Does God exist? Or, is there a God?

I'm sure I'll catch some flack for this. The belief in G-d is something that is faith based. There is no physical manifestation of G-d walking about the earth to come to your door and have a chat with you.

Many atheists and agnostics will state creation of the universe occurred through the big bang theory and that evolution has created the organic life we find on earth. Remarkably, the explanation of near instantaneous occurrence of universe building is pretty much what the Jewish and Christian beliefs say happened anyways. With science, they claim it simply occurred. With creation theory, they claim somebody, in this case G-d, caused it to occur.

I personally have always believed evolution to be absolute nonsense. I personally find their "proofs" for it to be spurious and fictitious at best.

As with anything related to religion, it is a matter of what you personally feel and believe in. Outside of interpersonal relationships, this is the only subject that I would generally say also falls into the category of what you feel.

I'll put it this way, if you're in the army or corps, you've probably tossed a hand grenade at least once. Did the explosion cause new life to begin and organisms to develop defined cellular structure? Just my .02

Does it really matter? Whether you believe or not. Which ever you believe, if it is true in your heart, no one can take that from you.

I believe there is a higher entity, though my faith is often tested by scientific explanation.

TO not believe someone out there created and set things into motion seems kinda foolish. Especially when you go from tribe to tribe oral and written history that we know about. All have a story about a Great Flood similar to Noah in the Bible.

Next look at some of the most spectacular victories of the IDF over their hostile since 1947 to 1980. Many times they were at numeric disadvantages, but somehow under some unknown protection won against the odds with there highly trained Armor Corps, Airborne and Special Operation troops to mobilize. Air Force units were able to gain local Air Superiority and keep it along several Fronts at the same time, have the advantage af operating from a central location, disadvantage of having to go out on seek and destroy missions.

Also take for instance the Jewish Faith is the basis for Christianit and Islam. All three worship the same God/Allah. It is really all in the interpetation of their respective view of study they have been taught. Islam is one religion where there is no true supreme leader like we find in many of the Christian Organizations. No Bishops, Priest just Deacons who have shown an ablity to teach the Quaran. nothing else really, and they have only two flavors, you hAve government based on the teachings, or a more liberal one. There is no middle ground.

Whoa. Touchy subject, to be sure. To put a military perspective on this, it doesn't matter what you believe in, arguments can swing either way- but what everyone wearing the uniform does believe in is goodness. Goodness doesn't have to stem from an organized religion, and more often than not, replaces religion as the spiritual tenet for agnostics and atheists. In my opinion, goodness should be the critical factor to believe in, not an organized religion.

-However, I do believe there is a God, and I, based off observation and personal experience, believe he has a sick sense of humor- but he means well and that's what counts.

This question seems to be something I ask myself every single day and yet I can't ever seem to really find an answer. I believe that there is something in this universe that exist and is more that just human, I just don't have any facts that it is just one God and he is the same one from the Bible. I used to be down right christian that always tried to argue the existence of God and Jesus, but now I'm all about the facts. The bible tells stories and they are great stories. I just don't let those stories lead my life. I believe that God could exist and I will never stop praying that he does. I let the bible guide my morals but not my beliefs.

Only you can answer that question for yourself.

If there wasn't a God then this life would be pointless, but there is a God and we are all trying to return unto him.

Reading the posts here, those who truly say that they believe in God, and even say they know that God exists as a fact... it seems like many, if not most of them draw this conclusion through personal experience. Their life was saved "miraculously". They had after-death experiences that science cannot explain. These individual experiences, I believe, provide a glimpse of how God operates. I believe that God exists, and that we are here for a purpose. As his children/heirs/etc., we need to progress. I believe that this life on earth is our time to grow, to learn, to experience, and to be tried. I believe that God is all-powerful, and will not allow Himself to be proven scientifically. "By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive". Very poetic, but I believe that this passage, and similar ones, provide insight into God's patterns: Knowledge of God is given solely on an individual basis.

And how is this knowledge given? Simply: Through the holy ghost. Did we think that the holy ghost was included in the Godhead because 3's a catchy number? His role is vital, and putting it into scientific terms: The holy ghost is the medium by which God communicates to us, or more specifically, to our spirits. People will have different feelings/experiences because people are different. Most will have trouble explaining that they just know a thing.

Why does God allow so much evidence against Him? If part of our purpose in this life is to chose Him, how can we chose Him if He is the only choice? How are we expected to choose good when we know not evil? Will we choose "science" or the "still small voice"? Everything must have its opposite, or no true choice can be made.

I don't think this is an appropriate question for this site. Even though it's not the workplace it's a place where a bunch of military personnel talk and discuss topics, just like in the workplace. There's a reason why politics and religion are not to be discussed in the work place and those same reasons should apply here. That's just my opinion.