Current Events > Why don't you believe in God?

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Tell CE
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Seems like a highly improbable proposition

Human beings have a need to explain everything, God is one of the many explanations for the metaphysical. We think in terms of narratives moreso than direct truth and falsity, and thats all I see the idea of God as
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There is no evidence to suggest any of the thousands of dieties worshipped over time ever existed.
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Same reason I don't believe in Zeus, Odin or Quetzalcoatl
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I hope a genocidal maniac lile him isn't real
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SomeonesAlt posted...

Same reason I don't believe in Odin

smgdfh @ u

I just need proof. Honestly, theres no edginess involved. Give me real proof and Ill sing Hallelujah whenever and wherever God wants.
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incel

Id need him/her to give me a call or go conan; gotta do something to get me onboard. Bible 2 maybe.
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BuckVanHammer posted...

Id need him/her to give me a call or go conan; gotta do something to get me onboard. Bible 2 maybe.

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Because he never returns my phone calls.

Because nobody has convinced me a god exists
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Lack of scientific, logical evidence plus philosophical and historical and other inconsistencies.
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Bc Sithis already has a place for me in the void
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Kazi1212 posted...

Seems like a highly improbable proposition

Human beings have a need to explain everything, God is one of the many explanations for the metaphysical. We think in terms of narratives moreso than direct truth and falsity, and thats all I see the idea of God as

This. While a creator might exist, a god of most religions are just a character made to rationalize the surrounding around them because human nature is just like that.

The universe have no obligation to make sense to us, but we want it to be
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I do
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No arguments that are convincing enough.
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LinksLiege posted...

No arguments that are convincing enough.

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never seen any evidence for a higher power and the chances of 1 out of a 1000 religions being correct makes even pascal's wager a waste
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I've been given no reason to.

I saw the truth once
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I'm an agnostic who leans towards belief in some kind of higher power, but I don't know what that higher power is and I haven't much reason to believe it's benevolent.
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I just don't
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Because I dont think all this was answered thousands of years ago. I dont even think its yet been answered.
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Too busy chasing this paper.
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Because God doesn't believe in me.
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Because people are mind-numbingly ignorant today, let alone hundreds or thousands of years ago when they'd burn "witches" and medicine involved blood-lettings, among other foolishness. Aside from religion contradicting itself and being generally ridiculous on many levels, the people who are the most devoutly behind it tend to be... less than intelligent.
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Flockaveli posted...

Too busy chasing this paper.

I can respect this one
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Because it's lame and has no basis in reality
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Gafemage posted...

Flockaveli posted...

Too busy chasing this paper.

I can respect this one

Lmao Im broke.
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Interesting...
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Whether I believe or not is irrelevant. All I know is that there were times when I begged for help, not even for myself, just for the people I care about. Some I didn't even know personally. It never came. I never expected a magic ray of light to shine down and fix everything but you again whether it exists or not doesn't matter because at a certain point I realized even if it does exist I know is it doesn't give a s*** about me or the people I care about. Too many terrible things happening to too many good people who don't deserve it while the scum continue to be scum with no consequences.

So idk if god exists or not, but what I do know is that IF it does, it doesn't give a single f*** about me, the people I care about or a lot of the good people in this world who get put through a living hell for no good reason while the legitimately horrid people continue to slog around spread their negativity with no consequences.

Flockaveli posted...

Gafemage posted...

Flockaveli posted...

Too busy chasing this paper.

I can respect this one

Lmao Im broke.

god why did this make me laugh so much
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Because God doesn't believe in me.
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Answer D: Not enough information.
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Years of introspection and doubt until I overcame my fear of nonsense like hell.
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Apathy with a twinge of disgust for the lunatics doing horrible/crazy/stupid shit in their chosen god's name.
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I do tho
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What are you talking about, TC? I do believe in God.
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God: I love you
Me: I love you too!
God: Nuh-uh, if you loved me, your mind wouldnt be the way it is
Me: Oh! But I can change!
God: Nuh-uh, only I can change that.
Me: Then how can I get you to change me?
God: I will, if you want me to.
Me: Then change me!
God: Nah

Repeat cycle of Please? No Please? No for 10 years
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why would I?
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Cause I have no need to. I have a conscience, so I don't need the threat of hell to make me a half way decent person.
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We are cut off from most of existence even if we were able to travel at nearly light speed.

How could I bullshit myself into thinking the universe is FOR us?

Because actual explanations for phenomenon are SOOOOO much better than "god did it"
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Link HT posted...

Because actual explanations for phenomenon are SOOOOO much better than "god did it"

I honestly believe that the biggest difference between the religious and the areligious is their comfort level with "I don't know".
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Medussa posted...

I honestly believe that the biggest difference between the religious and the areligious is their comfort level with "I don't know".

That's a big factor.
I'm an agnostic atheist, which basically translates to "I don't know for certain there is no god, but the current arguments aren't convincing." The fact that I don't know every last thing about the universe doesn't make god a good answer - by that logic I could just as easily state that everything spawned from a bowl of lukewarm porridge, for how useful it is as an explanation. We might never find the answers to those big questions, but we still have good reason to continue pushing toward them as we develop our understanding of the universe.
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BlueScum posted...

I'm an agnostic who leans towards belief in some kind of higher power, but I don't know what that higher power is and I haven't much reason to believe it's benevolent.

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Medussa posted...

Link HT posted...

Because actual explanations for phenomenon are SOOOOO much better than "god did it"

I honestly believe that the biggest difference between the religious and the areligious is their comfort level with "I don't know".

For sure, and also a big difference with accepting our place in the universe as a whole. Some people really need to feel like there is meaning to their life and that there's a plan for them, whereas I'm perfectly fine accepting that life exists in chaos and the only meaning it has is what we give it ourselves.
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@Medussa posted...

Link HT posted...

Because actual explanations for phenomenon are SOOOOO much better than "god did it"

I honestly believe that the biggest difference between the religious and the areligious is their comfort level with "I don't know".

That is likely a small factor. Not many people you see in the world give two craps about how their cell phone works, or how bridges are built, or how medicine is discovered. So why is that such a large fraction of the world is religious (i.e those that don't feel comfortable with the phrase "I don't know")? The answer is that most people are afraid of being punished in a hypothetical afterlife. You can be as intellectually interested in the faith, but at the end of the day that's what it comes down to. The common faiths are even structured with rules, commandments, sins whatever. Something must happen if you break these rules, otherwise they wouldn't be written by a universal authority figure.