Why or why not?
2006-07-11 06:56:09 · 17 answers · asked by Just Wondering 777 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah, just look outside
2006-07-11 07:15:41 · answer #1 · answered by pistol pete 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I don't believe there is a God. Personally my reasons are probably somewhat difference that other peoples.
1) There is no actual proof of existence, and people that try and force the religion on you don't seem to acknowledge that fact.
2) People try and force religion on me, and tell my that I'll burn in hell if I don't join (um...didn't Hitler do something similar?)
3)I used to believe in God, and I asked God to do something for me (to tell me what to do, and give me some guidance, and get me the help I need to stop using), I never got the help, I almost died, and I got kicked out of my home.
4) Relates to number 3, when I stopped praying for someone to save me, and started saving myself, THINGS GOT BETTER.
5) I don’t quite understand the thing where I would be sent to hell, for NOT believing there is a god and still be a good person. Yet someone that rapes children kills women, and uses drugs can go to heaven, simply for repenting and believing. In a sense, you can get away with anything, as long as you repent
6) If I don’t believe, I go to hell? Is someone trying to SCARE me into believing? Just like the Truth commercials try and scare you into not smoking?
7)People that seem to believe that the earth HAS to have a creator because everything is so perfect don't seem to acknowledge that the world isn't perfect, and don't seem to answer the question, if everything has to have a beginning then where did God come from?
8)People assume that they know what God will do, say, or choose. God wont do this, god wont do that. If God is a god, why should you know what he is going to do.
9)Is God really a mask for finding the truth? What was fire, rain, and thunder before we found out the scientific causes. If people do not understand something, what do they typically say (usually in my experience they don’t say I don’t know) God makes it this way, or God has a special reason. But they never quite take the time to go out and PROVE that God made it that way.
10) I don't claim there is no God, I claim there is NO PROOF of God, until I see proof, I don't believe.
To each his own I say.
2006-07-11 07:07:35 · answer #2 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe and i know there's a God. He is the only one who can help u through your struggles. No one can make that decision 4 u . U must believe 4 urself. Alot of ppl say there is no proof but there is proof!!!! Just think of all the bad things u came out of and all the good things that happened 2 u!!! That was GOD not man. Anyways u have to have faith. Not everyone accepts him at the same time. Dont worry when its your time you'll accept him.
2006-07-11 07:21:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not real sure, but I do think humans have the natural tendency to serve, unless of course they are a sociopath. Humans also have the tendency to want to feel good, to feel safe, and to feel that no matter how much they screw up, they are going to be ok. I think Christians are people who definitely have those tendencies and act out by trusting in this "God." Also, anyone who has heard of hell does not want to go. Duh.. So they become a Christian. They don't have to face their fears, they pray and everything is all better. Ever seen the movie "Saved!"?
I don't mean to sound mean or rude to anyone. My entire family believes in God and are Christians. These are just my observations.
2006-07-11 07:10:52 · answer #4 · answered by Kate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I believe there is a God. For as long as I can remember, He has been with me. Even before I ever began reading the bible, I felt His presence.
When, in my 40's, I finally came to a bible teaching church and diligently began studying God's word....it told me about things I had felt all my life. It was Him, that familiarity, I recognized Him at once. I had found what I was looking for: perfect peace, love, justice, mercy, forgiveness.
So yes...very much...I do believe. :)
2006-07-11 07:33:15 · answer #5 · answered by christian_lady_2001 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because when you think about how the world was made, God is the only answer that makes sense, plus I'm a Christian
2006-07-11 07:11:15 · answer #6 · answered by bigbrowneyesisme 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, there is no need for him for anything
and the belief of his existance has created divissions between people, wars, and suffering
depending on anything, including a god, to be happy, is putting outside of you something that is inside you and will only caouse you suffering, and we should all strive for an independent happiness
2006-07-11 16:56:44 · answer #7 · answered by yupi666 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I believe there is God. someone must did something, it's a complicated world
2006-07-11 06:59:32 · answer #8 · answered by Divine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes because science isn't great enough to make the worlds plants and life. God made that not science.
(im a christian)
2006-07-11 07:02:17 · answer #9 · answered by Luna Winter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, because god is created by my brain.
2006-07-11 07:00:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋