An Arguement for the Existance of God

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Everybody who has ever lived believed in at least one thing. It could have been that the sun rises in the east or something such as believing hard enough will allow a person to pass through any solid wall as if it weren't even there. One of those beliefs is based on fact, and the other is based on delusion. The laws of nature will not allow a person to simply walk through a solid wall. In other words, some beliefs are rational and others are not.
Some believe that belief in the existence of God is not rational; however, I believe that belief in the existence of a greater being called God can be a rational belief. For something to be rational it must be based on fact or logical reasoning rather than emotions or feelings. Belief in the existence of God because it makes you feel better about what you do in your life is not rational because it is based on feelings, but belief in the existence of God can be rational because the belief can be backed up with facts and logical reasoning in the following way.
The world is a dynamic, ordered system of many different and changing elements. Their natural properties are ordered to interact with each other in stable and mutual relationships that we define as physical laws. For example, all particles that have mass are ordered to move toward all others according to the law of gravity. Another simple example is that hydrogen atoms are ordered to combine with an oxygen atom in the ratio of 2:1, thus implying that every oxygen atom is ordered to combine with hydrogen atoms in the ratio of 1:2 (a mutual relationship).
In such a mutually dependent, dynamic system, the nature of each part is defined by its relation with others, and so it requires the others for its own ability to act. Modern science...

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...ain enough knowledge to create and order all that is in our universe.
The question whether or not a rational belief that God does or does not exist is one that has been around for a long time. If the rational belief of existence or nonexistence of God wasn't significant to us then there would not be so much time spent debating whether or not God it’s rational to believe in the existence of God. There are many reasons why the existence or nonexistence of God is significant. Belief or disbelief in God affects our everyday lives. People are affected by most beliefs. If God was definitely proven to exist maybe the world would be a better place because people would want to live a good life to please God. If God was definitely proven to not exist then there wouldn't be so much hate or persecution for people who don’t believe in God. That is why it is a significant issue.

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