Why do you think your belief is right?

Question

1) Tell me something you believe
2) Tell me why you believe it
3) Who introduced you to this way of thinking? Did you come up with the idea yourself?
4) Give me some independant evidence (evidence that is completely separate from the book or person that you follow) which supports this.

Answer 1

Do you have 24 hours to sit and discuss with me, or do you want a quick and false response.?

Answer 2

Because it makes sense to me.

Answer 3

I was raised strong protestant but joined the LDS church 43 years ago. My grandfather and uncle were minsters.

I believe that God is the literal Father of our spirits and knows all things. Earth life is patterened after the eternities and is designed to help us gain the attributes and joy of God. The fall of Adam was necessary to accomplish the designs of God for us. Hell is a temporary existence where the rebellious suffer sorrow until they can grab onto the mercy of Christ which overcomes spiritual and temporal death.

A friend introduced me to the LDS church.

There is not any physical evidence that can prove the existence of God. An absolute certainty of God can only come by revelation to those who seek him in honesty and a willingness to follow him. God has provided the Book of Mormon that promises that if a person reads and ponders it in sincerety, they can come to know with certainty that it is true. If the Book of Mormon is true, then it means that God lives and Jesus is the Christ. Then your search is over.

From the last chapter of the Book of Mormon:

"I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts. And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things."

Here is the entire Book of Mormon online for free:

https://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm?lang...

Answer 4

GOD "REVEALED" IT!

"Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: FOR FLESH AND BLOOD HATH NOT *REVEALED* IT UNTO THEE, BUT MY FATHER WHICH IS IN HEAVEN." And I say unto thee, That thou art Simon Peter, and upon THIS ROCK (aka "REVELATION") I will build MY CHURCH; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."

Enough SAID!

Answer 5

1. Atheist
2. I don't believe in god because there's no proof.
3. I was never indoctrinated into a religion as a kid.
4. Eg evolution, you just have to look at the fossil record.

Answer 6

I discovered that mankind has mis-translated the scriptures that make up Books of The Bible due to our lack of scientific knowledge to properly interpret the advanced scientific knowledge contained in this ancient Biblical text. This led to the unscientific religious interpretations we still think they mean today. I learned how to see and identify and interpret this scripture back into the scientific text it's always been based on from the unscientific religious interpretations we still think they mean today. I am now the first and only human who can now do this. My discovery will lead to proving the existence of a Intelligent Designer named the God of Abraham whose scientific mind is where this advanced scientific knowledge contained in this ancient Biblical text originated from and not from the unscientific minds of ancient sheep herders. I am now on this site trying to bring my discovery to light to the rest of the world until I can afford to write and publish a book about it.

Answer 7

1) There is a God.

2) Basic physics, in particular, the First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics.

The First Law of Thermodynamics states that matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed; only changed in form. The Second Law of Thermodynamics states that all matter and energy degenerates toward disorder. Both are natural laws. We have never found any exceptions to either of these two observations, thus the term “law”.

Because of the Second Law, we know that the universe did not always exist. If it had, everything would be at the same temperature near absolute zero, and you wouldn’t even be reading this. Since it didn’t always exist, that means there was a time when it didn’t exist, and then it began to exist. But that is a violation of the First Law. Any violation of natural law, by definition involves the supernatural (i.e. God).

3) Probably Spock whom I first saw on TV when I was about six years old, in particular, his emphasis on logic. Later I read a good book called "Logic" when I was in the seventh grade, that explained things even further. I got so good at it, that in college, I took "Introduction to Logic" as a required humanities course and scored the highest grade in the class. I loved it, and still do.

4) Buy any book on physics and you'll learn about the first and second laws of thermodynamics. You may also want to buy a book on logic; it will cover syllogisms and deduction.

Answer 8

After a lifetime living as a heathen, I came to the end of myself.... I was 42 and there was barely enough humanity left in me to form a corpse. The only thing I felt was keeping me alive was some kind of feeble string of what I could only identify as 'hope'.

On the outside, people thought I was sexy, cool, and accomplished. I was 'popular'.
But inside I was dying.

Then one day, someone said in passing 'God hates religion.'

I was amazed. If God hated religion... that made the whole world make sense.... I had to go find out more....

Over several weeks I was learning about this 'God'.... revelation after revelation.... the chains were falling off of me.... the world as I knew it.... all those years of thinking I had it all figured out.... well; I was finding out I didn't know squat (even tho my IQ was tested to be 130 a few years earlier - it meant nothing).

The name 'Jesus' kept coming up. I rebuffed. I didn't want to know about 'Jesus'.... I wanted to know about GOD!!! Eventually, I couldn't help but like the guy... he wasn't the stuffy religious figure the churches had made him out to be... and after I had enough information.... I was convinced. This was no ordinary man.... this.... this was THE SON OF GOD.

There's an excerpt of what happened next on my profile.

So.... in answer to your question(s), revelation, signs and wonders.... God Almighty gave me spiritual eyes to see and ears to hear.... He lifted the veil.... He gave me a shiny new life..... my worst day with Jesus was a thousand times better than my best day ever was without Him. He not only gave me new life, He's been my provider, my protector, my best friend, lover of my soul and my King. He has proven that He is faithful through everything.... and I testify as a living witness to His glory, that He alone is worthy of worship.

Why degrade yourself wasting your time worshiping created things rather than the Creator of all things? You will bitterly regret every minute you've wasted, just as I do.

Go now... read my profile.
I pray you have an encounter with God this day as I did.
I pray you come to a knowledge of Him for the salvation of your soul. Amen.

Answer 9

Tested it. And I'm convinced over the time it took because the results seemed true and outcome was acceptable. If what I experienced is an indication, the future looks brighter for me than it was before I committed myself to my current belief system.

Answer 10

1) I'm an atheist
2) No evidence for a god
3) I worked it out for myself
4) Shifting the burden of proof. I reject the claim that there is a god. It's not up to me to prove that there isn't.