51 reasons why God exists

You should rename the thread "Here's a quick way to make you IQ drop by 51 points..."tocool340

The OP is just wrong. There is no shred of proof that any God exists except in wishful thinking. And if even if there is some kind of "God" then he definitely doesn't give a **** about humans.

 Much like when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses to the Catholic church door, I am posting my 51 reasons on the front door of Atheism.

Reason 1: DNA

Whilst agreeing that random patterns occur naturally by chance, DNA however, consists of code, which requires a designer.

Reason 2: Paranormal phenomena

How do you explain the paranormal, such as people witnessing positive or negative sightings, likeghosts or angels? I saw a ghost with a friend of mine I am not a liar, an attention seeker. Neither was I overtired when this happened.

Reason 3: Prayer

Try praying. What good is it when a mind is set to coincidence & disbelief regarding the positive outcome?

Reason 4: First cause

The law of cause & effect - in order to have an effect, there has to be a cause. Everything is caused by something.

Reason 5: Complexity

Mindless nothing cannot be responsible for complex something.

Reason 6: Limitations of science

Science can only be the detector of certain things. You cannot scientifically detect emotion, memory, thoughts etc., though scientifically we must. These things which do not consist of matter are beyond the detection of science.

Reason 7: Evolution is only a theory

Evolution has never been proved, which is why we call it the 'theory of evolution'. It's a fairy tale for grown ups!

Reason 8: Atheism is based on faith

Atheism is a faith which has not been proved. The disbelievers have not witnessed anything to not believe in, whereas the believers believe because they have witnessed. There is no 'good news' to preach in atheism.

Reason 9: Atheists are angry with God

How much of the atheist's faith relies on anger with God as opposed to genuine disbelief in God?

Reason 10: Atheists need to get a life

Why do many atheists shake their fists & spend so much time ranting & raving about something they don't believe in? If they are no more than a fizzled out battery at the end of the day, then why don't they spend their lives partying, or getting a hobby?! Why don't they leave this 'God nonsense' alone?

Reason 11: Chicken-and-egg paradox

What created God? What came first, the chicken or the egg? I am not going to deny the existence of the chicken or the egg, merely because I don't understand or know what came first. I don't care - they both exist!

Reason 12: Improbability vs. impossibility

Improbability is not the same as impossibility. You only have to look at life itself for that backup of proof.

Reason 13: Complexity of human life

Reason 14: Complexity of the human mind

How could the complexity of the human mind possibly evolve on its own accord out of mindless cells? Where does our consciousness come from?

Reason 15: Food and drink

What/who knew that our hunger & thirst had to be catered for by the food & drink which we're supplied with?

Reason 16: The five senses

Most of us are born with the five senses to detect our surroundings, which we're provided with.

Reason 17: Goldilocks and the habitable planet, part 1

What/who knew that had Earth been set nearer to the sun, we would burn up?

Reason 18: Goldilocks and the habitable planet, part 2

What/who knew that had Earth been set any further from the sun, we would freeze up?

Reason 19: Goldilocks and the habitable planet, part 3

What/who knew that had Earth been built larger or smaller, its atmosphere would be one where it would not be possible for us to breathe?.

Reason 20: Complementarity of plant and animal life

What/who knew that we require the oxygen of plants, just as plants require the carbon dioxide of us?

Reason 21: The tornado and the 747

The concept that life came about through sheer chance is as absurd & improbable as a tornado blowing through a junk yard, consequently assembling a Boeing 747!

Reason 22: The invisible and the supernatural

We are willing to believe in physically unseen waves that exist through the air, operating physical forces & appliances to work [sic], yet not supernatural God forces being responsible for the same.

Reason 23: Self-organization and entropy

Matter cannot organise itself. An uneaten tomato will not progress on its own accord to form a perfect pineapple. It will transform into mould, into disorganisation. The laws of evolution fall flat.

Reason 24: Darwin's deathbed conversion

Our 'inventor' of evolution, Mr. Charles Darwin had this to say to Lady Hope when he was almost bedridden for 3 months before he died; "I was a young man with unfathomed ideas. I threw out queries, suggestions; wondering all the time over everything, and to my astonishment the ideas took like wildfire - people made a religion of them." Darwin then asked Lady Hope to speak to neighbors the next day. "What shall I speak about?" She asked. He replied; "Christ Jesus and his salvation. Is that not the best theme?"

Reason 25: Morality

Where do our moral values held within our conscience come from? If the atheist is right, why then would we care about what we did?! If there is no God, then we've no-one to be accountable to.

Reason 26: Man vs. animal

If man has evolved from an animal, why doesn't he behave like an animal? Yet man is civilised.

Reason 27: Chance and ignorance

'Chance' isn't the cause of something. It just describes what we can't find a reason for.

 

Reason 28: Limitations of science and logic

Science & logic do not hold all the answers - many people are aware of forces at work which we have no understanding of & no control over.

Reason 29: Gregorian calendar

Look at the date/year on our calender - 2000 years ago since what? Our historical records (other than the Bible) record evidence of Jesus' existence.

Reason 30: Martyrs

Many people have died for their faith. Would they be prepared to do this for a lie?!

 

Reason 31: Biblical accounts

Much of the Bible deals with eyewitness accounts, written only 40 years after Jesus died. When the books in the New Testament were first around, there would have been confusion & anger if the books were not true.

Reason 32: Archaeology

From as early as 2000 BC, there is archaeological evidence to confirm many details we're provided with in the Bible.

Reason 33: Biblical prophecy

Not one single Biblical prediction can be shown as false, and the Bible contains hundreds.

Reason 34: Al history

The evidence from literature & historical studies claim that Biblical statements are reliable details of genuine events.

 

Reason 35: Christianity and science in harmony

From the birth of science through to today, there is no evidence to claim that Christianity & science are in opposition. Many first scientists were Christians; Francis Bacon, Isaac [sic] Newton, Robert Boyle, to name a few, along with the many who stand by their work & faith today.

 

Reason 36: How vs. why

Science can explain 'how' something works, but not 'why' something works.

 

Reason 37: Science changes

Science is constantly recorrecting [sic] its findings. Past theories contradict certain beliefs which are held today. Our present 'discoveries' may change again in the future to rediscover how we originally came into existence.

 

Reason 38: Abiogenesis

Evolution describes the way life possibly started, yet doesn't explain what made life start & why. Scientific questions fail to do that. Even if evolution were proved, it would still not disprove God.

Reason: 39

The two people who discovered Jesus' empty tomb were women. Women were very low on the social scale in first century Palestine, so in order to make the story fit, it would have made far more sense to claim that it were male disciples who had entered the tomb. But it wasn't - we're left with the historical & Biblical truth.

 

Reason 40: Near Death experience

Think about Near Death Experiences. It's naive to believe that they all are induced by chemicals or drugs. How do we account for a blind person having this experience, coming back to describe what they had never before seen, a person telling the Doctor that there is a blue paperclip on top of the high cabinet, which they couldn't have otherwise known, an african [sic] man being dead in his coffin for 3 days, coming back to life to tell of much the same events which took place as those of many others? We never hear of the witnesses describing "a dream". We're not silly - we know the difference between even the most vivid of dreams to that of reality.

Reason 41: Biblical skeptics

There are many skeptics who didn't believe in Jesus before his crucifixion, and who were opposed to Christianity, yet turned to the Christian faith after the death of Jesus. Just as the many who continue to do so today.

Reason 42: Einstein quote

Albert Einstein said; "A legitimate conflict between science & religion cannot exist. Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind".

Reason 43: The tomato thrower

A speaker in Hyde Park who was attacking belief in God, claimed that the world just happened. As he spoke, a soft tomato was thrown at him. "Who threw that?" He said angrily. A cockney from the back of the crowd replied; "No-one threw it - it threw itself!"

 

Reason 44: Occam's supernatural razor

It is easier to believe that God created something out of nothing than it is to believe that nothing created something out of nothing.

 

Reason 45: How-vs.-why Hawking quote

Stephen Hawkins [sic] has admitted; "Science may solve the problem of how the universe began, but it cannot answer the question: why does the universe bother to exist?"

 

Reason 46: With God all things are possible

We cannot confuse God with man. With God in the equation, all things, including miracles are possible. If God is God, he is Creator of all, inclusive of scientific law. He is Creator of matter & spirit.

 

Reason 47: Evolved vs. evolving

If we are the product of evolution - by sheer accident, chance, then we are still evolving. Does it just so happen that we exist here today with everything so finely tuned for our living. as we now have it?

 

Reason 48: The Missing Link

Could it possibly be that the missing link does not exist?!

 

God has proved himself to us in numerous ways, all around us. The atheist needs to put his glasses on. What more can God possibly do if man has shut his eyes to him?

Reason 50: 

Jesus Christ is either who he says he is, or he is the biggest con man history has ever known.

Reason 51:

 

If

MetalDogGear

The OP is just wrong. There is no evidence that any God exists except in wishful thinking. And if even if there is some kind of "God" then he definitely doesn't give a **** about humans.

pariah3

[QUOTE="pariah3"]

The OP is just wrong. There is no evidence that any God exists except in wishful thinking. And if even if there is some kind of "God" then he definitely doesn't give a **** about humans.

SulIy

Christians, if someone in this day and age claimed to have talked to a burning push that passed down the laws of god. would you even give it a chance? No. Then why the f*ck do you believe our ancient ancestors were anymore believable?MBirdy88

Because mommy and daddy told them

i agree 100% my friend zatorys

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"]I'm going to assume this is troll bait. On the off chance that it isn't, you're an idiot if you believe any of those reasons. Teenaged

His "arguments" are invalid.

:P

[QUOTE="zatorys"]i agree 100% my friend Toph_Girl250

Reason 11

Chickens, and other birds, evolved from reptiles and reptiles have always laid eggs. Therefore the egg came first

Got 51 reasons but a logical answer aint one

.5/10 for effort 

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="MetalDogGear"] Irregardless I still win.Blood-Scribe

Irregardless is not a word :x

[spoiler] [/spoiler]

It's kinda like 'inflammable' and 'flammable'. One looks like the negation of the other, yet they mean the same thing.

addendum: this thread is awful and I don't understand how people take the OP seriously

If it's a word it's only because it started as a misuse when people meant to say regardless and used it out of ignorance.  The dictionary definition you gave even says "often used for comedic purposes." 

Got 51 reasons but a logical answer aint one

redstorm72

If it's a word it's only because it started as a misuse when people meant to say regardless and used it out of ignorance. The dictionary definition you gave even says "often used for comedic purposes."

theone86

It's a stupid and unnecessary word, I agree.

Irregardless, it's still a word.

[QUOTE="redstorm72"]

Got 51 reasons but a logical answer aint one

MetalDogGear

No.

[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"]I'm going to assume this is troll bait. On the off chance that it isn't, you're an idiot if you believe any of those reasons. MetalDogGear

His "arguments" are invalid.

:P

Irregardless IS a word. The OP though contains no arguments.

Do you really want to know?

He's a gay pornstar and I dont think I would be allowed to mention his name in OT, cause you know ... its pr0n stuff etc.

Well those convinced me.

I'd rather jump off a building than read all of that.LittleMac19

Salvation is just a wall-of-text away!

God does exist no need in trying to convince these rebellious oh its cool to be an atheist foolsBucked20

prove it, Einstein

[QUOTE="theone86"]

If it's a word it's only because it started as a misuse when people meant to say regardless and used it out of ignorance. The dictionary definition you gave even says "often used for comedic purposes."

Blood-Scribe

It's a stupid and unnecessary word, I agree.

Irregardless, it's still a word.

Lawl.

God does exist no need in trying to convince these rebellious oh its cool to be an atheist foolsBucked20

Oh hai shadowmoses.

God does exist no need in trying to convince these rebellious oh its cool to be an atheist foolsBucked20

The existence of God cannot be proven because he does't exist.

Reason 23: Self-organization and entropy

Matter cannot organise itself. An uneaten tomato will not progress on its own accord to form a perfect pineapple. It will transform into mould, into disorganisation. The laws of evolution fall flat.

This is incorrect. There are many instances in history where tomatoes have turned into pineapples. In fact this process led to the first ever Hawaiian pizza.

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

[QUOTE="Inconsistancy"]

4. And 'nothing' is something.
5. Universe from nothing, but note: nothing weighs something and has some volume. 

wis3boi

no

Yes. Physics nothing != layman's nothing

Behold,  an ancient artifact of the internet:

Hundreds of Proofs of Gods Existence

a few favorites:

• ARGUMENT FROM BEAUTY, a.k.a. DESIGN/TELEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT (II)
  (1) Isn't that baby/sunset/flower/tree beautiful?
  (2) Only God could have made them so beautiful.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

   

• ARGUMENT FROM MIRACLES (I)
  (1) My aunt had cancer.
  (2) The doctors gave her all these horrible treatments.
  (3) My aunt prayed to God and now she doesn't have cancer.
  (4) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM THE BIBLE
  (1) [arbitrary passage from OT]
  (2) [arbitrary passage from NT]
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM INTIMIDATION, a.k.a. TOMAS DE TORQUEMADA'S ARGUMENT
  (1) See this bonfire?
  (2) Therefore, God exists.

 

• PARENTAL ARGUMENT
  (1) My mommy and daddy told me that God exists.
  (2) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM CHURCH
  (1) Lots of people go to church.
  (2) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM YOUTH GROUP MINISTER
  (1) God is awesome!
  (2) Like, totally, dude!
  (3) Therefore, God, like, exists and stuff.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM INTERNET AUTHORITY
  (1) There is a website that successfully argues for the existence of God.
  (2) Here is the URL.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN EVANGELISM
  (1) Telling people that God exists makes me filthy rich.
  (2) Therefore, God exists.

 

• OPRAH'S ARGUMENT (II)
  (1) Check out this video segment.
  (2) Now how can anyone watch that and NOT believe in God?
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM LONELINESS
  (1) Christians say that Jesus is their best friend.
  (2) I'm lonely, and I want a best friend.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM HATE
  (1) Some atheists hate Christians and Christianity.
  (2) That's why they don't believe in God.
  (3) Pathetic, aren't they?
  (4) Therefore, God exists.

 

•  KENT HOVIND'S ARGUMENT

  (1) I don't want to work for a living.
  (2) I don't want to pay taxes.
  (3) I can get gullible fundamentalists to send me money.
  (4) I can use religious exemption claims to tie the IRS up in court.
  (5) The IRS can't send me to prison.
  (6) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM KENT HOVIND'S CHALLENGE
  (1) Kent Hovind offers $250,000 (which may or may not exist) to anyone who can demonstrate evolution (defined as a natural, acausal origin of the universe) to a reasonable doubt (meaning with 100% certainty, allowing for no other possibilities whatsoever) in front of a neutral committee (handpicked by Hovind himself) and according to certain criteria (carefully worded so as to rule out any possibility whatsoever of the challenge ever being met).
  (2) No atheist has ever met this challenge.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM INSANITY
  (1) No sane person could have thought up Christianity.
  (2) Therefore, it must be true
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM INSTITUTIONAL LONGETIVITY
  (1) The Roman Catholic Church has been around for a long time.
  (2) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM OFFENSE
  (1) God exists.
  (2) [Atheist makes counterarguments.]
  (3) You know what?  I am offended.
  (4) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM LOVE
  (1) Have you ever fallen in love?
  (2) [Of course!!]
  (3) So what is the cause of love?  Isn't it God?  Am I right or not?
  (4) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM FORMATTING
  (1) Behold, foolish atheists, I present you with an incontrovertible proof of the existence of God.
  (2) [Christian posts 10,000 word document without a single paragraph break.]
  (3) [Atheist's eyes implode.]
  (4) I see that nobody can refute (2).
  (5) Therefore, God exists. 

 

• ARGUMENT FROM PREFERRED ANCESTRY
  (1) I don't want to be related to monkeys.
  (2) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM PERSECUTION (I)
  (1) Someone made fun of my faith.
  (2) God said that persecution would happen.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM CRAZINESS, a.k.a. PERCHANCE'S SISTER'S ARGUMENT (I)
  (1) I would go crazy if I didn't believe in God.
  (2) I am not crazy, and don't want to go crazy.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM LACK OF EVIDENCE (II) (MODIFIED SIMPSONS ARGUMENT)
  (1) God, if you exist, please give me absolutely no sign.
  (2)
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM TERRORISM (I)
  (1) Terrorists destroyed the WTC, killing thousands.
  (2) One piece of the rubble sort of looks like a cross.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• LIBERALS' ARGUMENT FROM MODERATION
  (1) The Creationist side occupies an extreme side of the spectrum.
  (2) Similarly, the atheist side occupies another extreme side of the spectrum.
  (3) The liberals are in between.
  (4) Therefore, the liberal position on God is the most correct.
  (5) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM PRAYER (II)
  (1) When I pray, either it comes true or God has a better plan.
  (2) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM MOUNTAINS
  (1) People used to think gods lived on Mt. Olympus.
  (2) We've climbed Mt. Olympus and there were no gods there.
  (3) Therefore, pagan gods are false.
  (4) Therefore, the Christian God exists.

 

• BILL O'REILLY'S ARGUMENT (I)
  (1) Atheism is challenging this country's Christian roots!
  (2) We are Christians!
  (3) We will make a big stink about this, and not let atheists win!
  (4) We will win because God is on our side!
  (5) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM ARMCHAIR PSYCHOANALYSIS
  (1) You say there's no God?
  (2) Ah, someone calling themselves Christian must have really hurt you in the past.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN EXPERTS ARE IGNORED
  (1) Dembski, Behe and Plantinga are ignored by mainstream intellectuals.
  (2) Only a fear of the truth could explain this.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM CHRISTIAN EXPERTS ARE NOT IGNORED
  (1) Mainstream intellectuals are paying some attention to Dembski, Behe and Plantinga.
  (2) Only a growing recognition of the truth could explain this.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM SADISM (II), a.k.a. ARGUMENT FROM MISOGYNY
  (1) I enjoy treating women like dirt.  It makes me feel powerful.
  (2) I find some justification for it in the Bible.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM AMERICAN POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY
  (1) The vast majority of the Americans believe in God.
  (2) I'll get elected if I believe in God.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM TORNADOS
  (1) A large tornado hit Kansas City.
  (2) The tornado missed a church but destroyed several hundred homes.
  (3) Therefore, God exists.

 

• ARGUMENT FROM INTEREST
  (1) If God really doesnt exist than atheists wouldnt spend so much time talking about him.
  (2) [Atheist refutes (1).]
  (3) Therefore, God exists.
  

My God it broke the formatting.Ace6301

how much more proof do people need?

atheism leeds to communism

Arguing about God's existence broke the thread,

the thread cannot break itself,

therefore God exists

atheism leeds to communism

osirisx3

Hmm or maybe it's communism that leads to atheism???

[QUOTE="theone86"]

[QUOTE="MetalDogGear"] Irregardless I still win.Blood-Scribe

Irregardless is not a word :x

[spoiler] [/spoiler]

It's kinda like 'inflammable' and 'flammable'. One looks like the negation of the other, yet they mean the same thing.

addendum: this thread is awful and I don't understand how people take the OP seriously

Inflammable means flammabe? What a country!

i read thousands of books and realize i hardly  know anything.

you read one and think you know everything.

[QUOTE="osirisx3"]

atheism leeds to communism

Bane_09

Hmm or maybe it's communism that leads to atheism???

Athiests killed more than Christians

Athiests are more evil

Therefore God exists

... or if facts state otherwise:

Christians killed more than Athiests

Therefore God is on our side

Therefore God exists.

Furthermore,

Athiest Communism fell

Ronald Reagan was Christian.

Therefore God exists.

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

[QUOTE="themajormayor"]

no

themajormayor

Yes. Physics nothing != layman's nothing

I guess you never heard of Lawrence Krauss then :( Shame

Athiests killed more than Christians

Athiests are more evil

Therefore God exists

 

... or if facts state otherwise:

 

Christians killed more than Athiests

Therefore God is on our side

Therefore God exists.

 

Furthermore,

 

Athiest Communism fell

Ronald Reagan was Christian.

Therefore God exists.

Audacitron

lol, I feel this could be its own thread

Here's the main reason people believe in god;

"my mommy and daddy told me god exists, so I'm going to go through life assuming it's true without thinking"

[QUOTE="Bucked20"]God does exist no need in trying to convince these rebellious oh its cool to be an atheist foolswis3boi

prove it, Einstein

Bucked believes in god.

bucked is a stupid racist.

therefore god isn't real.