Why do people insist on believing in some form of God?

Question

Is there any solid hard proof that he even exists?
I mean, Bible stories have been passed down from generations, why should those be believed? How do we know God created the earth, where did he come from in the first place? How do you know that these miracles are the work of God, or just a mere coincidence? AS IF all the stories in the bible are true. They're probably as real as Harry Potter, Star Wars, Sailor Moon or Astro Boy.

WHERE IS THE LOGIC IN BELIEVING IN A BEING THAT IN THEORY, CANNOT EXIST? WHERE IS THE PROOF? Tell me why you believe in a form of God. Use logic and solid proof that a form of God actually exists.

I don't 100% believe in a form of God, only maybe 20%. It's more wishful thinking than anything else.

Someone starts worshipping some made up God. Let him be known as Bob. They believe in him so much, others start to ponder his existence. They too, start believing in Bob. Over the course of many years, more people begin believing in Bob. There is now a new cult/religion because one person decided there was a greater being and start to worship it. Don't you think this is what happens? One person starts believing, and then a whole crapload of others start believing too? To me, religion and the existence of God seem like the idea of someone's twisted joke. They're messing with our brains here folks.
Either that or God is just an illusion, something created to give us a little faith and a reason to live. You can go ahead and commit suicide, or push your faith in an non-existent being in hopes that your situation will get better. But seriously now, praying won't get you anywhere. You've got to get out there and work yourselves. Don't wait for "God" to bring everything to you, get moving.

You know, I'd like to fully believe there is someone or something that can change our lives, but come on people, think rationally.

Let me reply to some of the short ones:
"why do i believe in God? that's like asking why i believe in oxygen..."
You believe in oxygen? I don't 'believe' in it, but I certainly need it. Do you need God? Why?

"Who created you????"
My mother and father. Who created them? Well, their parents of course. And who created them? You should know. Let me ask you, who created God? Where did God come from?

Answer 1

There's growing evidence that humans have a "God Module" in their brain that produces spiritual experiences.

This could go a long way toward explaining why man, throughout the ages, has created gods. Aboriginal Australians, tribal Africans, ancient Egytians . . . everybody, everywhere has created gods, creation myths and religions. This might be because we're "hard-wired" to believe.

The traditional view holds that primitive man, as soon as he developed enough language to ponder life and death, created the concept of soul as a response to his unique awareness of his own inevitable death. Self knowledge of death lead to souls (spirits) which eventually led to gods.

The fact that man has created gods from time immemorial is very telling. We make gods . . . NOT the other way around. The God of Judaism came a milennia after the first monotheistic god -- Ahura Mazda (Zoroastrianism). So, to maintain that the Judeo-Christian-Muslim God is the ONLY God, begs the question: What was he waiting for?

Claiming that all the gods, before and after the god of YOUR religion, are false -- but YOURS is real -- is transparently ridiculous. It is so unlikely as to be entirely discounted without evidence to the contrary.
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Answer 2

The limitations of the human mind cause us to perceive the Universe as chaos. It isn't, but we don't know that, and religion helps us sort out the chaos. A good religion helps you be a better person. A bad religion makes you a bigot. The trick is to find a good one.

What proof is there? Of the 'god' most people talk about, I know none. Of my Goddess, there is plenty. We are all connected within Her body, which is a quantum field. Earth is a microcosm of Her, and we are all Earth's children, born of Her womb, the ocean. Asking me if I believe in Goddess is like asking me if I believe in rocks - yes, they exist, I can see them, hear them, touch them. The rocks, the water, this computer, you, me - we are all Goddess.

I believe there is plenty of evidence of our spiritual life continuing beyond death. People who die and come back can remember things that happened while they had neither brain nor heart activity. I've seen and interacted with spirits, and I've always been psychic, so I know there is more to the world than what I can touch with my hands or see with my eyes. I remember past lives so I know we come back. Many cases of reincarnation have been documented - don't assume it can't happen if you haven't looked at the evidence.

People will say that's illogical, but it isn't. Illogical would be to ignore my own experience when that experience can be verified, replicated, and recorded. To ignore my own experience is the opposite of empiricism. There's more to science than just that, but it's an important part that gets overlooked.

Too many non-believers act as if something doesn't exist if they haven't experienced it. You have to be open to the possibility that someone else might have a different experience than you do, and that just because you haven't had an experience, it doesn't mean I didn't. If you automatically dismiss something you can't see you are taking the same position as those who laughed at Louis Pasteur and wanted to burn Galileo for saying the Earth revolves around the sun.

You have to do ALL the research before you reach a conclusion. You have to be willing to change your position if there's evidence that doesn't fit your belief system.

She absolutely can exist - in fact, I don't see how She could not. Something binds the Universe together. Something in this world is conscious. Something birthed the stars and the planets and matter and dark matter. Something creates life anywhere and everywhere the potential for life exists. I call that Goddess, and it is more reasonable to believe that something is behind existence than to believe that nothing is.

Answer 3

Well, as long as they are not trying to convert you, or trying to belittle you, why do you care? are you not also indulging in "my belief is the real one" syndrome? Its a personal choice people make (well most are just blindly following doctrines). I for one believe in something bigger. No personal god. But some kind of intelligence. I dont claim to know the reality, and maybe I am wrong. But I think I am entitled to my view point, like you are to yours. Why are you getting so worked up about? Life is not all about logic. I think there is no logic in falling in love. But I still love!!!! Be happy with your beliefs, and leave others to practice theirs.

Answer 4

There are many people insist on believing in god.
(1) Following the beliefs of the majority so as not to be left out.
(2) Following in the beliefs that were spoon fed to them while in the most impressionable time of their life, childhood.
(3) Lack of education
(4) Not thinking for themselves.
(5) Not believing in themselves.
(6) Wanting to believe in something better than their own lives.

Answer 5

Many reasons:

1. They desire to believe.

2. They were indoctrinated and believe that not-believing is the 'devil's' work.

3. Fear of death

4. Superstitious desire to believe in a supernatural and human-like agent of change (i.e inclement weather, catastrophe, failed crops etc) and the desire to placate this 'Celestial Weatherman' with prayer, offerings, dances, sacrifices etc

5. Tribalism and 'us' vs 'them'

6. Need to believe they live forever.

7. Provides a scapegoat for bad behaviour (we are all sinners etc)

8. Comfort of a terminally strict imaginary father-figure who loves them best and punishes the errant stepchildren next door.

9. Lack of education.

10. To provide all 'answers' to pesky 'unknowns'. i.e. "God just did it because he is perfect!"

11. Egoism - Anthropic bias and desire to believe that humans are:

a. A collective

b. Made in the 'image' of what they call 'perfection'

c. They are the central focal point of what they call 'God' (which is in turn their concept of a man's mind at the centre of everything)


And many more....

NB I focused on JC 'God', but much of it applies to all concepts of god/s goddesses, etc.

Answer 6

However, even apart from the Bible, there are certain evidences for the existence of God.
Consider the following:
(1) Mankind has always believed in a universal being.
(2) Creation must have a creator. The universe could not originate without a cause.
(3) The wonderful design, which we see in creation, demands an infinite designer.
(4) Because good and evil exist throughout the world, we must assume there is a moral law that divides good and evil. Since there is a moral law, there must be a lawgiver.
(5) Since man is an intelligent, moral being, his creator must have been of a much higher order in order to create him

Answer 7

Because many of them have been told, from a very young age, that believing in yourself is sinful, egotistical, or some such nonsense. Many of us have gotten over it, but there are still those who need to believe in "something greater than man." It will be a real shame when they are disappointed.

Answer 8

Personally I think it is part cultural (notice how belief in specific gods seems to be tied to geographic regions/cultures), and part escapism: the truth is that life is often brutal, pointless, and harsh. A promise that things will get better in the AFTERlife gives people both a goal and a reason to go on. Its very compelling.

Answer 9

Because it Does excist although u dob't believe or can't proof by science

Answer 10

Can you prove your own existence? I mean existence of 'you' NOT existence of the body you are using. Similarly the existence of God, NOT the god conceived by men BUT the GOD whom nobody has defined or described.