i am just taking a poll here...not trying to get any one angry...do you believe in God? no matter what religion you are or what name you call Him, do you believe in Him? whether you believe in Christianity or Bahai or Catholicism or Tibetan or whatever else, do you believe in a "God"??? just a poll!!! thanks!
2007-09-30 05:45:46 · 38 answers · asked by julie h 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
really, you can just answer with a simple yes or no, but if you want to explain, go ahead!!!
2007-09-30 05:46:46 · update #1
Yes, except that I KNOW there is God, not just "believe" there is, because of personal experiences.
2007-09-30 05:48:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
Yes
2007-10-01 00:10:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.Hinduism explains as
God is a one being, yet we understand Him in three perfections: Absolute Reality, Pure Consciousness and Primal Soul. As Absolute Reality, God is unmanifest, unchanging and transcendent, the Self God, timeless, formless and spaceless. As Pure Consciousness, God is the manifest primal substance, pure divine love and light flowing through all form, existing everywhere in time and space as infinite intelligence and power.God is all and in all, great beyond our conception, a sacred mystery that can be known in direct communion.
God is all and in all, one without a second, the Supreme Being and only Absolute Reality. He is Pati, our Lord, immanent and transcendent. To create, preserve, destroy, conceal and reveal are His five powers.
The Vedas explain, "Self-resplendent, formless, unoriginated and pure, that all-pervading being is both within and without. He transcends even the transcendent, unmanifest, causal state of the universe." Aum
2007-09-30 21:32:54 · answer #3 · answered by Siva 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
Nobody has ever provided any evidence that any gods, much less a specific god, exist. People believe in specific gods because of indoctrination from an early age, tradition, hallucinations, fear of torture (for gods sadistic enough to threaten it) and other similarly illogical reasons. But no gods exist in reality; these are all stories, created for people who were scared of the world long before we understood it. Now we have no more reason for these superstitions.
What's the harm in religion:
http://www.abarnett.demon.co.uk/atheism/harm.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_religion
How harmful the bible is in particular:
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/
http://www.evilbible.com/
The origin of the Jesus stories:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa5.htm
http://www.near-death.com/experiences/origen048.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org/chr_jcpa2.htm
http://www.geocities.com/paulntobin/jesus.html
How illogical religion is in general:
http://godisimaginary.com/
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/
The alternative:
http://www.religioustolerance.org/
http://www.infidels.org/
http://www.positiveatheism.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secular_humanism
2007-09-30 05:49:44 · answer #4 · answered by Dreamstuff Entity 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. It is a great mistake not to - it is faulty human logic
that leads the very mind of man to conclude there is no God, but it is understandable considering the many false notions that exist about God and who God actually IS. The very intelligent mind of this kind of person, which is actually bestowed upon his grey matter and given life, to think that God does not exist and concludes life was accidental, is a mind that is functioning on a lesser value scale than it is actually capable of. They need more information.
http://www.urantia.org/papers/toc.html
2007-09-30 05:53:38 · answer #5 · answered by Holly Carmichael 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your poll gets asked 20 times a day. Use the search function.
2007-09-30 05:50:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I believe in God the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I worship Him by cooking and eating pasta.
I know that He is real because after worship I can feel Him in my stomach and liver.
Ramen !
2007-09-30 05:49:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
As the term is commonly used, no. I find the definition is too easily steered towards a particular agenda. I do experience spirituality, though.
2007-09-30 05:51:14 · answer #8 · answered by kent_shakespear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,
2007-09-30 05:51:08 · answer #9 · answered by preacher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I believe in God and in His Christ and His Holy Spirit.
2007-09-30 05:51:01 · answer #10 · answered by Semp-listic! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in something. Don't even call it God, but something universal, yes.
2007-09-30 05:49:24 · answer #11 · answered by Twilight 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋