People ask me this all the time, often it goes something like "but you're smart, why do you follow a religion? It's a bit of an outdated waste of time isn't it?" Well, we can start then by why I believe in God. In short, I believe in God because I look at nature, I look at animals, insects, humans and see complexity and beauty in them. Similar to Paley's Watch (wiki it if you don't know what I'm talking about), I think they are all far too complex to have been an accident. I don't think life can come from no life. How can complex organs have developed from bacteria even over millions or even billions of years? Why would it even need to? How did humans get to such a high intelligence over animals? Why aren't they building skyscrapers?
You can prattle on all you want to me about evolution and adaptation but to be frank I think it's just as far-fetched as you think my idea of God is. But my hatred for evolution and adaptation is a whole other story that I will not go into right now. The second reason I believe in God is that I can feel God, not all the time, but it's happened before and it will happen again. It is called the 'numinous' by philosophers. (Again, wiki it for more info). The final in short reason is because I believe I have had a religious experience, not a silly near death experience kinda thing, just a supernatural God had my back kinda thing. Twice.
So that's why I believe in God. I think science can tell us a lot of things but it will never have all the answers, especially in regard to God because science is just what we know at the time to be correct. Why I believe in Christianity started with me believing in Judaism. I am trying to cut this down because it is a long story and I'm sure no one wants to read it. I have read the Torah in English and in Hebrew and it just felt true and I couldn't stop reading it. In my daily life I came across ways in which it was true. Prophecies in the Old Testament were proved true by accounts in Latin writings I studied in school. I learnt in science that at 8 days old a baby going through a circumcision is the perfect age, any sooner and it's dangerous, the later you leave it the more likely a complication occurs and the pain increases. God said 8 days old was the time for babies to be circumcised - no sooner, no later. Wanna tell me that's a coincidence being written over 5600 years ago? The Torah has not been changed either, which is why I learnt Hebrew, to see for myself. The Torah in my room right now reads exactly the same in Hebrew as the Dead Sea Scrolls. So don't try to bullshit me about it being edited later.
So after believing the Torah I researched why Jews believe we are waiting for Moshiach (the Messiah) and Christians believe he's been. This lead me to read Old and New Testament prophecies. (In the original Hebrew if you were wondering, to combat the "it's all been edited" issue). I found the prohecies to add up and if you're really interested, leave a comment that you are and I'll do another post on that. That lead me to be a Christian. Because I can see from reading the Bible and Torah alongside actual historical documents that Christianity is true, Judaism is true and Jesus is the Messiah, Yeshua haMoshiach.
On top of all that, I can feel it. When I pray, I feel like someone is listening. Things I've prayed for have panned out. No, asking to be rich or asking for a Tag Heuer watch doesn't count. I have experienced God, by following the Bible and believing in Jesus. I feel the Holy Spirit guiding me. I feel sure and at peace with what I have chosen.
You can prattle on all you want to me about evolution and adaptation but to be frank I think it's just as far-fetched as you think my idea of God is. But my hatred for evolution and adaptation is a whole other story that I will not go into right now. The second reason I believe in God is that I can feel God, not all the time, but it's happened before and it will happen again. It is called the 'numinous' by philosophers. (Again, wiki it for more info). The final in short reason is because I believe I have had a religious experience, not a silly near death experience kinda thing, just a supernatural God had my back kinda thing. Twice.
So that's why I believe in God. I think science can tell us a lot of things but it will never have all the answers, especially in regard to God because science is just what we know at the time to be correct. Why I believe in Christianity started with me believing in Judaism. I am trying to cut this down because it is a long story and I'm sure no one wants to read it. I have read the Torah in English and in Hebrew and it just felt true and I couldn't stop reading it. In my daily life I came across ways in which it was true. Prophecies in the Old Testament were proved true by accounts in Latin writings I studied in school. I learnt in science that at 8 days old a baby going through a circumcision is the perfect age, any sooner and it's dangerous, the later you leave it the more likely a complication occurs and the pain increases. God said 8 days old was the time for babies to be circumcised - no sooner, no later. Wanna tell me that's a coincidence being written over 5600 years ago? The Torah has not been changed either, which is why I learnt Hebrew, to see for myself. The Torah in my room right now reads exactly the same in Hebrew as the Dead Sea Scrolls. So don't try to bullshit me about it being edited later.
So after believing the Torah I researched why Jews believe we are waiting for Moshiach (the Messiah) and Christians believe he's been. This lead me to read Old and New Testament prophecies. (In the original Hebrew if you were wondering, to combat the "it's all been edited" issue). I found the prohecies to add up and if you're really interested, leave a comment that you are and I'll do another post on that. That lead me to be a Christian. Because I can see from reading the Bible and Torah alongside actual historical documents that Christianity is true, Judaism is true and Jesus is the Messiah, Yeshua haMoshiach.
On top of all that, I can feel it. When I pray, I feel like someone is listening. Things I've prayed for have panned out. No, asking to be rich or asking for a Tag Heuer watch doesn't count. I have experienced God, by following the Bible and believing in Jesus. I feel the Holy Spirit guiding me. I feel sure and at peace with what I have chosen.
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