Do you believe in God?

Answer 1

Yes

Answer 2

Maybe.

I'm an agnostic.
I'm also a biological science major. So, logically, not all of the "God" theory makes logical and scientific sense, nor does it make complete sense philosophically either. Also, I don't "believe" in anything. Absolute belief (which is what the belief in God is) is only that..belief. Belief is just a strong feeling based on impressions and perceptions. If we claim to believe something though, generally to have "belief", especially absolute belief, means that that is the stand we take and we are unweilding to that claim regardless of any other opinions. I don't want to hold myself to a "belief". I'd rather just have "good ideas" and "theories". At least those can change with time and with further proof. "Beliefs" on the other hand are meant to be a part of your core values, and generally aren't easy to change. No one has ever physically perceived God, and even if they claim to have, we can only get a "hear say" account, and well...we all know how reliable gossip and second hand news can be. And the only PROOF people can give is one based on faith. Faith is not proof to me. Either that, or people give the arguement of "we have to have knowledge of a supreme being, and the only way we have that knowledge is from the supreme being itself". This is just wordplay, a type of "catch 22" if you will. Not proof to me.
Or, "everything has a cause, and the beginning cause is God"..again, not proof to me, because that begs the question, "What made God?". Then, of course you have the "intelligent design" theory. That would make sense if it wasn't for the fact that dolphins have hair and we have useless appendixes. If it was intelligent design, everything would have a purpose right? So what's the purpose of having an appendix if it's only use is to burst and try to kill us? and what use is a dolphin to have hair if they swim in the water? To me, that shows more evidence of evolution. And to some degree, evolution has been proven, although it's still only a theory. However, none of my arguements against God are perfect. So, that's why I say "maybe he does, maybe he doesn't". So, I'm an agnostic.

Answer 3

Karl Marx said that religion is the opiate of the masses and I have seen nothing which contradicts that statement. Organised religion, be it Islam in any of its forms or denominations or whatever, Christianity in any of its forms, or denominations,or whatever, Hindus or Buddhists, Whatever, has been for centuries what politicians cannot get away with, indoctrinating and brainwashing people from birth, with the blessing of parents because they too were indoctrinated in turn. The particular brand or sect which you are inducted into depends on which church has dominion over your particular country. If you are Arab or thereabouts then one of the Islamic sects or European, one of the christian.
It is hard to believe in the current climate of religious tolerance, at least in the west, that not many years ago religious persecusion by the state was common, it all depended on what the rulers thought. Belief was obligatory and atheism was not an option, it was not a matter of whether you believed, it was a matter of which church you believed.
At the end of the day it really does not matter what you believe because it is all about the afterlife and the church which promises the better afterlife gets the most votes. People, even intelligent people, scholars and the like, have to believe that when they die that they are going somewhere better and that everyone else, the scum of the earth will go to Hell, they cannot accept that when they die that they will rot away, or be food for the worms, into nothingness, because " God", would not let that happen to them. Because why would they be living if that was the case. Please, before it is too late ---GET A LIFE!!! Accept into your heart the belief that in an infinate universe there is infinate room for anything to evolve that in an infinate universe with infinate throws of the cosmic dice there is room for an infinate number of sixes to come up in sequence that it is just infinate good fortune that all the elements came together and the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was not thrown by some sentient force but was pure chance. - Or, believe what you want but just keep your beliefs to yourself.

Answer 4

No! Belief and disbelief are the same thing as in they both have elements of doubt and probability in them. If you say "I believe" then you still don't because the fact is you are only stating probability... You either know or you don't know!

What are the facts?

Is there such a thing as Love?
If there is a god, is he/she = To Love or Love?
As the mind is made up of Knowledge, can one know what Love is?

Surely Love has no end and thus no beginning and knowledge is always limited to what you know!

So the question should be: Do you know there’s a god or don’t know?

In my opinion, yes it's bloody good possibility there is a god! But it’s akin to infinity, something you cannot know with the limitation of the tiny mind.

Answer 5

Maybe. God is a philosophically problematic idea. We cannot prove nor disprove god's existence. So both theism and atheism suffer the same fundamental problem - they seek to make an absolute claim on a matter they cannot prove.

I do think any fundamentalist vision of god as a source of both absolute moral truth and as a supreme being is simultaneously wrong and terrifying.

So I am not ready to give up on the idea of god, however I do think his various fan clubs are the source of much evil in the world.

Answer 6

In the movie “The Gods Must Be Crazy,” a native in the Kalahari Desert encounters technology for the first time--in the shape of a Coke bottle. I found this to be very amusing, but I also began to see parallels between his thought process, and that of the modern day Theist. Both are using CAVEMAN LOGIC to explain their world. I fail to see the difference between “hmm, bottle fall from sky, must be gods” and “hmm, trees and butterflies prove the existence of god.”

In both of these cases, someone is simply replacing one unknown for another unknown, but proving nothing!

Not only can God not be proven, but I will also go so far as to say that God can be disproved. It is impossible for something to be all knowing and all good. If you are aware that something bad is going to happen, and you allow it to happen anyway, then you cannot be all good. If God created everything, then he also created evil. It is also impossible to be all-powerful; can God create a rock that even he himself cannot move?

I would have thought that as man became more knowledgeable and logical that he would have pushed aside his caveman beliefs, but it seems to be just the opposite....just count all the yes' above.

Answer 7

What does it matter what anyone else believes? If you believe in him and you gain comfort from that belief then that's fine.
If your neighbour thinks there is a god but he's got a sick sense of humour then that's fine as well.
If I think all religion should be banned because it is the cause of more death and hatred than anything else on the planet then that's also fine.

The problem is when a person with any of the above beliefs tries to force their beliefs on the rest of us.

Answer 8

I don't really use the word God. I do, however, believe in a Higher Universal Power and Energy. The word "God" reminds me of religion, which I can't seem to grasp the concept of right now. I was raised Catholic but don't practice it/agree with it.

I think religion is great and all, if that's your thing, but for me it's just important to have faith in something...something I can't control but can utilize and let guide me...this faith helps me trust my gut feelings more and be more able to comprehend the world around me.

Answer 9

I believe in God (the trinity of Father, Son, Holy Spirit) because there is no other explanation for the creation of man. Darwinism is scientifically disproven by modern understanding. But next time I would include a "why"--why do you want to know or care to ask the question. You will get a much better answer pool than a bunch of yes's and no's. Chuck Missler, a brilliant Chemical Engineer has an awesome website with congeries of info. on modern understanding of creation being scientifically proven on his 66/40 radio broadcast... check it out @... www.khouse.org

Answer 10

Yes. There are some things science can't explain, and the only other explanation is God. To ChrisUK, maybe no-one can prove there is a God, but no-one can prove there isn't either. Faith isn't about what you know, but about what you believe.

Answer 11

No. But I believe in goodness, and try my best to behave in a way towards others the way Jesus would have done.
I play the organ in a church, and conduct choirs. I wondered for a while whether I was being hypocritical doing that (I do get paid), but I learnt that I was doing the right thing.
I do listen to the sermons, and they are about being humble, and tolerant, and that touches me, but I tend to get a bit edgy when the 'God' stuff comes into it.
I treat Christianity as a state of mind, and a way to live benignly, but I certainly don't see the Bible as 'fact'.