Current Events > Do you believe in God and why?

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With so much advancement in science you would think religion would be long dead by now, but it's not. What makes you keep believing in that? Do you believe in Santa too?
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Interesting that you consider faith to be a choice.

knutjob posted...

Interesting that you consider faith to be a choice.

... Uh what isn't choosing to have faith the entire point
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sun and moon are visible gods, wind is a feelable god

god exists
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I don't think soI think you either have faith or you don't. Belief is not an active choice.

lol @ people who don't believe in god
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Not the traditional anthropomorphic God, but I do believe in the necessity of some other force or life form to account for the creation of existence somehow (yet the problem of infinite regress perhaps needs to be overcome). Atheistic fundamentalism is just as close-minded as religious fundamentalism IMO.
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Nah
And fuck 'im if he is
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I believe in a God or some kind of creator.

I lean towards Deism rather than some organized religion.
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No, it's illogical, and organized religion is corrupt.
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Used to be atheist buddhist

Now agonistic buddhist
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knutjob posted...

Interesting that you consider faith to be a choice.

What else would it be?
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i don't believe in some monotheistic idea of god.

with the most "constructed" view of consciousness everything is just recycled energy and we might be recycled back into the universe in some way that is not detectable by current scientific advancements. in this constructed view people may retain a level of consciousness post death and can be reincarnated.

with the least "constructed" view of consciousness everything is just recycled energy and we won't be recycled back into the universe in any meaningful continuous way that could resemble a continuation of consciousness.

it took a while to realize that the second view requires a level of faith (belief without evidence) so i can't subscribe to either. the second view is often touted as honorable/modern/western in that it reflects our current scientific understanding, but drawing a conclusion on it based on this understanding is obviously limited and requires some faith that our understanding will not change in the future.
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Bad_Mojo posted...

With so much advancement in science you would think religion would be long dead by now, but it's not. What makes you keep believing in that? Do you believe in Santa too?

Only on the internet would you hear someone say something like this.

Anyways I believe in God or an "Almighty". Something that can't even be defined or categorized because of it being beyond our comprehension.

I believe "God" is guidance
I believe "God" is all energy
I believe "God" is the universe..
Etc.

The same way you think its "ridiculous" for anyone to believe in religion.

I think it's ridiculous to think we're the only ones in the universe, I think it's ridiculous to think that we have one life, I think it's ridiculous we were given intelligence yet seemingly have no purpose, etc.

Check yourself before trying to push your views onto someone who's perspective differs from yours bozo.
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It's kinda hard to look at science and just write off god as impossible or it's arrogant to think earth is just one the greatest mistakes that all the pieces just "fell into place " and make an inhabitable home for life .
Kinda like It's also arrogant to just say god made it with some kind of magic.
Maybe God is a master scientists who made it all and just got bored with us
Maybe life is just a fluke and this was all just a success of a trillion to one chance
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Yes I do

Nope I have no reason at all and I don't think I ever will people say to search for him at all times not just when you need him. To this day I have not needed him for anything I have my family and friends that help me. To say that God put them in my path to help me makes no sense because as human beings God gave them the right to do as they please so I know they help me out of their own free will and not because God is forcing them to help me.
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joe_stalin518 posted...

It's kinda hard to look at science and just write off god as impossible or it's arrogant to think earth is just one the greatest mistakes that all the pieces just "fell into place " and make an inhabitable home for life .
Kinda like It's also arrogant to just say god made it with some kind of magic.
Maybe God is a master scientists who made it all and just got bored with us
Maybe life is just a fluke and this was all just a success of a trillion to one chance

that is my main argument for science

everything just happened is the general argument

how the hell anything ever existed to begin with?

religion has explained stuff including end of universe and a rebirth over and over again better then science

even past life memory has been proven

so called myths does have proof of its existence too
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completeboy posted...

joe_stalin518 posted...

It's kinda hard to look at science and just write off god as impossible or it's arrogant to think earth is just one the greatest mistakes that all the pieces just "fell into place " and make an inhabitable home for life .
Kinda like It's also arrogant to just say god made it with some kind of magic.
Maybe God is a master scientists who made it all and just got bored with us
Maybe life is just a fluke and this was all just a success of a trillion to one chance

that is my main argument for science

everything just happened is the general argument

how the hell anything ever existed to begin with?

religion has explained stuff including end of universe and a rebirth over and over again better then science

even past life memory has been proven

so called myths does have proof of its existence too

Seems like you keep an open mind on the subject which is good, and I also wonder the bolded part about where would the necessary elements for a big bang come from or build enough speed to "bang"
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I don't. To the best of our knowledge, we are just another of the many results of the deterministic universe we inhabit. So long as there's no convincing evidence for anything we would typically call a god, I cannot believe it.

I used to but then the stuff in the Bible started to sound silly and nonsensical to me. And some of the things Ive read about other religions also sound like fairytales. No offense. Besides, even if god is real there are so many different religions that the chance of you choosing the one he actually wants you to follow are ridiculously low. You might as well not even bother trying to decide which one is right because youre probably wrong. Theres so much horrible stuff going on around the world that I cant believe that a loving and caring god exists. If God is real, he either gave up on Earth a long time ago or never cared about us at all.
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No.

Makes zero logical sense and is a belief fabricated first and then substantiated later.

I do because I do.

I don't know how else to put it.
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Damn_Underscore posted...

I do because I do.

I don't know how else to put it.

Because you haven't put any thought into it and it hasn't ever caused you problems to do so.

That's like 90% of theists

No, I was an atheist before. And I think about my religious beliefs (not just belief in God) a lot.

You're wrong and just assuming my religious beliefs are simple and juvenile when they're not.

That's like 90% of atheists
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Damn_Underscore posted...

No, I was an atheist before

Highly doubt that.

The whole "I was an atheist before and now I'm a believer" schtick is always transparent.

Ok?

You really think that every person who says they were an atheist at one point and then became a believer is lying?
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Damn_Underscore posted...

Ok?

You really think that every person who says they were an atheist at one point and then became a believer is lying?

Pretty much, yeah.

They give the vibe that they're hardcore believers who used to only kinda believe and they play it up by saying they were "atheist" before and the evidence for God is so strong that they were convinced. It reads like a complete "professor copypasta" scenario.

I can believe that some atheists become believers for one reason or another. And I believe there are plenty of atheists who are so for bad reasons.

If I was lying I would literally be trying to troll all atheists by implying how wrong they are. Imagine someone doing that. And I only said I was an atheist before after you attacked my beliefs in the first place.

I can't show my sincerity over the internet. But there are probably a good number of people in real life who were atheist at one point and are theist now. Talk to people like that in real life and you will be able to find real sincerity. There's nothing more I can do on an online message board.
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No. I just have a hard time having that kind of faith. At least, in the normal sense of a God.

I especially don't believe in the idea that something is out there paying special attention to each of us. Don't know, just seems a bit narcissistic.
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No one literally believes in God.
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No. There's no reason to believe God or gods exist.
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I believe any form of an afterlife is entirely impossible, so I don't really care if there is or isn't a god.

Yes. Because atheists and their blatant, internal conflict and restlessness about God proves His existence to me daily. It's what happens when you deprive your soul of it's innate longing for Him. Thus, you turn to something convenient like "science" to worship, without any of the inconvenient commitment, and you still get to manufacture a faux sense of superiority to others for being all intellectual and "scientific."

Most, if not all of you will completely close your minds to the accuracy of my statements. It's what us sinful people do: we like to think we're never wrong.

OBCD posted...

Yes. Because atheists and their blatant, internal conflict and restlessness about God proves His existence to me daily. It's what happens when you deprive your soul of it's innate longing for Him. Thus, you turn to something convenient like "science" to worship, without any of the inconvenient commitment, and you still get to manufacture a faux sense of superiority to others for being all intellectual and "scientific."

Most, if not all of you will completely close your minds to the accuracy of my statements. It's what us sinful people do: we like to think we're never wrong.

See, if it weren't for the prevalence of Christianity this would sound like a cultist's ramblings.

RoboLaserGandhi posted...

See, if it weren't for the prevalence of Christianity this would sound like a cultist's ramblings.

OBCD posted...

Most, if not all of you will completely close your minds to the accuracy of my statements

there is literal evidence present as far as my religion is concerned, rama going to lanka which is now sri lanka

proof of big bows, caves and what not have been found

as well as krishna's sunken kingdom in water, evidence exists
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I don't know. I grew up catholic and think I would raise my children that way. I like the traditions and what not and for the most parts the teaching.

I would say however I'm probably more open to the idea that a God exists than I believe there is definitely a God.

Also I suppose if a God did exist as an all powerful omnipotent creator I would think he'd care more about how people treated each other than whether you can genuflect (don't even know if that's how you spell it) or like to stick it in someone's ass.
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I see God in the universe
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