Why is there a need for a supreme being?

Question

There is no empty place in my heart, thanks, joyful.

Answer 1

I suspect that for many of us -- including yours truly, for a few years in my youth -- the supreme being is whatever fills that terrifying void that opens up when you start to wonder:

What if -- ?
Can I be certain --?
What the bleep do I know, anyway?

It's no wonder that the supreme being is so often drawn as a combination of father and teacher -- the ultimate source of protection and comfort for frightened children.

Answer 2

Good question...if I just had a good answer
About that "empty place"..I felt it. Nothing satisfied me until I found my Lord. I had many things going for me, but something was missing. It was not like I had a piece missing in the puzzle, it was more like I had too many pieces for the puzzle.
I knew a Chinese man who said to me that his stomach is not full until he ate some rice. Potatoes or other stuff did not satisfy his hunger. It was like there was a space for rice and when he ate something else it went to the other stomach, and his rice stomach was empty. And when that other stomach was empty he felt hungry. The same thing was with my heart. No matter how much I filled my heart with other things...but when I did not have God...I felt hungry...Hungry for something. I am very hard wired toward God, and I am thankful for that.
I am a happy person, and people say to me that I have a great smile. That is just my face. But when I think of God, my whole being smiles. I am happy here on the earth despite of all kind of things around me that might not be something I would willingly choose to live with...but my hope gives me this strength. I do not want to be too cozy in this place because Jesus is preparing for me even much better place.

Answer 3

There isn't for everyone. Those who say the universe "needs" a supreme being tend to use this being as either the answer to "how could this world have been developed so perfectly for us" - which is like a puddle saying there must have been some creative intelligence behind the hole in which it sits - or to give hope that that there is something beyond the reasonably good sciences we have - biology, chemistry, physics - so as to ensure some sort of continuation of consciousness once mortal life is over. So essentially the "need" comes from a quest for meaning and a quest for more than physical life.

Answer 4

I cannot recall who said it, but I think it was Louis Leakey (an anthropologist at any rate) but its the most succinct answer I have ever read. The answer essentially is this:
If there is no God, then we must invent one, as Religion is the surest form of social control.
Humans cannot accept that there is anything they cannot address, know, control, or at least, influence.
We DO NOT KNOW what comes after this life. That is unacceptable.
So we "need" a Supreme Being, sentient, omnipotent, free from all that we know as limitations. But that is not sufficient. We must ALSO have RELIGION so that we may interact with this Being, and therefore influence His/Her behavior in our own behalf.
In that way, we can achieve a suspension of disbelief where it serves our comfort, and hold that "we KNOW".... what happens after death. We do not "be good" for its own sake, we "be good" for our OWN sake, so that we may expect (if not demand!) Paradise in "the next life".
The consequences of belief (or disbelief) are ultimately the most intrinsic human motivators in virtually every aspect of life, public and private.

Answer 5

No need really, because, it is humans who 'calculate' , 'weigh' , 'bargain' , and also 'need' a thing instead of just loving it. It is therefore that , even delicate relationships like husband & wife's is now-a-days 'need based' !
When the need is felt no more, divorce, and to avoid these hassles, need based 'staying-together'. Please check up if we are looking with the same mind at the Creator too ?
Well, if we do not need Him, He has no problems ! And yet his love is UNCONDITIONAL, and not need-based like us humans !
Perhaps, that is why, we are able to still have things which we could have also enjoyed, but are unable to !
Another subtle aspect is , He is everywhere, and thereforre also right within us, so we are rather choiceless, and is it not similar to a flashlight that can see every object except its own power source (the battery cells in it), and yet asking "I am able to see and then believe or accept everything, there is no such thing like a battery cell, and I see without it (a bulb, reflector, switch is all I need ), so where is the need ? "!
Please do not feel offended, it is just a suggestive arguement to afford critical evaluation of our premise about something that cannot be demonstrated in a manner perceivable to sense organs !

Answer 6

For people that dont have , or cant achieve "success" always have some reason it is not their fault. Bad credit? Wasnt my fault.
Lost your job? Wasnt my fault. Divorced? Wasnt my fault.

I know, bad things happen sometimes, but have the foresight to be prepared ! Dont live week to week, you dont "need" the 2006 Widget with all the toys, and you dont "need" the 5000 square foot house for the kids. America as a society bases its worth on what you have, right now.

Sorry, what was the question?

Answer 7

To fill in the gaps of human knowledge . . .

Oh second thought, the gaps in human knowledge will only be filled by futher study not by a supreme being. And on some things I guess we may never know--but there is no need explain what we don't know with a supreme being.

So I guess there isn't any need for a supreme being.

Answer 8

A need?

God created.... we didn't create him.

He showed himself to a whole nation, he lived with them, taught them, gave them knowledge and understanding.

He gave us life and in return he wants us to acknowldge that he exists and give him credit.

I don't believe man and women with all of their complexities happened by chance. Thats just to far out there to explain.
But an intelligent design, by a being far greater than us. That sounds a little more realistic.

Some people could see the proof and still wouldn't believe.

How could a book thousands of years old predict events in the future with details, but the Bible does just that. Many prediction made in the bible have already happened just as foretold, 700 - 1000 yrs before.

But yet many still do not believe.
God does not move, we are to come to him, not the other way around.
I guess for some they will have to wait and see. I just hope its not to late.

Answer 9

Quite frankly, a BELIEF in a supreme being gave me hope when I was quitting drinking. The belief is what saved my life, not the being and being the part-time atheist I am this was hard, hard, hard to do. But the bottle finally got the best of me, when I quit drinking I really didn't care if God was a kangaroo, I had to surrender to something greater than myself, which was easy at that point as I had nothing but shame, fear and remorse but the belief gave me hope, which saved my life, for which I am eternally grateful. And now my definition has changed of "supreme being" it is love, simply love. A power greater than all and embraces all who seek. So our beliefs give us hope, our hopes give us courage and, in my case, my courage saved my life. Peace.

Answer 10

You're assuming that it's a question of need. For those who believe, it would be akin to asking why the sky needs to be blue. It is whether it needs to be or not. Because I believe in a supreme being, whether or not I need to believe in him is kind of a moot point.
Please don't argue that the sky isn't always blue, therefore what I said was flawed. it's a simple metaphor and that's it.
So, your question kind of skirts around the fact that if he exists, need doesn't matter, and if he doesn't then those of us who believe have a psychological need to have something greater than us to direct us. You could argue that we just don't want to take the ultimate responsibility for determining our own belief system.