Is it possible to doubt the existence of God based on logic and science, yet still have faith that God exists?
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Sure it is possible. People do it all the time. They go to church on Sunday, pray and praise God as they have been taught, then go home or back to work and behave as they though Sunday was just a social ritual. Faith in the existence of God is internal and timeless. Belief in Science is also a good thing. Just keep in mind that although science has tried, it has never been able to prove or disprove the existence of God. Farino: Science does not try to disprove but merely conclude the truth without prejudgice. Joe-Speedy: Amen to that, Brother. We seek the truth through the scientific method for what is true in science, is true for all.
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Everyone doubts the existence of God at least once. But remember that Satan tempted Eve to doubt "Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" (Genesis 3:1) Doubt is sin and obviously a form of disbelief. Satan wants us to doubt the existence of God.God has said not to trust our own logic "Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. "(Proverbs 3:5) God gave us science and science can and will prove the existence of God. On the other hand science does not prove evolution>Where there is creation there is a creator. "But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him." (Hebrews 11:6)
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Yes, temporarily. The ability to do so at all is a sign of humility. Eventually, over time, the things one is taught, the things one feels and percieves, and one's reason and logic, will either all come into agreement, or else some parts will loose out and get killed off by the rest. To have any real shot at intelligence, one must relentlessly pursue the underlying truth in each of these things, and the underlying consistency between them.
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Everyone who has faith in God, suffers from doubt occasionally. The doubt any believer has is listening to the world, whether its others or science or some philosophy. So yes, all believers have faith and maybe occasional doubt and keep right on trucking.
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an interesting thing for you to research is deism. it's using logic to prove god exists - a different way of looking at things. i felt similarly and i enjoyed reading about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deism
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With God, all things are possible. (Note the terrible paradox I have presented you with.)
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I have faith every day, yet I doubt God too. I have often wondered how this being can allow all the things happen that do. Yet all the logic and science in the world cannot dispute all the believers and faithful out there. I am, of all things, Catholic. Still I have these progressive arguments with myself. How can I have so much doubt yet have gone through all the Catholic schooling and church hoopla? I don't know. I have faith there is something to believe in, whether it's ever proven or not doesn't matter. What matters is me. I believe what I choose, despite all the science and logic in the world. If I didn't that wouldn't be me. But we are all different and that what makes the world the place it is. But that's just my take on it.
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Honest doubt does not preclude sincere faith. I could answer this theologically, but I will answer it personally. Faith has sustained me through times of doubt. It has been when I have wondered if I had any answers at all that I have sensed the presence of God - behind the curtains, speaking assurance to my hearts. It is then when I cherish the words of Jesus, "Seek and ye shall find." Logic will not lead me to that kind of peace. Science cannot address the ultimate questions. Faith has been my comfort when all else fails. That is my personal experience.
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I've always said either there is a God or I'm insane. I've considered the possibility that there isn't a God yes. Heck up til 4 years ago I was a atheist. But I now know God beyond all doubt. I can feel God with me everywhere that I go and in everything that I do, even when he is slapping his figurative forehead. Everything about my life is different from when I was an atheist. Food tastes different, music sounds different, driving my car feels different even sleeping is different. Either all of this is true or I am infact insane.
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Doubt is actually weakness of faith. Complete doubt is the absence of faith and vice versa. But consider two men crossing a frozen river at different points. One of them hears the ice cracking and he leaves a trail of sweat, thinking every moment that it will break under him and he will die. The other strolls across without a care in the world, because he's an ice fisherman, he's actually investigated and knows it's a foot thick. Both men are saved by the strength of the ice--not by the strength of their faith. Likewise, it is the strength of God that helps us, not the strength of our faith in him.
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daily...and if there is a God i think he/she/it would be happy i just dont conform to what the masses say I should believe in. Questioning is a good thing, we dont do it enough, i know i dont
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Yes,ever since i was 12 and was mature enough to think about the decision to believe in God,and i choose not to.
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When I was younger I did. Now that I'm a bit older (I'm 45) I can look back and see His hand. I don't doubt any more...
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GOD?! What GOD?!
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Yes. Over and over again.
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Yes. Many times. I'm so confused with the idea it hurts my head.
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When im feeling down, i usually doubt it, but i realize that its the time when his around you. One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Scenes from his life flashed across the sky and he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, one belonging to him and the other to the Lord. When the last scene of his life had flashed before him, he recalled that at the lowest and saddest times of his life there was only one set of footprints. Dismayed, he asked, "Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. I don't understand why, when I needed you most, you would leave me." The Lord replied, "My precious child. I love you and I would never leave you. During your times of trial and suffering when you saw only one set of footprints... "That was when I carried you."
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I flat out didn't believe God existed for years. I thought He was an invention of primitive man to explain the unexplainable. I was sure that God was a result of man trying to make sense of the natural world. I no longer believe that, however.
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Who?
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Yes I have. When certain things have happened I feel either he does not exist, or he hates me . I come back to the conclusion that he does exist because if I do not believe I will never see those I love again in another life. If I will never see them again there is nothing left to live for in this one.
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I have not believed in the existence of God since I started thinking for myself instead of believing whatever my mother told me. This answer has now been merged with a question to which it does not apply. To answer the merged question: yes, is is possible to believe in God by faith even though you you have no evidence from science. Science does not say that God cannot exist, though it excludes some Gods. As long as you admit that your belief is faith and not logic, a belief in at least some forms of God is not incompatible with science.
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Once i doubted god when i was 15 for about 5 seconds. I don't want to remember about those 5 damn seconds..... EDIT: DO NOT CHANGE THE QUESTION !
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Yes, it is very easy to doubt His existence, especially when it seems that nothing is going the way it should. It doesn't help that one can't see God either. And as our scientists try to find the origins of the world contrary to religion, God's existence seems shrinks significantly. However, an occasional doubt does not hurt anyone. Even Mother Teresa admitted to having long bouts of doubting God.
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Yes , when I was being abused by my father as a child
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Science was discovered by man, People have had GOd since the begining, the older this world gets the more they will find a way to doubt there is a god, because this world is evil and its a test from god, if it was easy and ther was no doubts this world wouldnt be needed
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Not in my case. I haven't seen one iota of evidence that the entity exists as for faith, well, I live that to the gullible and feeble-minded
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