Do you believe in God? If so/if no, WHY?

[Von!-x]

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I remembered the short story by Leo Tolstoy - "God sees but waits." Its a very inspiring story.

In the old testament times, God allowed His people to suffer, under the brutal hands of the barbaric and godless enemies. The Israelites blamed God for their woes. But there are men who stood up and called on the people to humble themselves before God. They repented from their sins and God restored them.

God is love, that is why He sent us His only Son, so that those who will believe in Him, will not be penalized for their sins. But God is also just. Those who will reject His Son stands condemned already. For the wages of sin is death.

God's offer of salvation is as easy as ABC...
Admit you have sinned.
"If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us" (1 John 1:.

Believe in Jesus.
"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life"(John 3:16).

Confess and forsake your sin.
"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness" (1 John 1:9).

You need to be saved. "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23)
You cannot save yourself. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no man can boast" (Ephesians 2:8,9).
God loves you enough to provide salvation. "For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16). "But God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:
By faith, believe Jesus and accept Him. "They replied, 'Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved- you and your household'" (Acts 16:31). "That if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).
Invite Jesus in now! Pray this prayer:

Dear Jesus,

I have read Your Word.
I understand that I am a sinner,
And that I need a Savior.
Please come into my life.
I ask You to forgive my sins,
And make me a new person.
I want to serve You and live for You.

Amen

[r/brey]

HE did that once...that was when HE sent HIS son JESUS CHRIST to redeem us all from the sins we committed eversince...But after all HE had done for us, humans always tends not to learn from there mistakes..

i thought your god was omnipotent? and he can see all things including the past and future? didnt he know that humanity would just kill his beloved son jesus and continue sinning forever? did he make a MISTAKE? your god is supposed to be perfect, why does he make mistakes all the time? huh

u are the one who mentions hitler in the first place

i didnt mention hitler, i said holocaust. the holocaust wasnt just all hitler, it was so much more. you'd know that if you read a lot of history, but i guess you dont, so...

so you are reproaching on GOD why hitler learned all this crap, and also not protecting the humanities when he staged the war??

its amazing how you always manage to miss my point. especially a very simple point. read again, maybe you'll get it the next time.

[shoeless_rebel]

here's my 2 cents...

i used to be an agnostic (for 10 years) but something happened to me that made me a believer... i'm not into the church and the vatican i still think it's crap but i believe in god... my personal god... i believe in prayers and the purpose of the bible (not the bible itself though).

religious debates started when the first thinking being conjured the idea of community worship a.k.a. religion and it can go on forever... and it doesn't even matter... it's pretty obvious that some of you guys are using this thread to show off your intellectual prowess and historical know-how or worst to appear cool... there is no right or wrong...

and if somebody will ask me "what if there is no god?" i'm going to say "so what?" if you ponder on that idea you'll realize that it doesn't really matter if there is no god. but we humans can't deny the fact that somewhere within us there is this "urge" to look up and pray unless you have a philosophy that could significantly twist that basic "urge" (i'm using the word "urge" for lack of a better term...)

the point is... it doesn't really matter.

[Zealot]

of course yes

[tolstoi]

[size=18px]A GOD who let us prove HIS existence would be an IDOL[/size]

[Von!-x]

God is watching us...not from a distance

[yhammee]

YES, i absolutely believe in God. He has blessed me so much... His existence is never a question to me.....

[danelectro]

yes i believe in god. No questions asked no doubt or whatsover.

[elord]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss sssss I believe in GOD... 101 %

[jellyFish]

i couldnt turn my back on someone who has never turned His back on me...

yes i do believe in him.