Let's not get into a debate- just keep the answers nice and simple, please.
-1. Do you believe in God?
Yes / No / Maybe
-2. Do have have a particular faith (and practicing)?
Yes / No (If Yes, what faith are you?)
-3.If you don't believe in God as he / she is generally perceived, do you believe in any form of 'great power'?
2007-04-10 16:53:29 · 47 answers · asked by Phil K 4 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
For those who have not yet answered when they read this comment-
why do you think (religious?) people write 'GOD' or 'He' with capital letters? Don't you think if he exists he's above such things as punctuation?
2007-04-10 17:01:46 · update #1
To Balderarrow-
I care because I've recently come to some realisations on my own and fancied getting a general picture of what other people are thinking.
2007-04-10 17:11:25 · update #2
Yes I am Pentecostal.
2007-04-10 16:55:25 · answer #1 · answered by Message 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-1. Do you believe in God?
Yes ...in terms of higher power or spiritual forces beyond my comprehension
-2. Do have have a particular faith (and practicing)?
Yes / but don't believe most of it's validity. However, I do believe in good life lessons.
-3.If you don't believe in God as he / she is generally perceived, do you believe in any form of 'great power'?
Already answered
why do you think (religious?) people write 'GOD' or 'He' with capital letters? Don't you think if he exists he's above such things as punctuation?
Past practises. Sort of a superstition. If not, they totally believe in a supreme being and want to separate their lowness from that super being;s highness. They do not understand like in Buddhism that god is everywhere in everything.
2007-04-10 17:58:07 · answer #2 · answered by Legandivori 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-1. Yes I do believe in God.
-2. Yes, I call it "Faith" (and I practice daily in 3 ways):
KNOWING what is truly taking place when I talk to myself, or think to myself, is actually a conversation with God. (Hint: This is the answer most people miss)
ACCEPTING that God will not participate, by speaking back to me, during these conversations.
BELIEVING though that God will always be listening; he will always hear what I say; and he will always understand what I mean.
-3. n/a
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I can't explain what "faith" is, or even show you what it looks like; but I will tell you this: if feels like you have been given the gift of magic when you can really believe in something, simply on faith, and nothing else.
God Bless :-)
2007-04-10 22:32:36 · answer #3 · answered by Sandy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in God
I am Non-Denominational- I don't follow a particular religion and or sect. I just follow the Word of God
I write the Name of God in capital letters as a form of respect for Him. I just feel it is necessary when separating Him and His attributes from anything else such as humans, animals or even (what I believe) false gods. I do it as a form of Worship and Praise for His Holy Name.
2007-04-10 17:23:50 · answer #4 · answered by Nikki T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am consider myself a pantheist. I believe in "God" as a the sum total of all that exists in the universe. I have had many faiths through the years Christianity, Buddhism, Islam, and "neopaganism". However, the idea of an anthropromorphic, personal god has lost all appeal to me as has the idea of the one true faith. The deities worshipped in other religions are too often angry, brutish, and violent and seem to reflect the personalities of the people who worship them.
2007-04-10 17:03:20 · answer #5 · answered by Cacaoatl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i do not believe in god because turly i believe that if he did exist then this world would not be so bad.
i truly believe that religion is the worlds biggest con because its something that was just started off by someone many years ago and just become too much of a big thing to this day.
however i only believe that everything happens for a reason and that fate exists.
2007-04-11 00:29:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. I do belive in God with all my heart and soul.
2. I'm a non-dinominashonal Schristian (in other words a Christian who goes to a shurch that just teachers straight out of the bible)
3. I do belive in God, so there's no point in me answering this last question =]
p.s. I strongly recomend you to watch "The Passion of the Christ" by Mill Gibbston... a very well done movie
2007-04-10 16:58:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1, no
2, yes, in my husband
3, no
Say for instance IF god truely existed then why oh why do so many ppl in the WORLD suffer so badly? When apparently he sacrificed his only son for the good of the ppl so they WOULDN'T have to suffer? If he was to appear in front of us and perform the miracle of cureing the sick ending all wars and violence and making this planet a generally better place then i may consider it!! But until that day NO
2007-04-11 22:34:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In conversation a 'god' is the utimate person, the best, the greatest, someone or something we would all like to be or be like. By that fact there has to be a god someone we are all trying to aspire to. So yes, no, more an understanding of all
2007-04-13 03:46:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
god was invented for all to feel loved by some old man back in the day,its a false belief,i wish there was such a thing in this crazy world we live in....im no religion and dont look down on people that are.........my great power is me,my family and everyone who cares for me...........
2007-04-10 16:57:44 · answer #10 · answered by sparky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in all of the above, I believe that we were made in GODS image so GOD could be a male and a female, the faith that i practice is santeria, i believe that my ancestors are around me all the time........I could go on and on but this is what i believe
2007-04-10 16:57:41 · answer #11 · answered by KATRINA A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋