Why do you think people believe in god?
2006-09-25 07:39:38 · 36 answers · asked by garethjones1992 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Some people need religion in order to feel they will be rewarded in the afterlife.
2006-09-25 07:42:33 · answer #1 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are as many reasons for this as there are people who believe. Some feel they have a gap in their lives and a spiritual belief fills that. Others believe as a kind of insurance policy, just in case there is a judgement day and an after life. Others believe that the way of life promoted by the Bible, is a very good way to live - helping others, being honest, caring for each other etc. Some find it comforting to feel that a greater being is in charge of their lives. As I said, there are lots more reasons, but it would take a very long time to think of them all.
2006-09-25 07:49:34 · answer #2 · answered by julie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...I guess some people like the thought of having something more powerful than them which they know will protect them throughout life and afterwards. Some people have been brought up strictly religious and therefore have known no different. You also get those who have experience events which they belive to be miracles and which could've only be caused by something more powerful than them- which they believe to be God. Personally I am agnostic and believe in something greater than myself, as how would we be here?, although I'm not sure entirely what this is.
2006-09-25 07:43:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
people believe in God because he once existed physically and the bible tells us so. He spiritually still does exist within all of us.
As a child if you grew up going to church then that could be another reason why you believe in God.
2006-09-25 07:42:30 · answer #4 · answered by MOM OF ONE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they were born into a family that believed in God & they were educated to believe in God. If they still believe in God as adults it is probably through conviction - they believe what they grew up with.
2006-09-25 09:42:32 · answer #5 · answered by Caro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two reasons.
There is a God-shaped void built into everyone that nothing else can fill.
They search for meaning in everything else and discover, like King Solomon that there is no meaning to life without God. Nothing satisfies and I do mean NOTHING!
2006-09-25 08:18:16 · answer #6 · answered by delmaanna67 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so when the day comes and they die they believe theres a heaven and a afterlife cus theres got to be more than this now (i believe in god and i think there is more than this-who knows what else there is in the universe,we are being naive if we think its just earth and humans) x
2006-09-25 07:43:48 · answer #7 · answered by jo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose the same reason anyone believes in anything. Its a kind of security knowing that there is something or someone who can answer our prayers and watch over us.
2006-09-25 07:43:29 · answer #8 · answered by vic 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People need something to unify them.. give them hope..
What better way then a mythical character that promises them if they behave they will have a great reward?
It's like lying to children about santa claus.. "You better be good or Santa's not coming"
"You better be good or Jesus isn't coming, and you're going to go to hell with the devil and not Heaven with God"
2006-09-25 07:42:05 · answer #9 · answered by SassySista 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because religion is drilled into us from when we are children, going back thousands of years, to pre-christianity. Humans need something to believe in and someone to answer to.
2006-09-25 07:44:55 · answer #10 · answered by Heidi J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋