, they invent one to satisfy their hearts. \n\n2. Humanity needs an ultimate point of reference by which we can determine our own meaning.\nThis is a point the braver atheists like Sartre have conceded. Their suggestion, of course, is that humanity has no meaning, no purpose, no ultimate significance. We cannot find our significance in ourselves—we long to exist for something greater. As was discussed in the previous lecture, if there is no God who exists and has spoken, we are left absurd creatures whose every action is arbitrary. It should come as no surprise that the fervor of UFO people seems so very religious in its zeal! They want someone to be out there, so that we can have a point of reference from which to consider our own existence! Those searching for extraterrestrial life often argue that humanity’s reason for existence—its purpose and destiny—will only be discovered when we make “first contact” with another life form. I would suggest that that other life form is the One that created us, that made contact for our salvation 2,000 years ago. We find our destiny only in him, for whom and by whom we were created.\n\n3. The existence of God best explains humanity’s sense of right & wrong.\nEveryone has an idea of the perfect, a concept of the good, true and beautiful. This deep moral sense, what C.S. Lewis called the Tao or the Law of Common Decency, had to come from somewhere. Compare the great moral systems of the world through the ages. They are remarkably similar. Faithfulness in marriage, honesty in speech, goodwill toward other people, not shedding human blood, honoring one’s parents—all are moral principles found in every society. Confucius died long before Jesus, but summarized his Law of Reciprocity (shu) by stating, “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”\n\nThis universal sense of right and wrong, what philosophers historically called natural law, cannot be explained very easily without appealing to humanity’s creation by a moral God. And these moral principles are not merely the products of human cultures. Were this so, we would see a lot more variation from one society to the next. But we find them, not only in every culture, but also ingrained in the human conscience. As Paul explained, God’s moral law is “written on their hearts” (Romans 2:15). This had to come from somewhere.\n\n4. The existence of G
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The request for evidence depends in the assertion being made by someone else.\n\nI wouldn't bother asking for evidence for a god like that of Spinoza or Don S (only god can in this case), I do not expect to get any evidence for such beings. If someone believes god can be only known through faith, I wouldn't ask for evidence either.\n\nNow, there are assertions that deserve being questioned. Once someone proposed that there is a "dimension of light" where god lives. Wouldn't you like to know what evidence there is to make such assertion? I can accept someone believes this through "faith", but if someone insists there is a "logical conclusion" to determine its existence, I'd ask for it. If someone had the evidence, I'd like to give it a try.\n\nI could give you other examples, but this is enough, it's all about the specific assertion.\n\nSo, I'd only ask for proof depending it what is being proposed. Even though I have to point out that, usually, I'm here to share my point of views and not to ask for proof of anything.\n\nI've got e-mails telling me I'll burn in hell... And their evidence is? o.0
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When I call something a fact it is not really a fact but rather an assumed fact.\n\nFact: God is defined as being greater than anything that can be imagined. ( The defined as is an important part of the proof)\n\nFact: God exists in understanding. (a person can imagine that a god exists)\n\nFact(dubious): If God exists in understanding, We can imagine him as greater if he exists in reality. ( The idea is if you imagine the great god as only existing in our imagination, and then imagine him existing in reality He would be greater in the case where he exists in reality.)\n\nNow here is the squeeze play. Go back to the definition of god as being greater than anything that can be imagined. Now of the two possibilities, that god exists only in our imagination, and God exists in reality, only the later that god exists in reality fits the definition of God, Therefore according to this logical construct God Must exists. I like to call this a logic box. You build parameter that insures an outcome that God exists. \n\nThe problem shows up in that are all the facts real, and also just because something can be logically shown to fit a definition is the definition true.
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Yes, based upon these laws of physics you just described.  No one has ever been able to prove that God existed in this manner.  But, that doesn't mean he/she doesn't exist.  It just means we have yet to figure out how to prove it.  I saw Jesus once, but then I realized that was just his nickname, he was actually Chris Furgeson.
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On the contrary, my friend.\n\nThere is evidence for the existence of God.\n\nSee here for examples: http://www.godsci.org/gs/godsci/evidence.htm\n\nAnd there is evidence for the truth of Jesus Christ:\nhttp://www.godsci.org/gs/chri/jesus.htm\n\nWishing you Joy through Jesus Christ,\nJohn
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no...if it were possible there wouldn't be these fun debates on yahoo answers..gotta love some of these answers though lol..stuff exists..that means gods exists..nice!..and the ever popular..can you prove he doesn't....burden of proof is on the believer
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Proof is hard. Is there evidence?\nIs it easier to prove presence or absence?\n\nDo athiest have "faith" in a "Void"?