So I am in this philosophy class online, and it sucks. I find it boring and I understand that not everyone finds it as boring as I do, but I do not like being told that God does not exist when I believe he does. The questions I had to answer were: What are some of the most common reasons for the belief in a personal God, what are some of the most common reasons people do not believe in a personal God and what is your reason if you believe in God?
To answer these questions I said the most common reasons for the belief in God basically comes down to our hope we have with him. It puts people at ease when they know they will always have someone with them 24/7. I said that people do not believe in God because they may blame the loss of a loved one on God, but what they do not realize is that God does everything for a reason.
Also, people have a hard time believing in something that they cannot see. It is kind of like from the movie "God's Not Dead" when the main character Josh says to his professor, “How can you hate someone if you say they do not exist.” I think it is a very valid point. I went on to say that I believe in God because without God we would not be here. Also, it is not possible for the Earth to just magically appear, but I am not going to get into that. That is not the point of the article. If you do not agree with me then you do not have read this. No one is forcing you to.
Answering these questions was kind of difficult to answer for me and I got quite annoyed. I was never really asked why I believe in God. So the point of this article is not to persuade you that God exists but to ask Christians to stand up for Jesus. I feel that there are many Christians out there like me who would find it difficult to answer that question as well. My pastor always says “If you stand for nothing you will fall for anything.” I am as guilty as anyone of this.
With how bad the world is becoming we should be sticking up for Jesus and letting his light shine and instead we hide in a corner because we are afraid of what people will think and say. We are too concerned about our reputations to take a stand. Especially after everything we know God has done for us. How many times has he answered our prayers? How many times has he helped us get through the day? Why do we get to live in heaven one day? Why did he die for us? He does these things because he loves us. Now we should start giving back and returning this love by believing that he knows best and by standing up for the one true king.
