Do you believe in God and why or why not?

Answer 1

Do not feel the need to believe, since experience is a possibility.

Answer 2

I insist upon really knowing, not merely believing. As Thomas Jefferson told his nephew, after a critical objective study of the Bible, one might conclude that there is no God(Yahweh). Like Jefferson, I find many contradictions and scientific errors in the Bible. A God who wrote such nonsense would be an idiot. I have studied other religions, so I know that none of the other gods exist either, e.g. Brahma, Odin, Zeus, Jove, Yu Ti, Allah, etc, etc.!

Answer 3

no.
i do not believe in god, i do not believe in idolatory.
but what i do beleive in, is that the human race is not the most intelligent race in this universe. there are other highly intelligent life forms somewhere out there.. and there is some superior race controlling all the others. it may even be a supercomputer but it certainly isnt god, the way it is projected by religious leaders around the world.

Answer 4

Yes, I believe in God, everything in the universe is too complex to have happened by random chance. Evidence of God is everywhere and in everything.

The human brain is more comlex and intricate than any computer, there is no such thing as spontaneous revival and I have seen the dead come to life has to be God, Cancer is forever multilping but I've seen it disappear without treatment has to be God, Im only human but i can feel the condition of someone's soul-its not me It has to be God

Answer 5

I am a diest.. i beleive in God but through my own self.. without the church..
I beleive in God because the world is too random to just happen by chance.. This does not mean, however, that i beleive that:
* God is still active
* God is all-loving.. he migh be evil or just normal
* that there is only one God.. there might be many

so if your question is about a religious God, then I don't beleive in that God

Answer 6

Because there is no evidence that there *is* a God. There is, however, lots and lots of evidence that people like to imagine supernatural beings, and have invented Gods since the dawn of history.

Answer 7

No, I don't.
I don't because there's no evidence of any kind that there is a god.
Because the "holy books" of all religions are filled with ridiculous stories that are contrary to logic, science, and reason -- and are full of superstition and fear, based on the myths passed along by ancient people who were ignorant of how the world works in reality, and whose entire world consisted of a few hundred square miles.
I don't because science and reason are much better discoverers of "truth" than any religion has ever been, and they provide testable, logical answers to the same questions religion attempts to address...while religion only provides untestable dogma, and bases itself on having "comforting" myths to appease our fear of dying that have no basis in reality.

Answer 8

u asked an interesting question..

do u believe?

i do believe in power. the almighty power. the power in me that i dont know and have to explore.. the power of belief that helps me explore it,, the power of belief in power that makes paths easy..

i define god as power,, and its the beliefs tthat look at it thru various ways,, when i say i beleive in power with in myself, i mean there is a god in every person,, if u believe it and if u explore it,, u can achieve any thing u desire,,

i believe in god,, coz the unknown power in the universe and self does exist, and the belief enhances ur ability to perform and helps to maintain a proper mental equilibrium,

yes i believe in the unexplored power,, so called GOD.

Answer 9

No, I do not. I was raised to have an open, free-thinking mind. I do not need a crutch to lean on to understand the mysteries of life. I do not need to believe in fairy tales to explain my world.

Answer 10

Without proof, its just fanciful thinking.

Whereas prehistoric human societies benefited from the belief in the supernatural, the opposite situation prevails in our modern world. Science has transformed nature from a force that man feared and held in awe, to a force that is subservient to him, or at least understood.

However, obsolete genes favoring the adoration of gods do not disappear overnight. The persistent presence of religious belief systems within modern society restrains rational thought processes. Religion is the essence of irrationality and is a poor substitute for factual, scientific knowledge. Religion, magic and superstition do not provide desired results because they rely on inherently faulty premises.

In times of trouble, some people still pray for intervention by the god(s). Prayers are requests by confessedly unworthy persons to have the laws of the universe repealed in their favor. In a war, if soldiers in opposite trenches pray to God, who does he listen to?

Discussions regarding religion alway come to the question: Does god exist?

What do we mean when we say that something exists? As far as human beings are concerned, nothing exists unless it manifests itself in some form, shape or manner to man or to his extended sensory perceptions.

If something is claimed to exist but does not impinge on man in any way whatsoever, we can safely say that it does not exist as far as human existence is concerned. This purported mirage may still exist somewhere in the universe or another universe. However, since this alleged object or event does not manifest itself to us, it does not affect us in any way whatsoever and we must simply state that it does not exist as far as human beings are concerned.

Religious people argue that, although they cannot prove that god exists, atheists cannot prove that god does not exist. This argument is inherently faulty.

It is logically impossible to prove that an object or event does not exist. There's no way to prove a negative. However, it is the essence and the backbone of science to provide evidence that something does exist. If something exists, such as energy, matter or space, it manifests itself to us by objective evidence. We can measure such manifestations.

Only persons, who do not utilize logic, will accept as true statements that are completely unsupported by factual evidence. Yet, this form of irrationality and lack of fundamental logic is the foundation of all religions. Since approximately 80 % of the world population accepts the completely unsubstantiated statements of various religions, 80 % of the world population suffers from a severely distorted and thus ineffective worldview.

I could go on, but you get my drift....