Why do you believe what you believe?

Question

I am a theological/art history student, i'm not of any religion, and i'm not athiest. but i was wondering WHY you believe the religious views that you believe in?

And i don't want any useless answers like "Because it's right."

Well, why is your religion or view right over ALLLLL of the others in this world that exist or ever have existed? And i mean it, let's be realistic here. Try not to give an answer like "Because god said so," or "because it's in the bible." Tell me HOW does that make you right?

Answer 1

I am Wiccan, I belive in what I do because it feels right for me. It is the best Religion for me, but it isn't right for everyone. The best religion is the one that is the best for each individual person. The right religion should feel comfortable with. It should be compatable with your own beliefs and desires. It should give you hope and love. Most of all it should make you feel like a whole person.

Answer 2

Because without it, I would be lost. I honestly can't imagine a life without a true ultimate purpose of living beyond the "here and now". I feel so guided when I have a set of rules and instructions that I can so passionately adhere to. I don't feel alone in this giganitic universe because I know a higher "being" is watching over me and cares for me and loves me.
I just can't imagine that the sky and whatever it contains just came into existance without any divine "upperhand" over it. By mistake, perhaps some "Big Bang" out of the blue. I know that there was a Mighty "being" behind it all who created the heavens and the earth, the waters and the mountains, the planets and the stars, the humans and the animals, and everything else I can't possibly have the space to even list. I don't for a second believe that a tiny fetus inside a dark, fleshy womb grew into a 24 year old women as myself only from a mere mixing of a sperm and an ovum. I know deep down inside that there was a divine role in my conception.

I feel I have a purpose in life. I have an ultimate goal...and from here I can pave my path towards that eternal destination.

My God, by the way, is Allah. The One and Only. The Most Beneficial. The Most Merciful. The Creator of ALL things, big and small.



Thank you for asking this question. I never really thought about it the way you asked. It gives me a greater love for who I am and what I have chosen for myself...

Again, thank you.



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Answer 3

I've told this story at least a hundred times here but lets go for 101. I was in a coma for some time and my wife was there with me in Intensive Care the whole time. She was talking to me as though I was there and awake and telling me I had to fight and come back. I felt I was in a very deep well the whole time that I remember. I could look up and see the light above me and I could hear her. I couldn't always understand what she was saying but I knew she was there and up there in that light was where I had to be. The sides of the well were dirt and smooth and I couldn't figure out how to get out. I was prayed over by a close friend of mine during this time and I remember thinking about God and Jesus I guess because I heard them mentioned even though I was out. What I can tell you is this. God is real and so is Jesus. After I awoke from the coma, I was told I had died on the operating table and my heart stopped for some time until they could get me on the heart/lung machine. God is real. He is there with you if you believe in Him. If you don't, I firmly believe He will not make His presence know to you. This actually happen to me in February and March, 2004. I have been witnessing for Him since I was released from the hospital.

Answer 4

I am an atheist, I do not claim that what I believe, or actually should say don't believe in is right or correct, it is just there is no proof otherwise and also I see way to many religious people whoo are so quick to condem me to hell because of my lack of beliefs in what they believe in, none of them really sound like anything I would want to join or become a member of anyways, I have met a lot kinder, nicer, and more peaceful group of people that are atheists than I have ever met in religious people, not only that in seems kind of silly to believe in something and worship when there is absolutely no proof of a god, anyways it doesn't make me right, it is just what I choose to believe

Answer 5

Well, I was born Christian and converted to Islam. I studied it 6 years before I converted. Everything in Islam was so logical to me. Everything in the Qur'an agreed with Science! It was amazing! So, that is why I believe in Islam--finding Peace thru submission to God. The Qur'an itself is a gift--it remains unchanged to this day and is full of facts that no one knew then. That is what made me believe it to be true. Also, studying the Bible, I see that Jesus never claimed to be a God or the son of one. He always refered to himself as the son of man. So, if he was God---wouldn't he mention it??? Only the books written by Paul says these things. Paul started the Christian religion--not Jesus--peace be upon him. Read about the origins of Christianity and see how it is based on pagenism.

Answer 6

I believe what I believe because it was the conclusion I reached after much intensive study and introspection about many different philosophies and religious traditions. I reached that conclusion a long time ago, but I'm still interested in religious studies just as a hobby.

Answer 7

I choose to find my own way within the religion world. I believe in God. I believe the way I do because of what I have saw in the world, examples: hate of all sorts, unfairness, extreme acts of kindness and compassion Also what my parents, teachers, and friends taught me. I believe in living in a simple, enlighten, and spiritual life according to ur own beliefs and life choices not what someone tells u is right. Because what is right for them maybe wrong for u. Personally I like the teachings of Taoism and Jesus. Taoism and Jesus tells u the secret of living a simple, enlighten, and spiritual life. I like Taoism cause the really explain the soul and what it contains. I like Jesus because he shows how u don't have to follow mainstream religions to be spiritual.

I don't say mine is right over every other belief. I am just saying that it is right for me. Like I said earlier what is right for me maybe wrong for someone else.

Answer 8

After careful consideration I decided to adopt the teachings of Jesus because I came to realise the wisdom of loving our fellow human beings, forgive their trespass against our rights, abstain from lying & cheating. Since then I adopted a number of additional maxims which He would approve of: don't harm the earth and hold all life as sacred.
So as long as I behave in this manner it doesn't matter what I believe in my heart of hearts.

Answer 9

Because that's what I was taught. That's what my parents believe. I've seen my share of weird occurences both in my family and in the world that have cemented my view that something "else" is in control of us. Maybe not directly, but he has control over something. And I'm inclined to believe that.

Answer 10

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don