firedragon
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No no I was referring to your avatar name. Mangalavara.
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Why do you believe in God?
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No no I was referring to your avatar name. Mangalavara.
For me it seems intuitive that there is a God, although I consider all allegedly logical arguments in favour of God illogical, and acknowledge that truth can be counter intuitive.
In my opinion.
In my opinion.
firedragon
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So you believe in God because it seems intuitive?
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
Because it would not be very wise to deny that God exists because I know it. You know, fear of God and all that.
firedragon
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Yet, why do you believe in God?
Yes
firedragon
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How is it intuitive? You mean by intuition you just know God exists? Or do you have some other meaning to what you say?
I instinctively feel that God exists.
firedragon
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Okay Daniel. Thank you.
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
I reached out in my hour of need, and found the Great Reality deep inside, as countless others in my situation have. I was lifted up when I was down, and this miracle of spiritual healing, I ascribe to a God of my understanding, the sense of whose presence has remained with me ever sense.
firedragon
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Thank you so much. Please dont misunderstand me for asking you why. Have a great day.
stvdv
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Wonderfully said, exactly this is how I also feel and experience now
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
For me it is a combination of multiple reason why I become a believer in God
Everything from personal experience of what happened when I was on the lowest part of my life, until the feeling of extacy and joy. And that when I called out in desperation, God did answer in the way of guidance out of my trouble.
But why Allah and the Quran? Because it was the text within the quran that was put in front of me, and it expanded toward sufi teachings.
stvdv
Veteran Member
Note: I don't have a "picture" of God, nor any clue what God is or is not
BUT I experience that when I call upon or think a lot about Sai Baba or Jesus or Muhammad or... they appear in form or in vision or in dream.
Even when I repeated SoHum mantra silently in a Portugese Catholic Church for like 6 hours, during a ceremony where all others were chanting Portugese hymns (I don't speak Portugese hence I focussed on my mantra), Jesus appeared to me
So, again I have no clue about God, but when I follow instructions of Scriptures about God, things happen, and I like it, I feel immense Peace and Joy inside.
I call it God, being the source of all, without feeling the need to know or understand all the details, also because looking outside seeing the huge Universe, I kind of get the picture... it's way beyond my infinitesimal understanding, and I can live with that
@stvdvRF
firedragon
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For me it is a combination of multiple reason why I become a believer in God
Everything from personal experience of what happened when I was on the lowest part of my life, until the feeling of extacy and joy. And that when I called out in desperation, God did answer in the way of guidance out of my trouble.
But why Allah and the Quran? Because it was the text within the quran that was put in front of me, and it expanded toward sufi teachings.
Err. Thats really profound my friend. Thanks a lot for your response.
firedragon
Veteran Member
A question. When Jesus appears to you, what does he look like?
The Crimson Universe
Active Member
Everything we see around us, couldn't possibly have cropped up, in my opinion, out of nothing. Existence cannot appear out of Non-Existence. The effect that we see and feel (the material universe) must have a cause. And this cause, in my opinion, is the infinite, all-pervading Spirit or Consciousness, which some call God. :=)
PureX
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I don't "believe in" God. I simply choose to trust in the idea that a benevolent God exists because doing so significantly improves my experience of life. To "believe in" God would imply that I think my idea of God is more than just my idea, and I have no way of determining that. And I have no need to adopt such a presumption. Faith is a process and I can trust that process because I find that it works for me. I don't have to pretend that I know something that I don't.
stvdv
Veteran Member
A being radiating light, lots of light all around him
I too have instinctive feelings pertaining to the existence of a creator. I recall reading a book by a zoologist, Desmond Morris. The book,'Naked Ape', gives reasons for these instinctive feelings or beliefs. He reasons that homo sapiens, like other primates, have this tendency to look up to their version of the Silver Back that rules and protects the troop. (just a thought)