UFOs, JFK and 9/11 conspiracies, Bigfoot, Loch Ness, Bermuda Triangle, Ghosts, ESP, Lucid dreaming, Lucky rabbit's foot or shoes or shirts etc, 4 leaf clover, Dreamcatchers, wishbones, black cats, coins in fountains and wells, lottery numbers, colors, solstice and equinox, Mother Nature, numerology, multiple personality, twin empathy, Cults, people waiting on the Mother Ship to return, good luck and bad luck, fate, astrology/zodiac, voodoo, horoscopes, palm reading, tarot, runes, tea leaves, omens and coincidences, etc etc but NOT the bible?
Atheists tell us how smart we are as a race and how far we have come; in essence that we have proven there is no God(s). So why believe in ANYTHING? What IS that within us that makes people want to believe in SOMETHING, just not God and the Bible?
It's a great question and I'm sorry I don't know who said it first.
2006-12-04 12:26:00 · 9 answers · asked by mcm5274 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The question is basically: WHY BELIEVE IN ANYTHING? Even one atheist said he doesn't believe in "most" but he didn't say "all"..that's my point.
Yes, there IS fun stuff in there but a lot of it isn't. Like half the UFO people believe aliens are among us and the other half think they wouldn't come here. What?
I mentioned very MODERN things..not burning bushes or Sun Gods or wind spirits. ANSWER the question about stuff NOT in the Bible..Get it?
2006-12-04 12:38:45 · update #1
THINK people THINK. This isn't about the Bible. Those of you harping on religion: are you telling me you don't believe in ANYTHING? You don't play the lottery or cross your fingers or wish luck to someone or are wary of black cats..nothing at all?!?
As for those of you looking at time/dates:
I guess the Bible or whatever would have to be created TODAY for you to give something worth? Just because something is old doesn't make it good or bad..that ageism and it's a bad measurement for anything.
2006-12-04 12:43:24 · update #2
As for Slippie, I didn't mention MY religion nor the word superstition at all. Try to have a mature, broad-minded discussion instead of being a narrow-minded, quick to hammer wiseass. You reveal much that way, sadly. More than I have.
2006-12-04 12:46:10 · update #3
Well, some "beliefs," like the Loch Ness Monster, are just fun.
UFOs... I am sure there is other life, and other intelligent life SOMEWHERE, though I have my doubts they are coming here...
2006-12-04 12:32:31 · answer #1 · answered by Indigo 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is true that most everyone has a belief of some kind. We were created with the need for God. We don't always recognize that need, but it is there, inherent in all of us, because we are God's creation.Because deep inside everyone has the desire to believe. I think it is the desire to reconcile with the Creator. It leaves a very empty spot when God is not in your life, and so people search for something to believe in to fill that yearning that they can't place. The Bible explains everything. Takes all the mystery out of it, and answers all the questions we raise, like why are we here, what is our purpose, what is the meaning of life.
It tells us how to get close to God, tells us all about who he is and how much he loves us. Then it tells us what is required of us to please God and how to worship him. That is the part that a lot of people don't want...the part where they have to do things, or not do things that we want to. People have the tendancy to turn away when things get difficult, or when they are supposed to do things that go against popular opinion.
Then there is the thought that if there is no one to answer to, you can do just as you please and never have to answer for it, or pay the consequences. That would be fooling ourselves to justify doing only as we please. We as humans are pretty good at that. But at some point we do become accountable for our decisions and our actions and choices.
2006-12-04 20:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by wannaknow 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alot of what you have written as things to believe in date back to ancient times and have been handed down much like the bible. Why believe in a book that was written by many 2000 years ago?I think that all people believe in something, even if it is just in themselves and that is what makes us human.
2006-12-04 20:32:38 · answer #3 · answered by DRAGON LADY 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
to answer as simple as possible, there is evidence of alot of the things you mentioned. Some proof big or small that it exists. I believe in what I have experienced and nothing more.
2006-12-05 11:11:03 · answer #4 · answered by Nelly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the solstice and the equinox are facts, no one can dispute that. you cannot warp the space time continuum to fit your question, sorry. the rest of those things are mostly superstitions and the bible fits in with them nicely.
its ironic that you called your own religion a superstition.
2006-12-04 20:35:19 · answer #5 · answered by slippie 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Umm... as an atheist, I don't believe in most of those things either. But at least some of them are open to scientific method. Faith by definition is not.
2006-12-04 20:29:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
b/c if they believe in the God of the Bible, then they are gonna be held accountable!
its a God issue
and a pride one too
2006-12-04 20:28:54 · answer #7 · answered by kujo 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"People" believe in "any old thing"?? Really? No. SOME people are gullible, weak or easily misled in general --- like people who join cults or Scientology...
It's called basic respect for ourselves and each other. I don't need faith in some higher being to tell me to do something or believe in something that is just apparent in and of itself. Some of us are capable of thinking for ourselves.
2006-12-04 20:33:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
2Timothy 3 Must be fulfilled. Be glad its not you that is fulfilling it.
Believe it or not, this is G-d's will. All prophesy must be fulfilled.
Blessings, David.
2006-12-04 20:31:51 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋