List of reasons to believe God exists?

[henryp]

I guess.  But they have as much information as anyone on the topic, and they don't seem to think it's obvious.  Whereas you're looking at the information some of them have gathered, with a layman's understanding, and feel very confident saying deity.

I'm not saying that makes them right and you wrong.  Or that your confidence is unfounded and their skepticism unwarranted.  But it probably should cause serious doubts for you, intuitively.

Unless, maybe, the personal experience you had is actually the biggest confirmation of your belief in God?  I can see how something like that might be information you and only you (and your mom) have that would make you more confident in picking God over the alternative when expert physicists are balking at the notion.

Hypothetical realities are always tough, but if you didn't have the PE, do you think you'd still be as sure about this?

Science is the study of the natural, physical world. Makes sense a scientist wouldnt bring any sort of deity into the picture since it isnt something they can see, study, or measure in any way. Its outside their field of work, and would be inappropriate for them, as professionals, to do so. Their job is to try to find answers about our world without resorting to a deity for any of it.

It makes the most sense to me personally. We have no answers as to how the first physical thing came to exist, which leaves room for individual speculations and guesses. Some will guess the same as myself, others that it's probable the first thing could have just materialized from nothing, others  may think it always existed, and others will guess that it's all an eternal cycle with no beginning and no end. (And of course, some may refrain from having any sort of opinion on the matter, except that the deity proposition certainly isn't it.) There isn't proof or evidence for any of these, and of course I may be wrong about the God thing all together, though obviously I don't think I am.

And yes, my personal experience is by far my strongest piece of evidence. By far.

I should have recognized the bolded earlier.

You get to be 'thomas' with the sticking the hands inside living dead people, while everyone else is just taking some 2nd or 3rd or 4th hand centuries old writings and being asked to believe it.  That's a pretty nice break for you if it all works out as you suspect.

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Great video, I enjoyed that.

I've always wondered if anyone ever clicks on videos in posts.  I guess at least one person does!