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How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by ebamma3: 9:26am On Sep 01, 2013
to the bible believing and allah believing guys in the house, how can you prove to an atheist that God really exist?

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by Nobody: 9:29am On Sep 01, 2013
[b]d classic wrk chovot halevovot quotes dis beautiful parable......once a rabbi entered a king's palace nd was granted audience wit d king. Nd d king asked im a question,"hw do u knw d existence of a creator?". D rabbi respectfully askd d king 2 liv d room 4 a short time. On d table was a quill,an inkwell nd sum paper. While d king was out of d room,d rabbi wrote a very beautiful poem on d paper. When d king returned he noticed d poem nd was amazed at its poetic style. D ink was stil wet nd d king praised d rabbi 4 writing such a beautiful poem. D rabbi replied dat he had nt written d poem, rather, he had taken d inkwell,poured it into d paper nd d letters formed themselves. D king ridiculed such suggestion sayin it wud b impossible for d ink 2 arrange itsef into a single letter,let alone a word,let alone a sentence and certainly nt a beautiful poem! The rabbi replied, "there is ur ansa. If d ink in d inkwell cannot form a poem without d hand of a poet. Then certainly d world. Wich is infinitely mur complex dan d poem. Could nt possibly form itsef without d hand of a master creator![/b]

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by FOLYKAZE(m): 9:50am On Sep 01, 2013
Are you kidding your brethens? Atheist are mostly ex-christians and ex-muslims. They study that so called buy-bull critically and understand it than you do or your pastor does.

Have you heard 'by their sword, they shall fall'.. You bring bible up, and you will be destroyed totally.

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by cold(m): 9:57am On Sep 01, 2013
ebamma 3: to the bible believing and allah believing guys in the house, how can you prove to an atheist that God really exist?
You cannot prove the existence of something that wasn't there in the first place. God is a creation of man & not the other way round

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by RationalDude(m): 10:02am On Sep 01, 2013
By telling him or her to seek god in prayer!
That's what one of my friends told me.
Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by Nobody: 10:06am On Sep 01, 2013
RationalDude: By telling him or her to seek god in prayer!
That's what one of my friends told me.

Lmao..

Let's see...

Go into a quiet place, still your mind and ask God to reveal himself... Just keep waiting...



Didn't know when I dozed off..

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by Nobody: 10:27am On Sep 01, 2013
Babiloko: [b]d classic wrk chovot halevovot quotes dis beautiful parable......once a rabbi entered a king's palace nd was granted audience wit d king. Nd d king asked im a question,"hw do u knw d existence of a creator?". D rabbi respectfully askd d king 2 liv d room 4 a short time. On d table was a quill,an inkwell nd sum paper. While d king was out of d room,d rabbi wrote a very beautiful poem on d paper. When d king returned he noticed d poem nd was amazed at its poetic style. D ink was stil wet nd d king praised d rabbi 4 writing such a beautiful poem. D rabbi replied dat he had nt written d poem, rather, he had taken d inkwell,poured it into d paper nd d letters formed themselves. D king ridiculed such suggestion sayin it wud b impossible for d ink 2 arrange itsef into a single letter,let alone a word,let alone a sentence and certainly nt a beautiful poem! The rabbi replied, "there is ur ansa. If d ink in d inkwell cannot form a poem without d hand of a poet. Then certainly d world. Wich is infinitely mur complex dan d poem. Could nt possibly form itsef without d hand of a master creator![/b]

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by Nobody: 10:31am On Sep 01, 2013
And the creator came out of nothing... Lol

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by Nobody: 10:39am On Sep 01, 2013
aManFromMars: And the creator came out of nothing... Lol

if d creator was created dhu u tink he'll stil b d creator?....GOD is d beginin, u'll stil find out in d end

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by EvilBrain1(m): 11:19am On Sep 01, 2013
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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by EvilBrain1(m): 11:21am On Sep 01, 2013
You can't prove that god exists. Better men than you have tried.

Just give up on convincing atheists. Instead, focus on indoctrinating small children and fooling the weak minded.

Those of us who have realised the truth can never go back to religion. What is seen cannot be unseen.

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by RationalDude(m): 11:40am On Sep 01, 2013
aManFromMars: And the creator came out of nothing... Lol

Since the creator came from nothing, i can infer that "Nothing" is the true creator!

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by RationalDude(m): 11:48am On Sep 01, 2013
enilove: The only way is to tell the atheist the truth that he is a mad man.
Wow, that must be the best way to convince atheists of the existence of god. Goodluck with that but you must have patience while doing so.

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by FOLYKAZE(m): 11:56am On Sep 01, 2013
enilove: The only way is to tell the atheist the truth that he is a mad man.

And you are european brainwashed zombie,,,,,modernized slave

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by AlfaSeltzer(m): 12:03pm On Sep 01, 2013
Babiloko: [b]d classic wrk chovot halevovot quotes dis beautiful parable......once a rabbi entered a king's palace nd was granted audience wit d king. Nd d king asked im a question,"hw do u knw d existence of a creator?". D rabbi respectfully askd d king 2 liv d room 4 a short time. On d table was a quill,an inkwell nd sum paper. While d king was out of d room,d rabbi wrote a very beautiful poem on d paper. When d king returned he noticed d poem nd was amazed at its poetic style. D ink was stil wet nd d king praised d rabbi 4 writing such a beautiful poem. D rabbi replied dat he had nt written d poem, rather, he had taken d inkwell,poured it into d paper nd d letters formed themselves. D king ridiculed such suggestion sayin it wud b impossible for d ink 2 arrange itsef into a single letter,let alone a word,let alone a sentence and certainly nt a beautiful poem! The rabbi replied, "there is ur ansa. If d ink in d inkwell cannot form a poem without d hand of a poet. Then certainly d world. Wich is infinitely mur complex dan d poem. Could nt possibly form itsef without d hand of a master creator![/b]

Maybe there are many creators. Each specializing in his/her own field. You cannot tell me that the same creator that designed the moon on jupiter also spent time designing the vagina of dogs.

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by papindinho(m): 12:20pm On Sep 01, 2013
Being human being is a wonder, how we breath is a wonder and things happening around us are wonders and none of the unbelievers can be convinced about the existence of God for 'He guides those he is willing to guide and neglect those he wills'.


And I could see the reason behind Stuart Chase's thought that "for those who believe, no proof is necessary and for those who don't believe, NO PROOF IS POSSIBLE".


My 2cents.

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by ebamma3: 1:00pm On Sep 01, 2013
im not convinced yet, more comments please
Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by onetrack(m): 1:40pm On Sep 01, 2013
papindinho: Being human being is a wonder, how we breath is a wonder and things happen are wonders and none of the unbelievers can be convinced about the existence of God for 'He guides those he is willing to guide and neglect those he wills'.

And I could see the reason behind Stuart Chase's thought that "for those who believe, no proof is necessary and for those who don't believe, NO PROOF IS POSSIBLE".

Indeed the world has many wonderous things, but also in equal parts chaos, cruelty, injustice, and deformity. In any case these wonders are easily explainable in terms of science. I've also seen some pretty amazing things created by humans as well.

As to your second point, ".....NO PROOF IS POSSIBLE." Proof is possible; just have your god(s) reveal itself to all people in earth, including the atheists, scientists, and skeptics. Your god should do something which by any standard should be considered a miracle, and subject to rigorous scientific testing.

A god whispering in the ears of long-dead people who called themselves 'prophets' is not sufficient, and the alleged 'miracles' which were performed in front of uneducated, superstitious people do not meet any standard for truth by any measure I could accept.

While it is unquestionably arrogant and not completely true, I like Ernest Hemingway's quote: "All thinking men are atheists." It is not enough to say that a god creates people and then chooses who he guides, which then separates the believers from the unbelievers. Such a god is not worthy of worship.

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by Emusan(m): 1:45pm On Sep 01, 2013
ebamma 3: to the bible believing and allah believing guys in the house, how can you prove to an atheist that God really exist?

The steps of the scientific method are to:
*Ask a Question
*Do Background Research
*Construct a Hypothesis
*Test Your Hypothesis by Doing an Experiment
*Analyze Your Data and Draw a Conclusion
*Communicate Your Results


Steps to become a scientist:
A scientist investigates how the universe, or specific parts of it, work. Scientists formulate hypotheses from early observations, then test those hypotheses with additional observations and experiments in which they can measure those results and confirm or refute their hypotheses.
1 Be curious.
2 Take the necessary preparatory classes in high school and college.
3 Go to graduate school.
4 Participate in a post-doctoral program. Without these you can't be a scientist.

Steps to Find God Almighty:
1 Have Faith in God
2 Believe His will (that He has sent His only Son-Jesus Christ) John 3:16.
3 Believe His only Son and Jesus(God) will manifest Himself to you. John 14:21-23

NOTE: God can manifest Himself to whosoever ready to receive Him.

Atheist don't want to follow God's way(method) yet they want Him(God) to manifest Himself to them. Everything have its own protocol and method so also God.

He said without FAITH nobody can please Him and Jesus said whosoever love Him and keep His words He(God) will come unto him, and make their abode with him.

If you ask some ex-christians Atheist did you ever receive baptism of the Holyspirit during your christianity Llife---their answer will be NO! Though I can't blame them because even most pastors today there're not helping matter than to preach PROSPERITY rather than teaching the way of the Lord.

No one says Jesus is the Son of God except being given by the Holyspirit. Holyspirit has been given to MAN but for those who are read to receive it.

Before you can claim that God exists in this life you need to expirence baptism of the Holyspirit, which many people are not reay for.


Shalom!

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by cold(m): 1:56pm On Sep 01, 2013
God is like a lecturer who never comes to class. Just tells his students to 'read the book'

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by onetrack(m): 2:05pm On Sep 01, 2013
Emusan:

Steps to Find God Almighty:
1 Have Faith in God
2 Believe His will (that He has sent His only Son-Jesus Christ) John 3:16.
3 Believe His only Son and Jesus(God) will manifest Himself to you. John 14:21-23

NOTE: God can manifest Himself to whosoever ready to receive Him.

Atheist don't want to follow God's way(method) yet they want Him(God) to manifest Himself to them. Everything have its own protocol and method so also God.

He said without FAITH nobody can please Him and Jesus said whosoever love Him and keep His words He(God) will come unto him, and make their abode with him.

If you ask some ex-christians Atheist did you ever receive baptism of the Holyspirit during your christianity Llife---their answer will be NO! Though I can't blame them because even most pastors today there're not helping matter than to preach PROSPERITY rather than teaching the way of the Lord.
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Shalom!

I fully acknowledge that I have no faith in any god. What then? I don't believe in mystical stuff, because once you accept that mysticism exists, where does it end? Witchcraft? Astrology? Faith healing? So it looks like god has no alternative but to reveal itself to skeptics/atheists. If it does not then that is its own problem.

And the more I've studied religion the more convinced I am that it is all just man-made.

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by Emusan(m): 2:40pm On Sep 01, 2013
onetrack:
I fully acknowledge that I have no faith in any god.

I didn't proclaim any god but God Almighty the maker of Heaven and Earth.
Nobody can do without FAITH.
Before you accept those scientific method you must put your faith on them.

What then? I don't believe in mystical stuff,

That's why God said "without FAITH noone can please Him"

because once you accept that mysticism exists, where does it end? Witchcraft? Astrology? Faith healing?

Then you're not ready to see God/expirence God's existence.
Beside it depends how you put your FAITH into work because "FAITH without WORK(works of thy hand) is dead"

So it looks like god has no alternative but to reveal itself to skeptics/atheists.

Like scientist will never change their method for any reason so God can't change His way of Holiness because of Atheist/skeptics. Or as anybody will never change all the universal laws (except God) rather than to obey them.

God has revealed Himself to us through creations: Rom 1:19-21 "19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of Him(God) from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.


Though what you need is the physical manifestation of God which I've explained to you.

If it does not then that is its own problem.

Then stop asking for the evidence of God's existence because He has shown you they way you can access Him.

And the more I've studied religion the more convinced I am that it is all just man-made.

I didn't blame you to reason like that but it's because of what MAN (especially christians) has turn the world to.

Shalom!

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by papindinho(m): 2:44pm On Sep 01, 2013
onetrack:

Indeed the world has many wonderous things, but also in equal parts chaos, cruelty, injustice, and deformity. In any case these wonders are easily explainable in terms of science. I've also seen some pretty amazing things created by humans as well.

As to your second point, ".....NO PROOF IS POSSIBLE." Proof is possible; just have your god(s) reveal itself to all people in earth, including the atheists, scientists, and skeptics. Your god should do something which by any standard should be considered a miracle, and subject to rigorous scientific testing.

A god whispering in the ears of long-dead people who called themselves 'prophets' is not sufficient, and the alleged 'miracles' which were performed in front of uneducated, superstitious people do not meet any standard for truth by any measure I could accept.

While it is unquestionably arrogant and not completely true, I like Ernest Hemingway's quote: "All thinking men are atheists." It is not enough to say that a god creates people and then chooses who he guides, which then separates the believers from the unbelievers. Such a god is not worthy of worship.
try rechecking the quote "for those who believe.............
Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by manmustwac(m): 6:30pm On Sep 01, 2013
ebamma 3: to the bible believing and allah believing guys in the house, how can you prove to an atheist that God really exist?
THat is so simple i wonder why any of you religious folk can't even think of it. Tell God, Allah or whatever God to make himself visible like at halftime during the American Superbowl to millions of people around the world or during halftime next year in Brazil during the world cup final. Is something like that to much to ask for?

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by CarCam: 6:43pm On Sep 01, 2013
manmustwac:

THat is so simple i wonder why any of you religious folk can't even think of it.

Tell God, Allah or whatever God to make himself visible like at halftime during the American Superbowl to millions of people around the world or during halftime next year in Brazil during the world cup final.

Is something like that to much to ask for?

@manmustwac

My brother, how you be now?

Yes, something like that, is too much to ask for because it is mundane

It is frivolous . . .

Which next or other abracadabra would be thought up for God to do when visible or appearing at halftime during the American Superbowl, huh?
Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by papindinho(m): 6:59pm On Sep 01, 2013
Subhana lah amon yusrikhun....... Glory be to God (Allah) who forbids the worship of god(s) and other related objects.

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by onetrack(m): 7:31pm On Sep 01, 2013
Emusan:

I didn't proclaim any god but God Almighty the maker of Heaven and Earth.
Nobody can do without FAITH.
Before you accept those scientific method you must put your faith on them.

That's why God said "without FAITH noone can please Him"

Then you're not ready to see God/expirence God's existence.
Beside it depends how you put your FAITH into work because "FAITH without WORK(works of thy hand) is dead"
Like scientist will never change their method for any reason so God can't change His way of Holiness because of Atheist/skeptics. Or as anybody will never change all the universal laws (except God) rather than to obey them.

God has revealed Himself to us through creations: Rom 1:19-21 "19 Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them.
20 For the invisible things of Him(God) from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.


Though what you need is the physical manifestation of God which I've explained to you.

Then stop asking for the evidence of God's existence because He has shown you they way you can access Him.

I didn't blame you to reason like that but it's because of what MAN (especially christians) has turn the world to.

Shalom!

You are doing what is called 'begging the question', that is, you are starting with an assumption (that god said this or that) which has not been proven. Before we can go any further you should bring proof that a god said what you claim it did. You are merely quoting from a book which has no evidence of divine origin.

Also, the scientific process does not require faith, only evidence. I have no 'faith' in science and scientists must always be challenged to prove what they claim.

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by onetrack(m): 7:32pm On Sep 01, 2013
papindinho: Subhana lah amon yusrikhun....... Glory be to God (Allah) who forbids the worship of god(s) and other related objects.

La illaha! grin

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Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by papindinho(m): 9:59pm On Sep 01, 2013
onetrack:

La illaha! grin
that's another track. Lolz
Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by Nobody: 11:09pm On Sep 01, 2013
They should read the whole book of Romans and then two other commentaries on it open minded. Their Oga at the top... the greatest philosophers in Athens even acknowledged that there is "AN UNKNOWN GOD" and in Romans, we are adviced to know him through our surroundings. Those atheist of then even wrote about the deity of Jesus and it's reality....

They should just grow up!
Re: How Can You Prove To An Atheist That God Exists? by Vansnickers: 2:45am On Sep 02, 2013
Babiloko: [b]d classic wrk chovot halevovot quotes dis beautiful parable......once a rabbi entered a king's palace nd was granted audience wit d king. Nd d king asked im a question,"hw do u knw d existence of a creator?". D rabbi respectfully askd d king 2 liv d room 4 a short time. On d table was a quill,an inkwell nd sum paper. While d king was out of d room,d rabbi wrote a very beautiful poem on d paper. When d king returned he noticed d poem nd was amazed at its poetic style. D ink was stil wet nd d king praised d rabbi 4 writing such a beautiful poem. D rabbi replied dat he had nt written d poem, rather, he had taken d inkwell,poured it into d paper nd d letters formed themselves. D king ridiculed such suggestion sayin it wud b impossible for d ink 2 arrange itsef into a single letter,let alone a word,let alone a sentence and certainly nt a beautiful poem! The rabbi replied, "there is ur ansa. If d ink in d inkwell cannot form a poem without d hand of a poet. Then certainly d world. Wich is infinitely mur complex dan d poem. Could nt possibly form itsef without d hand of a master creator![/b]

Yawn! Yawn! Yawn! Same old beaten-up argument.

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