Firstly I do believe in God.
If you do not believe God then who will you trust?
God is definitely real. Sometimes science and logic cannot prove everything. Think of this : who is supervising the whole universe if not God. You may not lose anything by not believing in Him but you certainly won't gain anything.
2007-11-19 00:55:35
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answered by dolaaditi 2
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1. I don't think believers have "lost" anything. I just don't enjoy it when people try to use the hell scare tactic. It's not nice.
2. Why do you say god IS real? Both sides think they are speaking the truth. Your truth is no more valuable than anyone else's.
3. If there is a god I really don't think it is anything like what Christianity says it is. Christianity preaches a vengeful hateful god who is selective and vindictive. If there is a god I doubt is has the human characteristics and flawed value systems that humans impose on it. Just because a god exists doesn't mean it is the one you speak of.
2007-11-19 09:27:34
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answered by Tamsin 7
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1. i have no problem with an individual's belief in a god/gods. what i have a problem with is the accretion of dogma and doctrine that is anti-empathetic and anti-intellectual, that rejects empirical evidence on the basis of faith alone or seeks to distort and destroy empirical evidence that does not agree with their faith.
2.my lack of belief in god/gods and anything supernatural is based on the fact that the whole idea is silly beyond belief, there is no evidence and the whole thing contradicts logic. what benefit, well i'm being true to myself.
3. i can only go by the stories theists tell, if i believe the jewish one, then i loose nothing really, my 'soul' may be tested in Gehenna for a while before i end up in sheol with everyone else. the hindus, and i will be born again as something else, the same with the buddhists, if it rally is odin in charge, i may end up in valhalla as i've done a bit of fighting. if it is a christian god then i suppose i'll be roasting in hell with Satan's imps and demons prodding me with pitchforks. but the christian conception of heaven still strikes me as an insidious form of hell. to be stuck with a load of ned flanders clones for all eternity, to be stripped of all ambition and freedom, to loose the essence of humanity, to be forced to eternally grovel before a god scares me more than any lake of fire.
2007-11-19 09:14:12
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answered by Anonymous
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1) They lose the opportunity to think and find things out for themselves. They lose out on a multitude of possible spiritual experiences.
2) I say that because that's what I believe. My aim is intellectual honesty.
3) If you're speaking of the Biblical deity, I lose the opportunity to worship for eternity a selfish, narcissistic, unfeeling murderous evil being who has no love for its own creation and takes no responsibility for anything ever. Yay.
2007-11-19 09:20:34
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answered by KC 7
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I suspect that the believer has not lost anything, really.
I say that God is not real only in response to the question "Is God real," and my aim is to answer the question.
We have all seen many variations of "Pascal's Wager," but I have seen few as badly written as yours.
May I suggest that, along with your Bible, you read Azar's "Understanding and Using English Grammar"?
2007-11-19 08:53:19
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answered by Anonymous
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1. A Free Lifestyle
2. There is no "Aim" There is no "Benefit" it is a belief
3. Yes, but there is also not a life wasted on nothing.
2007-11-19 09:12:56
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answered by AwesomeJoeKnows 3
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1. Reality
2. to bring as many people into the real world as possible
3. A tyrannical oppressor? i guess it depends on which god is the real one, but most of them are tyrants
2007-11-19 09:06:51
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answered by Anonymous
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1) The only loss is losing freedom to think for yourself.
2) How do you know God is real?....prove it.
3) I will not loose anything, my belongings are temporary.
2007-11-19 08:51:24
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answered by Gyspy Soul 5
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Well, here's one opinion: it might be better if you asked just one question and made it clear what that question was about.
2007-11-19 09:01:00
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answered by cheir 7
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I might actually be able to give you an answer to this question if your grammar and syntax were a little clearer.
2007-11-19 08:59:30
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answered by Jewel 7
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