If you don't know "in the beginning was word and word was god" then why do you believe it? If you don't claim it the bible certainly does and you believe the bible.
"Theological claim" posits that god exists i am asking how do you know that?
Got any actual proof for those threats? Or is this because "your feelings". I would like to take you seriously but you haven't given a single factual or logical reason. Give me proof sew or a magic wizard will send you to a magical naughty corner to stand in conveniently after you die and you can't verify any of it because I said so.
That's a fair question.
I don't believe God exists *because* John 1 says so. If that were my only reason, it would be circular.
Rather, I believe God exists because I find the cumulative case persuasive: philosophical arguments for a necessary first cause, the apparent fine-tuning and intelligibility of the universe, the historical case for Jesus' life, death, and resurrection, and my own experience.
John 1 isn't my starting point—it's a theological explanation that I accept because I first find Christianity to be credible.
You're asking for mathematical certainty, but that's not how most of our beliefs work. We don't prove history, morality, or even other minds with absolute certainty. We weigh evidence and decide which explanation best fits reality.
So no, I don't know God exists in the same way I know 2 + 2 = 4. I believe He exists because I think the cumulative evidence points that way.
Now let me ask you the same kind of question.
How do you know that only natural explanations are possible? Can you prove that philosophically or scientifically, or is that a worldview assumption you begin with?