More follow up with responder 3

Why is there something rather than nothing?
There is something because the without something,
existence would have no purpose. The existance of
something is the basis for all that we see, feel and
do.

Where did the something that we call the universe come from?
God created the Universe. The Universe is the physical realm of existence and Heaven/Hell is the spiritual realm.

What leads you to believe that God created everything?
God is the spiritual supreme being of all existence. The Universe had to have come from somewhere -- it didn't just appear at the Big Bang. God was there first -- at the beginning.

How do you know that you know?
I don't know that I know anything. All I know is what
I believe. I don't know there is a God because there
is no physical proof that he exists. God defies
science. However, I believe in God. That's faith,
believing in something you cannot know because of
proof, but something you do know because you have
faith -- that you know in your heart to be the
absolute truth.

If you don't know that you know anything then how can you "know in your heart" that something is "absolute truth"?
Faith. It's the sense that what I know is right.

Do I think there are aliens? Yes. Can I know that there are aliens? No, unless one knocks on my door sometime. However aliens have no connection to my soul while God does. So while I can say I believe in aliens, I cannot prove they exist because there is no scientific proof. The spiritual connection I have with God allows me to know God exists without scientific proof.

Science is defined as "the effort to understand, or to understand better, how the physical works, with observable evidence as the basis of that understanding". Given that definition how does God defy science?
God is not physical, God is spiritual. Science can only prove or disprove what exists in the physical world. They haven't invented the gauge or meter yet that can prove or disprove anything spiritual.



I agree that God is not physical and that He is spiritual. That still does not answer the question on how God defies science. To defy something one has to actively oppose it. I would say that God does not oppose science at all. Rather, science is a way that we can discover more about the design of His creation.
When I say that God defies science, I mean that God cannot be proven by science as God is spiritual and intangible. I agree that science can study God's creations, which are physical but it cannot prove or disprove something spiritual because (at our current level of scientific knowledge) we have no way to analyze spiritual energy, beings or realms.

What kind of evidence would qualify as proof of God?
I don't think there will any be any true evidence of God. God won't allow it -- proof would remove faith from the equation.

While I don't think there there is any emprical proof of the existance of God I do think there is some strong evidence to support His existance. For now lets get rid of the word proof and stick with evidence. Do you think that evidence for the existance of God would remove faith. If you do then why?
Yes. Faith is the belief in God without evidence. I believe in God even though there are no photos, no video, no physical being I can touch or speak to. If solid evidence of God's existence was discovered, faith would no longer be necessary. People would look at the evidence and know. Knowing in your heart because of your soul is different than knowing in your brain because of evidence.


Do you think it is important to know that what your believe is real or not?
To myself, it's not important that I know that what I believe is real or not real. What I believe is defined by the logic part of my physical brain and the faith of my spirit. I don't need to know that what I believe is real, because I feel that is is real and that's good enough for me.