Today we will talk about whether it is possible to prove there is God and the devil or not, about the most striking evidence of the existence of dark and light forces, about what it looks like, what God and the devil are like. In our article, you will receive proof of the existence of God and the devil.
Before you start reading this article, answer yourself the question - Do you believe in God or not? If you believe, why? How do you know He exists? If you don’t believe, then where is the confidence that God does not exist? What proofs of existence or, conversely, absence of God exist in your opinion?
Now let's speculate a little about the meaninglessness of the existence of the devil without God and vice versa.
All people are divided into several categories: those who believe in God; those who do not believe in God; those who believe in God sometimes..
Why am I not now talking about the devil and about those who believe only in him? Because the existence of the devil without God is absurd, few people believe in the devil without believing in God, unless there are those who recognize the power of the devil, for example, the same magicians, sorcerers, psychics. And they believe in God, in their own way … sort of like "and demons believe and tremble," but still choose the dark force.
If the devil existed without God (even theoretically, without proof), then our earth would have been dead a long time ago, like us, or other other unfavorable forecasts … And as many believers assume, people are the "battlefield" for finding out relations and competition between God and the devil, who will "entice the people" more, which side you will take - that you and the warrior, etc., can be called not a battlefield, but softer, loyal, correct, but the essence of this is not particularly will change.
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Even the short stay of Adam and Eve in Paradise (when everything was good for people and only God existed for them) quickly ended, because this competition between God and the devil had to begin, where people, it turns out, are pawns. It ended rhetorically: they say, the man himself turned out to be so mundane and sinful that he fell for the fairy tales of the serpent and ate the forbidden fruit … And this duality of human nature is forever and from birth inherent in everyone, and everyone eats this forbidden fruit - so if it were not for Adam and Eve, we would.
But the paradox, according to the same Bible, is already in the fact that in man himself there is both light and dark - a craving for the divine and the earthly, the sinner, and these two natures are always fighting, which one will overpower, that is, which one the person will choose - on the side of those forces it turns out. According to the theory of Christianity, everything starts with the choice of a person, and let us be pawns in the game of two forces, but we are able to choose.
There are 7 million people on earth (already more), everyone has their own opinion about whether there is God and the devil or not, everyone has their own version of evidence on this topic. Let's look at the main ones from the popular ones, and then the more subjective ones.
From the point of view of science, there is not a single reliable confirmation of the existence of God, moreover, there is not even a clear definition of who God is. There are only arguments from philosophers and psychologists.
So, for example, morality did not come out of nowhere: “In our conscience there is an unconditional requirement of the moral law. Morality is from God."
“From the observation that most people follow certain moral laws, that is, they realize what is good and what is bad, it is concluded that objective morality exists, but since good people do bad deeds, and bad people are capable of kind, a source of morality that does not depend on a person is necessary. It is concluded that the source of objective morality can only be the supreme being, that is, God.
The fact that in a person there is a moral law - conscience (which differs from earthly laws only in greater precision and inexorableness), and an inner conviction in the need for the ultimate triumph of justice, indicates the existence of a legislator. Torment of conscience sometimes leads to the fact that the criminal, having the opportunity to hide his crime forever, comes and declares himself."
Conscience is one of the brightest proofs of the existence of God … No matter how paradoxical it may sound, but with the germs of divine power embedded within each person, the desire to do good more than evil is born in us, if something happens the other way around, then they say that he buried his conscience.
From the point of view of scientists, not everything is so simple … "buried" conscience … For example, Erich Fromm (German sociologist) argued that the predominance of craving for evil begins when a person kills the love of life in himself, this happens for various reasons, one of which psychotrauma, but this switch is turned by the person himself, sometimes he is able to stop, but often he does not.
The Cosmological Argument for the Existence of God (from Wikipedia):
“Everything must have a reason. The chain of reasons cannot be endless, there must be the very first reason. The root cause is most often called "God" by some.
It is found, in part, already in Aristotle, who differentiated the concepts of being accidental and necessary, conditional and unconditional, and declared the need to recognize, among a number of relative reasons, the first beginning of any action in the world.
Avicenna mathematically formulated the cosmological argument for the existence of God as a single and indivisible cause of everything. A very similar justification is given by Thomas Aquinas as the second proof of the existence of God, although his formulation is not as strict as that of Avicenna. Subsequently, this proof was simplified and formalized by William Hatcher.
The cosmological argument looks like this:
Every thing in the universe has its cause outside itself (children have their reason in their parents, details are made at the factory, etc.);
The universe, as consisting of things that have their cause outside itself, must itself have its cause outside itself;
Since the universe is matter that exists in time and space, and has energy, therefore, the cause of the universe must be outside these four categories.
Therefore, there is an intangible cause of the Universe, not limited by space and time, without energy.
Conclusion: God exists. From the third point it follows that he is an immaterial spirit, outside of space (that is, omnipresent), outside of time (eternal), and does not depend on energy (omnipotent)."
In general, someone created the Universe, us, forests, trees, rivers, lakes, fish, insects, etc. They couldn't come from anywhere. And the most likely assumption of all this is God. Why did He create all this - as an option - the assumptions at the beginning of the article. Maybe he was bored in this empty Universe, so he created the crown of creation - a man in order to fight forces with the proud angel Lucifer.
From Islamic theology: “In light of the Big Bang theory, the cosmological argument is as follows:
Everything that has ever appeared has a reason
The universe appeared
Therefore, the universe has a cause."
This also includes paradigms about eternity, being and non-being … In addition to perishable existence and our temporary shell, there is something else, and, perhaps, many understand and feel this, but, unfortunately, the vanity of this world drowns out the call to the eternal within man. However, the soul is eternal, as many who have visited the Other World testify, and our planet has existed for many centuries, possibly millions of years … and human life lasts only tens of years.
The fact that inside a person, if you look deep into yourself, does not agree with the fact that “there was a person and there is no person and there are no traces of him”, I want to believe that there is a continuation of life, I do not want to believe that our soul will ever stop its existence as if we never existed..
And this is already a paradox: where does this come from in us? where does this striving for eternity come from?
The theological argument for the existence of God assumes that the world is too complex to arise by itself and if there is a clock that runs, then there must be a watchmaker who created it. Scientists, deriving formulas about the complexity of the world, came to the conclusion that there must certainly exist, if not God, then the Supreme Reason for sure. In Kabbalah he is called the Great Architect, in Islam Allah, in Buddhism Buddha, etc. But the source of everything - a certain deity - is the answer of many, not only philosophers and humanitarians, but also scientists.
Faith could not come out of nowhere as an independent striving for someone just invented God, it is embedded in the human psyche from the womb. A person not only needs to believe in something, it is vitally important for a person to believe in something, replacing at least some kind of surrogate craving for God as a creator. Therefore, all the smaller semblances of faith in God are only compensation for the lack of connection between man and God.
There is not a single country, not a single city in the world without religion, without a temple - this already says a lot.
According to Plutarch: “Go around all countries, and you can find cities without walls, without writing, without rulers, without palaces, without wealth, without coins, but no one has yet seen a city devoid of temples and gods, a city in which prayers were sent, they did not swear by the name of the deity.
“The fact that a person is drawn to God, feels the need for religious worship, indicates that the Divine really is; that which does not exist does not attract. F. Werfel said: "Thirst is the best proof of the existence of water""
The religious argument, despite criticism from scholars, is one of the clearest proofs of the existence of God for believers. The relics of saints, the expulsion of demons, drops of blood on the shroud, visions in the process of clinical death in reality, other languages - prayer in other languages, etc. All this, in the opinion of believers, was taken only directly from God …
There is still a long list of proofs and arguments for the existence of God, but there is not a single reliable and conclusive proof. All existing evidence has its own refutations, doubts and other versions.
God gave us the biggest riddle - himself … As if leaving a choice for everyone whom He created, to believe in Him or not …
And if everything were obvious, then it would no longer be God.
What Does the Bible Say About God? In fact, the entire Bible is a divinely inspired book, which means that it was written by people who dedicated themselves to God and are in His will, through all the messages these people tell us something important, that is, in fact, God speaks through them.
“The Bible says about the incomprehensible and incorporeal God the Father:
You cannot see My face, because a person cannot see Me and remain alive (Ex. 33.20).
And it is also said: No one has seen God at any time; The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has revealed (John 1.18).
In the book of the prophet David Psalter there are approximately the following words: The madman said in his heart: "There is no God" (Psalm 13.1)"
Also, the Bible says that God is love, God is spirit, God is triune …
Why has no one ever seen God in his real form? There are versions that a person is too unclean to touch and come so close to such a holy image as God, besides, God is associated with light and fire, and he can both be transformed into a shell or be a spirit, but a person can go blind when looking at Him, burn out, etc.
But there was one unconditional appearance of God to people according to the Bible - this is Jesus Christ, who brought salvation to the world. And Christ embodied the essence of God on earth. But people seem to have seen God … well, what did they do with him ?? Crucified …
Yes, show them God on billboards at least - 1) they won't believe, 2) they will be crucified again.
A few words about the devil. Even if we assume without question that the devil exists - what does he look like, what do you think? Devil with horns and burning eyes? People often think that this is some kind of image from horror films … In fact, the devil is a stumbled (proud of his beauty and intelligence) angel, angels are ethereal creatures and they are lower in rank than people. The question that will remain eternal: why, then, this lazy angel, who is just a service spirit, keeps the whole earth in fear, dominates people? There is no definite answer …
The devil uses people to fulfill his goals. And his goal is the destruction of everything that God has created. He cannot create anything new, remember The Master and Margarita (novel)? The devil only copies the actions of God, only with a minus sign, the devil is a magician, an illusionist. To lure a person into his nets, he offers temporary benefits, that is, he does evil through good.
The evidence for his existence is as uncertain as the arguments for the existence of God, but the question of the existence of the devil is not as popular as the question of the life of God. Probably because the devil is a figure dependent on God, and yet this is a very dark niche where you should not climb unnecessarily.
Magicians, healers, sorcerers, psychics know perfectly well, even if they tell you stories, that for the use of their power they pay a certain price and this price is the sale of their souls to the devil … Of course, while they are alive there is always a chance to repent, but while they are alive.
So people of this category can tell many stories about the encounter with the dark force practically with their own eyes. Despite this, many of them continue their dark path.
Even if you do not say the word "devil", then we can safely say that there is some negative energy, there is evil in the end, there are troubles, tragedies, there is death, illness, suffering, which are clearly not from God … According to the Bible - after the fall, the earth was given to the power of the devil, the earth is cursed, therefore everything that is on it is mortal, perishable, including human flesh.
Poltergeists, fever from demonic possession, ghosts, monsters in the night - these are “flowers” in comparison with the real possibilities of the devil if people are in his power. For example, Hitler is the embodiment of the devil on earth, one of the incarnations …
Summing up the article, I would like to say that there is no unequivocal evidence of the existence of God for crafty minds, however, as there is no asserting evidence of the absence of God …
But all the same - if there is no God, in fact, man is an "incomprehensible animal", it is not clear who was created, it is not clear why …
Everyone makes the choice to accept the available evidence as sufficient or to reject it.
