Do you believe in God? Simple question

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That is not necessarily the case. There are writings of eye witness accounts of Jesus being seen alive after his death. Paul wrote that there were some 500 or so people who saw Christ. Do you not think that this would have been verifiable as a claim in the early first century?

There are "eye witness" reports that Santa Claus exists, too. There are "eye witness" reports that Bigfoot exists. So what. Several people have wrote about Santa Claus. Seems verifiable enough to me, yes?

There is a place of where I think when we look at what is out there we want to dismiss this stuff because of our desire to either be right or deny what is there,

It has nothing to do with desiring to be right. It has to do with there is no factual evidence of any existence of God. A book? Right. There you go.

Why would the followers of Christ present such a powerful movement after Christ was dead unless he rose again? Christ claimed that he would, when he died they scattered in fear of what would happen, because they expected something different. When they saw him again, they were made more bold than ever before. Why would they have continued on, even to death, had they not been fully convinced that the Christ they followed did indeed rise from the dead as he said he would.

Why would so many people change their minds about Christ in the early first century, in that same region? Had his resurrection not been witnessed we can reasonably conclude from looking at other (cult) leaders in history, that his movement would have died, simply because the movement was based on the principles of the resurrection and his God hood.

Again, all this documented in the same book that gave us a man parting an actual sea. The same book that had a man build a boat big enough for a pair of every animal at the time to be saved in from a 40 day/night flood. The same book that had a man swallowed whole by a whale. I can see where all this is 100% believable.

If the resurrection did not occur, what are some reasonable explanations for the missing body of Christ?

Repeat after me....there are no such things as grave robbers. There are no such thi......

First off, your children (if i recall you do have a wife and at least one kid) will never know how much you as their father have done for them. They will never know or understand the sacrifices you have made to discipline, provide for, or love them,

You don't have children, do you? You're completely wrong on this.

[COLOR=RoyalBlue]My point on this is that you seem to be making arguments based on the actions of God vs the existence of God.

That's because all the God-people on here keep making their cases on each. People thanking God for what he has done for them is referring to actions supplied by God. People saying He exists is referring to the existence. Not sure what your "point" is.

The actual point is this: There is no factual or tangible evidence that God has placed anyone in the position that they are currently in or have ever been in. Not one. There is ONE BIG piece of evidence that shows how you (general you) have placed yourself in the position that you are in or have ever been in.

Later, QD.