why does it seems no one truly belives in god or the bible???

Question

Just wondering it seems that before everyone was so religious and into god but now a days no one can really care less if there is a god or not......Why is that?............. Just wondering others input and opinons

Answer 1

This life is more important than the next. People live their lives based on what they see; not based on empty promises.

In the past people were bullied into religious belief. Now people are free to think what they want.

Answer 2

I've always believed that people pray to God or be faithful to their religions because of troubles in life. My theory was kind of tested in this good book, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. This novel was a story about a different futuristic society which idolizes Henry Ford as God for inventing the assembly line, a technological advance in the Industrial Revolution. But this society is kind of like a dictatorship during which the leaders keep everyone happy by brainwashing them and making everyone senseless, having no feelings. It's also capitalstic in that the key of this society is money money and more money; production and economic growth. Religion gets in the way of that, since the leaders think feelings disrupt work. In this society,everyone is brainwashed happy so they don't depend on God to help them fulfill their hopes and goals.

I'm not an athiest, but that's my theory on why no one really is religious anymore. This society has a lot of luxuries and people are happy. A possible reason there is religion is because people are interested in afterlife, what controls everything and people strive on hope to have better lives. Poorer people are probably more religious, in that sense.

Answer 3

I totally believe in God. I do not ask "Why did God do this to me?" when I probably could. But I have always had faith in God. I have always believed that God was too busy watching his children to pick me out specifically to mess up my life. So Do I believe that more and more people are moving away from the church and God ... actually no. I have seen more and more involvement in Gods work. I am no religious freak (not a very nice name), but I do know that there are a lot of people out there that want to blame God for the bad things that happen in their lives. That is the sad thing. I certainly ask questions about the Bible and it's interpretations but I believe that it is a combination of history, faith and some symbolism. Just try to spread the word.

Answer 4

Religion was originally established to control people. The Bible is a book that has been wrongly translated many hundreds of times and in so many different languages that people are beginning to question its contents.

And in this information age, we can access multitudes of information from any number of sources around the world.

I think "God" is becoming an inward discovery not an outward one as it always has been. Maybe that is what you no longer see.

Answer 5

The sad truth is, that the world is getting more and more materilaistic and is tempted by gaining more power and more money. Thus, in the mind of the people, attaining the more money they can, is what figures in the their central attention and as a main goal. Of course there are also other people who truly believe in God and are just more concerned about their hearts rather than their money. I think it all depends on the person.

Answer 6

There are many people who still truly believe in God and in the Bible. This is not the friendliest place to say that though. I enjoy discussing these sort of topics in an open forum where people still use manners, but sometimes it gets pretty abusive on yahoo answers.

Answer 7

1: There are probably more people who believe in God, than at any time in history. The range of entities for which people call "God", has probably never been greater, than at the current time.

2: If one believes that the Bible is God's word, the implication is that one will adhere to its teachings. Those teachings are very difficult to adhere to.
The easy way to not have to adhere to it's teachings, is to try to prove that it was a construct of man, with little to no input of God.

Answer 8

Well, ever since the majority of humanity lost their ability to think, religion was considered to be opinion. To me, that is BS. I mean, the existence of a being, no matter how much proof you have, is still a matter of fact or antifact (something that is incorrect). A god is still a being. The only difference is that this particular being is very, very powerful. Today, since hardly anyone is capable of thinking, hardly anyone realizes that religion IS fact, and the consequences of having the wrong religion are real (and yes, atheism does count as a religion, no matter how incorrect).
Bottom line is that s/he who can not think will not be correct.

Answer 9

I do! It does seem like our numbers are declining. Sad, since Christians are supposed to share the love of Christ with the world. Americans have many, if not all, of their needs met and see little need for a savior. No one likes to think about all the wrong things they have done. It's a long range concept and most people today are just thinking about how to feel good or have fun right now.

Answer 10

Lots of people do care about God and eternal things.

In the developed countries, it appears that most do not. That is not so, though. On an individual basis, they do care. Many do not want to be a part of organized religion.

In 3rd world countries, even the governments promote religion. Thousands (not an exaggeration) of people join one church or another EVERY DAY globally.