Do ALL theists believe god exists?

I once thought that Christianity required blind faith- however little. I knew that the scientific process lead to the truth and remembered the quote: "Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind." (Albert Einstein). Though I (a young boy at the time) found that science offered abundant observational evidence of the Christian God.

Beginning with Einstein's theory of general relativity, and early observational evidence, it became apparent that the universe was expanding. Extrapolating back in time revealed that the universe was merely billions of years old. The data eventually led to the "Big Bang" theory, which is virtually universally accepted by modern day cosmologist.

Attempts to get around the idea that the universe had a beginning have all met with observational difficulties. The idea that the universe could have gone through an infinite number of births and deaths (the oscillating universe theory) was shown to be false on the basis of the lack of amount of matter within the universe, and the fact that any collapse would have led to a "Big Crunch" instead of another Big Bang. So, we have come to realize that the universe first began to exist 13.7 billion years ago.

Atheists are left with a dilemma, since their worldview requires that all things that begin to exist must have a cause. We scientists like to believe that everything has a natural cause, though after long research, I found that no possible natural cause could've started the universe. I discovered that before the beginning of time, cause and effect would work very differently for there is no interval between change (time).

So, things that happen before time need no cause. Let's imagine that somehow the effect of matter appeared without a cause before time began, there is no space it could move in, no time to let it change, and no physical laws. Now lets say God appeared without cause and then created time, space and matter.

Suddenly the science is supernatural but thinkable. The laws of physics in this universe are completely necessary for life to form. What happens when we vary the constants?

The strong nuclear force (which holds atoms together) has a value such that when the two hydrogen atoms fuse, 0.7% of the mass is converted into energy. If the value were 0.6% then a proton could not bond to a neutron, and the universe would consist only of hydrogen. If the value were 0.8%, then fusion would happen so readily that no hydrogen would have survived from the Big Bang.

Other constants must be fine-tuned to an even more stringent degree. The cosmic microwave background varies by one part in 100,000. If this factor were slightly smaller, the universe would exist only as a collection of diffuse gas, since no stars or galaxies could ever form.

If this factor were slightly larger, the universe would consist solely of large black holes. Likewise, the ratio of electrons to protons cannot vary by more than 1 part in 1037 or else electromagnetic interactions would prevent chemical reactions. In addition, if the ratio of the electromagnetic force constant to the gravitational constant were greater by more than 1 part in 1040, then electromagnetism would dominate gravity, preventing the formation of stars and galaxies.

If the expansion rate of universe were 1 part in 1055 less than what it is, then the universe would have already collapsed. The most recently discovered physical law, the cosmological constant or dark energy, is the closest to zero of all the physical constants. In fact, a change of only 1 part in 10120 would completely negate the effect.

So, past the need for a creator (proof of A god) we see that this God must care about human existence. This divine transformation is why I believe in GOD. Tanner, you said, "However, then there's the question about where God came from."

A somewhat silly remark: before time causes needed no effect (nothing created a cause and effect universe yet) as explained above. So the effect of a living God needed no cause- there are no further questions about where he came from. Buyandelgar, about your question, "To Theists: Does anyone have any tangible proof of God's existence?" read my post above and visit Godandscience.org P.S. I myself think that a man rising from death is enough to prove God.

Proof that Yeshua (Jesus) rose from the dead: 500 educated men died brutal deaths (stoning, burning, Crucifixion, boiling, etc.) just to say that he rose again. Try to get 5 people to lie for you, it probably won't happen. 500, forget it.

To get 500 men to suffer and die for you...I think he really did rise from the dead.

Because they don't have the answers to things not explained clearly or things with doubt (such as how the world began, how man came to be etc). And then there appeared a magic book with many interesting tales about how everything happened, and the God was invisible and said that people couldn't see him because of this that and the next thing and not to question Him. So of course this is fool proof!

They have answers to things they've never known the answers to. It's a comfort thing. Some people say they feel Jesus in their heart, that's just the warm fuzzy feeling of thinking that you'll go to heaven and you can do whatever you want as long as you repent and that some God is watching over you and blah blah blah.

It's a kind of contentedness. Like when I get anxious, I clean my room and I feel content and alright. I know I can go back there everytime I feel anxious, I can clean up.

It gives me a sort of hope? When people think they know the answer to everything or will soon know the answer to everything when they die, it's a happy feeling. Edit* it's also human nature to fear death.

When you think there will be a paradise waiting for you, it helps to convince yourself of it. You feel better about dying. Because there will be more life for you.

Nobody wants to die, everybody wants their own personal paradise, heck I wish heaven existed, it would be so much easier! It can't possibly be true to me though, because I look at facts and logic. I am spiritual, but not with spirits.

God and the bible give that comfort I was talking about.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.