Why no religion?

Question

I personaly believe in God. But don't confuse me for being biased or ignorant, I love to see the world from all points of view. Hell, I don't even consider myself to be a true christain, simply because not everything in the christain religion I buy. But I do belive in god and the after life and such.
I want to know why people don't put there faith in anything. I want the thinking behind it. Cause even if you don't belive in god wouldn't it be nice to think that there was one? Any thoughts would be nice.

what do you belive will happen when you die? And not any of that 'ill be in the ground' bs. Like will you just no longer be?

Another thing, I love the internet. Only here people can openly rip me for what i belive in. But hey thats cool.

Answer 1

Believing in God is a beginning. Active, living faith--gleaned by seeking God and his will, and doing his will once you have learned it--is a whole other matter.

If you look at the world from all points of view, then you don't know God yet. God teaches you that some points of view are from his enemy.

If one believes in God simply because it would be nice to think there was a God, then one does not yet know God. God provides much more than a little bit of comfort...and yet when we submit to his discipline, we see that there is plenty to be uncomfortable about in ourselves and in the world.

I would encourage you to seek God. Ask him who he is, what is of him, what is not, and the like. That is, you are at the beginning of the path. Do not stand still.

Answer 2

Well, thinking for yourself about complex issues is more work than many people want to do. So some join churches that will tell them what to believe and others give up on the whole idea.

Progressives, and others, do spend time thinking about how to define God, what our purpose is, what religion should be speaking to and doing for our world.

Sometimes is is just a matter of our age and "where we are" in life. At some point everyone has to spend some time working on themselves... (career, family, etc.) saving all that deep thinking for later in life!

As for what happens after death?

You can believe in heaven and then if there is nothing after all, well you will never know that you were wrong, will you?

Or you can believe that we simply cease to exist and then if you should happen to wind up in heaven, then won't that be a pleasant surprise?

Choose whichever one make your life happier now!

Answer 3

Well, some of us can't force ourselves to believe in something just because "it would be nice." It'd also be nice if there really was a jolly old man who floated through the sky in a reindeer-driven sleigh and delivered presents to all the children in the world, but just because it'd be NICE, it doesn't mean that I'm going to believe it's the truth. I am very skeptical about the existence of any deities. If I'm ever going to believe that one does exist, I'll have to convince myself using actual evidence, not because it's just a cool concept.

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I could ramble on for hours and hours and hours about my answer to the question of "what happens when we die?" I totally believe in something after our lives right now, and that's why I don't call myself an atheist, because atheism tends to reject anything supernatural like that. I am a fan of all things unexplained, like the afterlife and ghosts and what not, but my belief in those things is based on proof and personal experience, not pure faith. I guess I'm straying too far away from the question, but just because I don't believe in a particular God, it doesn't mean that I don't believe in something much, much bigger than what we have right now.

Answer 4

Sure, it would be great to think there was a God, and an Easter Bunny, and a Tooth Fairy and a Santa Claus, and Elves, and Wizards, and Dragons, and Ghosts and Magic, and Psychics, and Astrology. The problem is that 'thinking' thing. Once you start, you can't really stop. And then before you know it you've stopped believing in all that sweet, sugary, enchanting nonsense and there you are. Just you and the real world.

Answer 5

yes i totally agree with you in every way. i believe in god, and the after life and that jesus lived. but i dont buy christian religion or the bible, as it is full of mythology and fantasies which if people would think about it instead of having preconceived notions that christianity is the way to go to "heaven" and salvation from "hell", they would see it as well. i developed my own sense of faith throughout the years and it has helped me in almost every way, and for the atheists out there they should believe in god, but not this mythological christian god that fools and insinuates fear of going to hell etc and condemns everyone, u should instead develop ur own view of god, i mean we do come from him in any way you define god. not believing in god is a ignorant step to take since ur denying the fact that u were created from something higher than u can understand, whatever that maybe be, be it the big bang or be it something else. i think most atheist choose not to believe in god because they have learned that the christian god is mythological and so they assume god does not it exist, but i commend them on denying that the christian god exists, but i encourage them to develop their own view of what god is, even if u believe that god is "nothing". because "nothing" means that god is something.

Answer 6

Most of the folks who don't believe in a God place their trust in science and the strength of human compassion... So they do believe in something, they just tend not to use that word for it. The word "faith" has too strong a religious connotation, so athiests and agnostics avoid it like the plague...

Answer 7

I believe (and this is just my opinion) that people who have no faith at all don't want to have to give up their own wants and desires. They like themselves as they are, whether that's good or bad, and don't wish to have to give anything up to prove their faith.

Answer 8

So, then... you are advocating self-delusion... which, along with willful ignorance, defines religious belief.

Answer 9

Is this a blond joke?