Why dont or do people believe in God or the Bible?

Question

I am a christian and i do believe in God, but i dont understand why so many people doubt him.
1. If you dont believe in God, please state why you dont?
If you do please say why you do?
2. Is there any way that anyone could change that?
3. Do you go to church?
4. Aand lastly what religion?

Answer 1

no i dont, never saw him, never saw any advantage in believing, the christians arent any better off than anyone else.
to actually see proof, as in a physical entity
no
wiccan

Answer 2

1) I believe in a Goddess and a God that created everything and are therefore within everything with the objective of keeping the world in balance. I don't see how the Christian God has done anything to maintain the balance of the earth and the sexes since coming into such prominence. And I don't understand why my belief in a different God is so unacceptable to so many Christians. I still believe in a greater power than myself. I'm curious as to why that's not good enough.
2) Absolutely nothing could be done to change that. I converted in my late 20s and had plenty of time to observe the world, the way it worked, and come to the conclusion that Christianity wasn't working very well.
3) I did until I was in my teens. It's sort of required when your mother is a church secretary and your uncle is a minister (i.e. I am well versed in Christianity and my conversion was well informed).
4) Wiccan.

Answer 3

1. I can't believe in a god because I've thought it through and found the whole concept to be faulty...

An omniscient god would know everything that would result from the people he makes... If this god is also supposed to be "Good," then he can't have knowingly made all the people who become terrorists, murderers, rapists, etc... If that is the case, however, then he can't have been omniscient in the first place...

The very descriptions of the christian god from the bible contradict themselves...

2. If it could be proven through rational means, I'd accept it.

3. I've never set foot in a church.

4. I have no religion.

Answer 4

1. I am not a Christian, and I do not worship the Abrahamic god, but I do believe that He exists.

I used to be Christian when I was very little, because my parents baptized and raised me as a Catholic. By the time I was out of elementary school, though, we were no longer attending church, and while we still celebrated Christmas and Easter and such, our household remained a very non-practicing but still Christian-based home.

When I got older, I started studying religion, or at least researching it. I discovered a great many undeniable contradictions in the Bible, as well as a whole lot of stuff that just wasn't very pleasant about what it portrayed as acceptable and even encouraged behavior - the kind of stuff they never mention in children's Bible study or Christian Youth Groups. This should give you a good general idea of what I'm referring to: http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/

I also discovered a great many undeniable parallels between the Bible and preceding Pagan faiths. Although I still remain skeptical, the information I've found makes it difficult not to believe that Christianity is nothing more than a compilation of various different elements from countless older Pagan faiths. Here is one excellent example: http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm

2. There is nothing that could happen that would convince me to worship the Abrahamic god, whether through Judiasm, Christianity or Islam.

3. I do occasionally attend church. My fiancé's parents live in Virginia and are practicing Mormons. Whilst we visit them, I will attend church with them on Sundays out of respect for them, and also as a friendly social opportunity.

4. I am currently a solitary eclectic Pagan.

Answer 5

1. I believe in God. I have had blissful inner experiences which have shown me there is indeed a God. (Too lengthy to expound upon here.)
2. No one or no thing can change that.
3. I don't go to church. ("The kingdom of heaven is within".) I do worship daily and focus on the Divine as often as I can keep my attention there all day.
4. I don't follow organized religion. I study the divine science of light and sound. (Also known as surat shabda yoga)

Why don't people believe in God or the Bible?: The Bible is controversial and criticized or dismissed by many because it was written in Hebrew, translated many times and hard to understand, as written. There are many truths in the Bible, yet it is open to interpretation. There are nearly as many interpretations as there are readers. It is often interpreted literally, when that was not the intent. There are many truths in the Bible which are also in the Quran, the Torah, Bhagavad Gita and other spiritual publishings. To me, this can only mean that there is truth in all faiths and all have value. There is not one religion that is "the ONLY way". All paths lead to heaven.

Answer 6

How appropriate to the total and utter loss of evidence? replace: And... * No historic evidence of any variety that Jesus even existed * thousands of selection gods - which one to %? * The bible replaced into written via adult males - this would be a historic fact * The OT god and NT god needless to say are not the comparable entity * The OT is crammed with thoughts that are obvious retellings of older thoughts from Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians and Egyptians * The scientific impossibility of many of the thoughts (e.g. the flood, genesis etc) * errors interior the bible (bats at the instant are not birds, bugs have not got 4 legs etc) * the undeniable fact that each and each faith has chop up into dozens of sects who disagree with one yet another on standard matters * If each little thing desires a writer, who created god? * Many preachers blatantly unfold lies approximately technological awareness, evolution, homosexuality, cosmology and different religions - what else are they mendacity approximately? * Jesus replaced into meant to return throughout the time of the existence of the apostles. He did no longer. The Christians have been predicting his coming near return for 2000 years. He nonetheless hasn't come.

Answer 7

1. I'm agnostic, open to the possibility of God but skeptical, because life seems to work fine without a supernatural explanation and Christian eschatology has just too many contradictions (justice vs mercy, eternal punishment or reward with no in between, no good explanation for those who never hear the "word of God"). I suspect the theological overlay is just a metaphor for plain humanistic morality.

2. Naw. I was already there in Jesus-world, but I was too good a student and can now think for myself.

3. Still do, for the community.

4. Catholic, but I like to be exposed to many kinds of spirituality. They all have some truth.

Answer 8

If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything, people will believe in miracles but won't believe in God, most people do not want to believe that their can actually be a creator of all man kind, I guess they think aliens left us here, or may be it's all a big matrix. I am a Christian I love God I have two children when doctors told me I would not have any, and they were born by faith and conceived by prayer. I guest non believers would rather say I was lucky. No one wants to believe in something greater than themselves that takes obedience, humility, and unconditional love for all man kind no matter their religion or race. That would be too much like right. Especially when most people can't even be obedient to their parents.

Answer 9

1. There is no evidence that any one religion is true, and plenty of evidence that religion was born out of folklore and superstition from ancient times.

I better question might be "What reasons are there to believe in God?" You can't answer that without resorting to fallacious arguments.

2. They could change my mind if they showed evidence that God exists.

3. No.

4. Atheism, but that's not a religion. "Atheism" is a vague term that gives a lot of leeway for different ideologies, just as "theism" is a vague term that gives a lot of leeway for different ideologies (i.e.: Christianity, Islam, Zeus and pals, deism).

Answer 10

People are people. Everyone is unique.

Long, long time ago, there is a group of people called the children of Israel. They are the descendents of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. These group of people were held as slaves in Egypt and one day, they cry out because of their suffering and God who had a covenant with Abraham heard their cry and called forth Moses to lead His people out.

Along the way, these children of Israel encountered first hand the miracles of God but for some of them, their hearts were hardened and they just stop believing whenever they face challenges. They forgot about the crossing of the red sea. They forgot about the pillar of fire. They forgot about the providence of manna. Water from the rock. ... etc.

When God in human form, aka Jesus Christ of Nazareth walked on the face of the earth, a lot of people also witness first hand the miracles He did but not everyone believed Him. Was Jesus surprised?

You know what, if today you believed in Him. It's good. For the rest, let them take their own journey. Just know and believe that God love them too.

Shalom.

Answer 11

Could God create a universe where free will exists AND does not contain suffering of the life forms within it?

Nothing is impossible with God and such a universe IS possible, then it would be MORE perfect than THIS universe.

Why does God appear to create a less perfect world?