is it considered blasphemy to not know if god exists?
825117
No but Jesus is our salvation. It is imperative to seek him and come to know him. He is available to all who seek him. We are all sinners and Christ provided the atonement for all  who accept his atonement for their sins. Christ sacrificed his flesh to provide all of us a new life and an eternity with God. the sin you already have the atonement is free to all who seek him and repent and accept it.
724035
Sure God exists. One simple questions you can ask anyone who does not believe in god is: Who created the initial energy that triggered the Big Bang. Scientists cannot answer this question because they do not know the correct answer, or maybe they know it but theyjust don't want to say it. The only correct explanation is that God created it. And this explains the existence of God. But I think that we, humans should please him for all his work and we should pray to him. But that goes into another debate on which religion we should follow. But just remember something: There is one God who has created everything and it is he we should be thankful to.
895255
Honestly and sincerely questioning precepts of faith is not blasphemy. This is using the heart and mind that God gave us to look for His truth. Most people call this the journey of faith.\n\nBlasphemy is the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God.\n\nHappy Thanksgiving!\n\nWith love in Christ.
1001822
i dont know about that. but i do think that many christians cant really handle hearing ppl talk about "god" in a way that implies there isnt one. i know plenty of christians that would argue it all day and night with you. and i bet you'll get a few that will answer this Q.\n\nbut when you boil it all down, you cant prove that god does/does not exist. just because ppl say he does, or a book says so, that doesnt give us any proof. i've read a book about a talking cat in a hat, and some green eggs and ham. that doesnt mean its true. and just because theres no proof that god exists, that doesnt disprove his existence. the absence of evidence is NOT, the evidence of absence. once upon a time everyone "knew" that the world was flat, because there was no proof otherwise. well, guess what, they were wrong. i've never seen a billion dollars. prove to me it exists. unless you can put it in my hands, i dont need to believe you. well, i bet you've never seen it either, but guess what, we believe its out there.
405878
I'm agnostic, myself. But if God does exist, it doesn't seem like there's much he won't allow to happen. Whether or not he favors the idea would probably be a better question. And to answer that one...I don't know. I can't know. And neither can anyone else here, regardless of what they may tell you.\n\nn4mwd: You seem pretty arrogant, for someone who has no idea what he's talking about. How does spelling God incorrectly...no, not even spelling it incorrectly, just not capitalizing it, equate to not believing in God? That is complete and utter nonsense. And I have no idea whether or not the soul exists, or what it is, but identical twins are not clones.
1091888
This is a case where some people don't want to admit the truth, that God exists. Because if God exists, then there could be a right and wrong and a morality which they don't want. True science should not rule out any possibilities, including the existence of a creator. However what we have today are a bunch of them who start off without even considering the possibility of a God. so when the evidence points that way they refuse to see it.
760039
It could be, it could not be. Its one of those things you have to experience and study yourself, and come to your own conclusions. One could ask "Is God for real"? And in reality, nobody has 100% solid proof that God is "for real". You just have to believe in it yourself regardless of what other people think.
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Yes He exists. God is omnipotent, He does not have "magic" powers since magic indicates illusion. God has real powers. He created the Heavens and the Earth, mankind and all the creatures and plants on this earth. God is not in a tombstone. Jesus died on the cross and was resurrected, He then ascended to Heaven. Read the Bible and pray. If you seek God, you will find Him, He will reveal Himself to you. Gos bless.
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The problem is, you are assuming in your "if there is a God" case that you know what to do to "serve" Him.  But you don't have any basis to know that.  If you are talking about some generic God, there are infinitely many possibilities for how to "serve" Him (assuming He even needs serving).  On the other hand, if you are postulating a very specific God that you have heard about from other people or a book, then you have created a false dichotomy; there aren't just two possibilities (no God versus the God of the Bible), but rather infinitely many (God of the Bible, God of the Koran, God of a book that no one wrote yet, etc.).  So if you "serve" one of them (whatever that means), you are neglecting to serve others.\n\nSo we are back to figuring out what you believe, and going with that.  I guess if you believe in no God, you could still pick one of the infinitely many possibilities of God to "serve," but that seems awfully arbitrary, and your odds of guessing right seem so infinitesimally small that it seems hardly worth the random guess.
1146721
Your assumption is incorrect. Atheism does *not* mean that you know for a fact that there is no God without a possibility of being mistaken. Atheism is simply a belief that there is no God.
848400
I disbelieve on the grounds of lack of evidence so short of proof being forthcoming I couldn't say I believed God existed. Convictions or subjective opinions don't come into it-it's purely down to a lack of valid evidence.
362375
It is not possible to say 'God exists' or 'God does not exist'. There is simply no proof either way.\nThose that say 'God exists' must at some point take a leap of faith.\nThose that say 'God does not exist' must make a similar leap of faith towards scientific / empirical proofs.\n\nI don't know about 'being sure' but I tend to think that almost all the misery caused in this world is due to human choice and free will. Unless I'm mistaken, there is pretty much all the resource, food and know-how on this planet to keep us all well, fed, warm, housed etc. if it weren't for the inherant greed and desire within us all (not being 'holier than thou' here - don't see me selling the laptop to put food in a starving African - just admitting my failings!) Maszlow's heirarchy of human needs is a good starting point for understanding what we need / what we want and why we choose to proceed upwards as we attain our needs.\n\nPerhaps the 'garden of eden' is a very good analogy for what happens when we have free will. Without it all God's graces were given, as soon as human's chose the 'forbidden' path from their own free will, it all started going wrong.\nBit harsh to blame God for what we have chosen as a race to do with the gifts of creation / evolution?
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No - because belief in God is different from proving His existence - Faith allows and encourages belief in the creator without physically dragging God into a room and shouting - Here He is!.\n\nAs a christian, we believe we face evil everyday. It is either natural evil (Natural catastrophes) or evil inflicted on others by man.\n\nEvil exists - we can clearly see it, however this does not necessarily make it necessary to "believe" that there is an entity called "the devil" - however it's easier to believe that he exists than it is to believe that God exists.\n\nChristians believe that God is the Creator -look what he created - this wonderful and beautiful planet, He is the Saviour(and I use this not in the evangelical sense as I am a Catholic - and don't believe that God the Father willed his son to die in an atoning sacrifice.  I don't believe that his blood "had" to be shed for people's redemption - however it was a fact that it did take place - and it allowed the Christian community to accept the validity of Christs death on the cross.\n\nJesus preached forgiveness which was unconditional - the same applies with redemption -I dont believe that God the Father "willed" this to be the way of salvation.  God, being God could have chose another way.  If the forgivness of Jesus was limited to "asking for our own forgivness on the condition that we do the same too - then the same would apply to God the Father as the son of God is equally God in our own human state. \n\nMy rant is now over - I hope that this throws a wee bit more light on what your looking for.
832103
Blasphemy is not a crime.  It is some silliness made up by the humans who wrote the various versions of the bible.  It serves the purpose of controlling people via guilt and fear.
888172
If you didn't believe in God you wouldn't spend time thinking about Him or debating whether He exists, you see, you are defeited even in your question.  God Bless you for your question.
1170401
I think it is hard for people to understand whether God exists or not. aside from quoting from bible verses people cannot grasp the concept.
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Interesting question.\n\nI guess the answer may vary. \n\nI, as a believer, will think it's much harder to prove that God doesnt exist. But to those who dont believe in God, they'll just say the other way around: it's easy to prove he doesnt exist. They will start to argue: I cannot see Him, I cannot hear Him, touch Him, feel Him. these argumentation, however, are difficult to be accepted by the believers.\n\nIf refering to standard scientific research characteristics, these people's argumentation indeed make sense. it's easy to say He doesnt exist. But we should remember knwoledge is very progressive. 1000 years ago we may find it difficult to believe that we can go to the moon. And we should be aware that not all things in this world should be standard-scientifically proven.\n\nNow, those stupid profesors, researchers, etc, may find it difficult to believe that God exists. But someday they'll realize how stupid they are.