Things that make you believe in a God

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  • Borg
    Tour de CS 2013?
    • Dec 2008
    • 1501

    #1

    Things that make you believe in a God

    Setting aside "spiritual" things....is there one thing that stands out to you to logically tell you that there is a God?

    To me...it is looking at the stars and planets, universe.

    To see the images, beauty, the order, the immensity of space...blows me away, and just screams that there is a God that is the Master Creator.

    So many things....a childs birth/life. Awestruck at the experience. Pretty neat stuff.
    "Newton's First Law of Motion: ...things at rest tend to stay at rest. Things in motion, tend to stay in motion...."

    Hmm... Good motivation for me to remain active I guess.
  • pellegrino
    miserere me
    • Jan 2009
    • 12100

    #2
    It's quite simple, tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that.
    Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
    God forgives many things for an act of mercy
    Alessandro Manzoni

    Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

    pelagius

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    • Moliere
      One man.....one pie
      • Oct 2009
      • 27820

      #3
      Originally posted by pellegrino View Post
      It's quite simple, tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that.
      Thanks Bill!

      (literal LOL on that one)
      "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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      • Moliere
        One man.....one pie
        • Oct 2009
        • 27820

        #4
        The existence of life. Evolution is a pretty cool thing, but life had to start somewhere.
        "Discipleship is not a spectator sport. We cannot expect to experience the blessing of faith by standing inactive on the sidelines any more than we can experience the benefits of health by sitting on a sofa watching sporting events on television and giving advice to the athletes. And yet for some, “spectator discipleship” is a preferred if not primary way of worshipping." -Pres. Uchtdorf

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        • wuapinmon
          Soul Plumber
          • Dec 2008
          • 30711

          #5
          Cuando conocí a mi esposa.
          "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
          The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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          • Sullyute
            a day late/a dollar short
            • Jul 2010
            • 3308

            #6
            Any picture from the hubble telescope. Absolutely leaves me speachless and believing...

            "Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism" - Joseph Smith Jr.

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            • shoganai
              Junior Member
              • Feb 2010
              • 513

              #7
              I generally hate science classes, but I've had some very poignant experiences when being forced to study the full depth of complexity and order in the physical elements.

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              • pellegrino
                miserere me
                • Jan 2009
                • 12100

                #8
                Originally posted by Eddie Jones View Post
                Thanks Bill!

                (literal LOL on that one)
                I don't mean to crap on Borg's thread, but I couldn't resist it. The Colbert bit on it last week was hilarious.

                To be serious, there are two things that move me to feel that God exists.

                1: Nature, even the simple bird that sings outside my window, or occasionally seeing the fox that lives in the hedges behind my house.

                2. Art. It may seem strange, but even the most profane abstract art reminds me that behind the work there is an artist with a soul.
                Dio perdona tante cose per un’opera di misericordia
                God forgives many things for an act of mercy
                Alessandro Manzoni

                Knock it off. This board has enough problems without a dose of middle-age lechery.

                pelagius

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                • creekster
                  It is NOT a monkey!
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 22661

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Sullyute View Post
                  Any picture from the hubble telescope. Absolutely leaves me speachless and believing...

                  The Eye of Mordor!
                  PLesa excuse the tpyos.

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                  • tooblue
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 5108

                    #10
                    Wild Gibbons.

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                    • Jacob
                      Junior Member
                      • Oct 2009
                      • 6801

                      #11
                      Originally posted by shoganai View Post
                      I generally hate science classes, but I've had some very poignant experiences when being forced to study the full depth of complexity and order in the physical elements.
                      Why does the complexity of science lead you to the seemingly much more simplistic conclusion that there is a God who did it?

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                      • byu71
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 22070

                        #12
                        The fact that if I believe and die and there is no God, I won't care, yet if I don't believe and there is a God, I am going to feel really bad that I didn't at least try for the terrestial Kingdom.

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                        • Jarid in Cedar
                          CS Institutional Memory
                          • Jun 2009
                          • 13234

                          #13
                          Originally posted by Jacob View Post
                          Why does the complexity of science lead you to the seemingly much more simplistic conclusion that there is a God who did it?
                          The argument would be that existence of God allows for the complexity without the randomness that the scientific theory allows.
                          "The first thing I learned upon becoming a head coach after fifteen years as an assistant was the enormous difference between making a suggestion and making a decision."

                          "They talk about the economy this year. Hey, my hairline is in recession, my waistline is in inflation. Altogether, I'm in a depression."

                          "I like to bike. I could beat Lance Armstrong, only because he couldn't pass me if he was behind me."

                          -Rick Majerus

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                          • Uncle Ted
                            The Big 12 money shot.
                            • Apr 2010
                            • 28853

                            #14
                            Statistical probability...

                            “The statistical probability that organic structures and the most precisely harmonized reactions that typify living organisms would be generated by accident, is zero.” -Ilya Prigogine, chemist-physicist, recipient of two Nobel Prizes in chemistry
                            "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                            "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                            "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                            GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                            • old_gregg
                              scaly man fish
                              • Nov 2009
                              • 16915

                              #15
                              stevie ray vaughan
                              Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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