How can we know that god exists?

A'udzubillaahiminasysyaithonirrojiim(I seek refuge to Allah from satan the rejected)Bismillaahirrohmaanirrohiim(In the name of Allah The Most Graceful and Most Merciful)(Cybella)
Once again, I could not call out to anyone as I wanted. I have a hard time trusting Jesus- I will admit that the idea scares me. Couldn't he stop what is happening to me? Dosen't he care? That is why I am having a hard time- maybe he dosen't care.
Try to pray before you go to sleep.(I seek refuge to Allah(God) from satan the rejected)(In the name of Allah(God) The Most Graceful and Most Merciful)In the vision that you had in your dreams, take that as a lesson for you. That God indeed exists, and He provide punishment to whom that not believe on Him (Allah), and who ever believe to God (Allah) Almighty and do what He commanded, they shall have a pleasure in the earth and in the heaven.That is what your dreams seems like the meaning is .Wallaahu a'lam.

(Ricky W;45329)
A'udzubillaahiminasysyaithonirrojiim(I seek refuge to Allah from satan the rejected)Bismillaahirrohmaanirrohiim(In the name of Allah The Most Graceful and Most Merciful)Try to pray before you go to sleep.(I seek refuge to Allah(God) from satan the rejected)(In the name of Allah(God) The Most Graceful and Most Merciful)In the vision that you had in your dreams, take that as a lesson for you. That God indeed exists, and He provide punishment to whom that not believe on Him (Allah), and who ever believe to God (Allah) Almighty and do what He commanded, they shall have a pleasure in the earth and in the heaven.That is what your dreams seems like the meaning is .Wallaahu a'lam.
Correct me if I am wrong,are you trying to say seek refuge in Allah the muslim God. Now I may be wrong but from my sources and many others Allah is no God of ours,you do not see Jesus as God's son which our God sees so I do not think I would ever pray to Allah. I am going to pray to my savior.

(ForYou;45345)
Correct me if I am wrong,are you trying to say seek refuge in Allah the muslim God. Now I may be wrong but from my sources and many others Allah is no God of ours,you do not see Jesus as God's son which our God sees so I do not think I would ever pray to Allah. I am going to pray to my savior.
Actually in Arabic Bibles, Allah is what they use for the God. Anywhere we have GOD, God, Lord, LORD, they use Allah. But you are right that the Muslims see this as their gods name which would seperate him from our God in many ways. As you pointed out, Jesus is God in the flesh in our faith, but just a prophet in Islam. They even consider Muhammad to be a greater porphet than Christ even though Christ was sinless and Muhammad wasnt. Sorry RickyW, this isnt meant as an attack, just pointing out some differances.

Why doesn't God help me?"You have not because you ask not" "Ask and it shall be given to you""seek and you shall find, and knock and it shall be opended unto you"If a son askes his father for bread will he give him a stone?But Cybella...you are asking people....not God. God is not learned; He's revealed! Granted we do learn, but granted also...to ever really know him...Jesus asked Peter, Who do you say I am? And Peter said, thou art the Christ,and Jesus said to him, "Flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father"The human nature "prefers" to work things out itself instead of doing the thing that will "Really" bring results, and what is this thing?It's not gaining more knowledge Cybella....it's not gaining more councel...Check it out...the greatest thing you will ever do in this life here....is to "surrender" to the Lord Most High....Who already paid the price for you! for your soul. All that's left is for "you" to call on him.Can't do it in a dream....do it before you dream! If you find resistance in your heart....know that the resistance is the sin nature....the mortal nature of us all that prefers to do it our way.We don't fight against flesh and blood....but against principalities and powers in high and dark places.....and your soul is up for grabs.The problem is not the dreams... and safety is not necessarily an absence of the dreams....We can end up in a place like this and never know it until we get there! Which means we can be separated from God in this life and not realize what it will mean in the next!You are better off to have seen and know that there is a reason to avoid separation from God than to have been content and never known this place of torment.You may take it as a warning....of things to come if you deny the Care that God does have for you, in that he already has made a way of escape for you...And the escape is in the Christ...who paid the price, and knocks today on your hearts door, saying if you will let me come in....I will make my abode in you.....and Brother....fear and all it's torments cannot remain with you when the Son of God is present in you!What you gonna do? love siskim

(Cybella;45563)
It was last night, during another of my horrible dreams, that I decided I didn't have to take it anymore. I knew that what was happening to me was real, and I could stop it. I stopped being frightened. "You have no power over me!" I screamed, and this time I heard it. "In the name of Christ I command you to leave me!" It was then that the pain intensified even more. I had no idea that kind of pain was ever possible, it was far more than what I was feeling before even. I began to see images for the first time, all of them flashing before my eyes one after another. I saw myself drinking, doing drugs as I have been doing for quite some time. I saw myself having sex with my boyfriend. I saw myself lying, cheating, decieving the people I love. I saw the moment where I left God behind so many years ago... A terrible voice said to me "You are mine. He can't help you now." I screamed again "In the name of Christ, I command you to leave me!" Still again, the pain grew stonger, the screams louder. I saw myself crying, begging God to help me as I have done on so many occaisions. I saw my own dispair, my own lonliness, I saw no help for all of my pleading. The terrible voice said to me "He dosen't care, he never has." "Lies!" I screamed "In the name of Christ, I command you to leave me!"I heard (felt?) the terrible voice scream along with the other voices, the pain reaching a whole new level. "You have no power over me! I am His, and He loves me! Leave me, and never come back!" And then... the pain stopped. The voices stopped. The images stopped. I woke up. It was 3:17 in the morning, and every bruise and mark was gone from my body.I thank every one of you for helping me- I don't think you have any idea of how grateful I am. You turned this hard-hearted skeptic into a true believer. Everyone, I am saved. I have never felt better in my entire life. Once again, thank you!
I know I am kind of late to this party, but you may want to check this site out. I would recommend it to any skeptic/brand-new-believerwww.christiananswers.netEspecially this page:http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aiia/que...r-skeptics.html

And btw, there are arguements for the existence of a monothesitic God (which of course we know as Jesus ). Some of them are listed in wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence_of_Godmy favorites are the:Argument from Morality:Argument from Truth:Argument from Desire:

A'udzubillaahiminasysyaithonirrojiimBismillaahirrohmaanirrohiim(ForYou)
Correct me if I am wrong,are you trying to say seek refuge in Allah the muslim God. Now I may be wrong but from my sources and many others Allah is no God of ours,you do not see Jesus as God's son which our God sees so I do not think I would ever pray to Allah. I am going to pray to my savior.
Allah is God of Universe who create what is in the heaven and the earth. So i do apologize to correct you, and He was never been seen by any human kind that ever live in this world. He God of Abraham, God of Ishmael, God of Ishak, God of every His Prophet and Messenger.Well you may pray to whatever do you want to pray, that is your right ok .Wallaahu a'lam

A'udzubillaahiminasysyaithonirrojiimBismillaahirrohmaanirrohiim(RobinD69)
Actually in Arabic Bibles, Allah is what they use for the God. Anywhere we have GOD, God, Lord, LORD, they use Allah. But you are right that the Muslims see this as their gods name which would seperate him from our God in many ways. As you pointed out, Jesus is God in the flesh in our faith, but just a prophet in Islam. They even consider Muhammad to be a greater porphet than Christ even though Christ was sinless and Muhammad wasnt.Sorry RickyW, this isnt meant as an attack, just pointing out some differances.
Well relax Robin, i know what you trying to do . But i just want to correct few, Arabs Jews and Arabs Chrisitian use word Allah for the one Who Create the Universe and they knew that the meaning of it was THE ONLY ONE GOD.Jesus was a prophet were mention in New Testament as well.And one another thing, we never make distintion between prophet , all God prophet were the same in the Eye of God.And prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is sinless the same as other prophet . Because God give His mercy to the choosen people like His prophets and mesengers.If i was in the time of prophet Musa(pbuh), i will became his follower, if i was in the time of prophet Jesus(pbuh), i will be his follower, if i was in the time prophet Muhammad(pbuh) i will his follower, if i was in the time of God prophet, i will became his follower.That was what in Islamic perspective.Wallaahu a'lam.

(Cybella;45563)
It was last night, during another of my horrible dreams, that I decided I didn't have to take it anymore. I knew that what was happening to me was real, and I could stop it. I stopped being frightened. "You have no power over me!" I screamed, and this time I heard it. "In the name of Christ I command you to leave me!" It was then that the pain intensified even more. I had no idea that kind of pain was ever possible, it was far more than what I was feeling before even. I began to see images for the first time, all of them flashing before my eyes one after another. I saw myself drinking, doing drugs as I have been doing for quite some time. I saw myself having sex with my boyfriend. I saw myself lying, cheating, decieving the people I love. I saw the moment where I left God behind so many years ago... A terrible voice said to me "You are mine. He can't help you now." I screamed again "In the name of Christ, I command you to leave me!" Still again, the pain grew stonger, the screams louder. I saw myself crying, begging God to help me as I have done on so many occaisions. I saw my own dispair, my own lonliness, I saw no help for all of my pleading. The terrible voice said to me "He dosen't care, he never has." "Lies!" I screamed "In the name of Christ, I command you to leave me!"I heard (felt?) the terrible voice scream along with the other voices, the pain reaching a whole new level. "You have no power over me! I am His, and He loves me! Leave me, and never come back!" And then... the pain stopped. The voices stopped. The images stopped. I woke up. It was 3:17 in the morning, and every bruise and mark was gone from my body.I thank every one of you for helping me- I don't think you have any idea of how grateful I am. You turned this hard-hearted skeptic into a true believer. Everyone, I am saved. I have never felt better in my entire life. Once again, thank you!
Congradulations, your new life begins.

(Cybella;45563)
It was last night, during another of my horrible dreams, that I decided I didn't have to take it anymore. I knew that what was happening to me was real, and I could stop it. I stopped being frightened. "You have no power over me!" I screamed, and this time I heard it. "In the name of Christ I command you to leave me!" It was then that the pain intensified even more. I had no idea that kind of pain was ever possible, it was far more than what I was feeling before even. I began to see images for the first time, all of them flashing before my eyes one after another. I saw myself drinking, doing drugs as I have been doing for quite some time. I saw myself having sex with my boyfriend. I saw myself lying, cheating, decieving the people I love. I saw the moment where I left God behind so many years ago... A terrible voice said to me "You are mine. He can't help you now." I screamed again "In the name of Christ, I command you to leave me!" Still again, the pain grew stonger, the screams louder. I saw myself crying, begging God to help me as I have done on so many occaisions. I saw my own dispair, my own lonliness, I saw no help for all of my pleading. The terrible voice said to me "He dosen't care, he never has." "Lies!" I screamed "In the name of Christ, I command you to leave me!"I heard (felt?) the terrible voice scream along with the other voices, the pain reaching a whole new level. "You have no power over me! I am His, and He loves me! Leave me, and never come back!" And then... the pain stopped. The voices stopped. The images stopped. I woke up. It was 3:17 in the morning, and every bruise and mark was gone from my body.I thank every one of you for helping me- I don't think you have any idea of how grateful I am. You turned this hard-hearted skeptic into a true believer. Everyone, I am saved. I have never felt better in my entire life. Once again, thank you!
Congratulations! As you get to know the Lord Jesus Christ your life will change in many amazing ways. Be sure to share your walk with us.

(Cybella;45836)
So, what should I do now?
Find a good church to go to. One that teaches faithfully from the Bible. :study:

(Cybella;45836)
So, what should I do now?
Or you can talk to us. What's your problem, we'll try our best, and we're more than qualified.

(Cybella;42636)
But could we not also argue that we are here because of natural selection and a gradual evolution?
This is the same problem I'm having. There must be more substantial evidence for God than "He's there because of the complexities of the world we live in"I was hoping there were complexities which proove his existence by fact, not assumption.

A'udzubillaahiminasysyaithonirrojiimBismillaahirrohmaanirrohiim(RobinD69;45702)
(Ricky W;45671)
Well relax Robin, i know what you trying to do. But i just want to correct few, Arabs Jews and Arabs Chrisitian use word Allah for the one Who Create the Universe and they knew that the meaning of it was THE ONLY ONE GOD.Actually, and you should already know this, Allah is a generic term in arabic interpritations of the Bible meaning the God, but they know the true name of God and it is Yahweh and not Allah.Jesus was a prophet were mention in New Testament as well.In the NT, Jesus is God in the flesh.And one another thing, we never make distinction between prophet, all God prophet were the same in the Eye of God.In the Bible you have greater and lesser prophets, but Jesus wasnt a prophet, He is God.And prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is sinless the same as other prophet . Because God give His mercy to the choosen people like His prophets and mesengers.Only Jesus was sinless, all the prophets sinned and are recorded as sinning within the Bible, but by the grace of God their sins are covered by their faith in Christ.If i was in the time of prophet Musa(pbuh), i will became his follower, if i was in the time of prophet Jesus(pbuh), i will be his follower, if i was in the time prophet Muhammad(pbuh) i will his follower, if i was in the time of God prophet, i will became his follower.If I was in any of these times I would be a follower of the one true God, Yahweh who walked amongst us in the for of Jesus Christ.That was what in Islamic perspective.I understand that and present the Christian perspective, but you must understand that the Christians and Jews that were with Muhammad were Gnostics and not true Christians or Jews and would have followed anyone who threatened them with bodily harm, which Muhammad did pretty often.Wallaahu a'lam.
Hmm... I hope you don't get me wrong on my response to your statement before , i'm giving you an answer from Islamic perspective which you claimed before to be Islamic perspective , but actually it wasn't quite well.And about Allah word, it was already been recognize form generation to generation of Ishmael descendent. So it wasn't intrepretation of Arabic to a bible, but it was well known word from arabic ppl that God is Allah. Event Jews arabs and Christians Arabs in the past, we have recorded that.Now if you said, it was gnostic one of the Jews and Christians in the prophet Muhammad s.a.w. time, can you give me where i can get that information ?Wallaahu a'lam.

Ricky W, The Quran and the Gnostic writings are very similar in their perspectives and writing style. Dont take my word for it, find a gnostic Bible and do a comparative study. Many of the things the Quran claims are in the Gnostic writings. I did a comparative study a few years ago as prompted by a Muslim I was coresponding with in Illinois. He believed that the Gnostic writings were closer to the truth than our current Bible because it agreed with the Quran for the most part. This is why I conclude, as many others do, that the Christians and Jews that were with Muhammad were Gnostics.As I stated before, Allah means "the God" in Arabic just like "God" in the Bible means the same thing. I also stated that the Muslims believe this is the name of God, while the Christians and Jews believe "Yahweh" to be the name of God and that "God" "Lord" "Allah" are all titles not names. Archeology has found evidence that Allah was the moon god of a multi god faith based in Mecca, but that is not the issue we are addressing at this time.I understand that your perspective is an Islamic perspective, and I appreciate your perspective, but I do not agree with all of it. I do not wish to get into a debate about what Islam is and isnt because we are not going to agree. You give an Islamic perspective and I give a Christian perspective. I have talked with several Muslims and very seldom do any of their perspectives agree, just as our dont agree.

Okay you fellow people,I believe this topic has gone on to long. We have defended the christian side,and others have defended the secular side. Now here is my two cents. I feel like I should not be posting here since I think it has gone far enough but oh well. Listen all,How can we know God exists. It is like asking you "How can we know you EXIST" Well of course you would say because I have pictures,well could it not be a computer program typing this,and could it not give us fake pictures? But you know you exist and others who know you do to right. So I guess for me to say you exist would be to have FAITH. You will never find God until you search with love,and faith. You will never hear him until you listen. I know God real just as you know you are. Look at the world,with all the science and technology around,they can not prove the earth was created by a bing bang,and even funnier they can't prove there is not a God. So what happens,you have to believe in one of the other,one of which has no proof,the other which has the Bible. So to believe in one do you not have FAITH,so why not use that faith to realize God exist? God is as real as you and I,and the rest of the world,many fables are past down from one generation to the next always changed and changed,yet the word of God remains unharmed and is always there to protect. Do you not realize that even if you don't believe there is a God that exists and you don't believe in heaven or hell you will still go to Hell. I would really take a reality check. Until you can prove to me there is no God,then do not comment back. God is real. God exists. He will come back!

Amen to that For You you might be one of the youngest but Wisdom is on your headthanks be to God