I borrowed a book from my friend, all about every single different religion. I read through them all, because I've never gone to church, never had a religion, and I wanted to know where I fell into place. I found that I'm agnostic. For anyone who doesn't know what that is, basically I think we don't know anything about god and never will, so I'm just assuming he exists. I don't believe in the bible.
I just wanted to know where other people stand on this.
Do you believe in god? Why or why not? What is your religion? Do you believe the bible? Go to church? Believe in Hell? Heaven?
I'm curious.
2007-12-06 14:56:43 · 27 answers · asked by megan 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I can't believe in something I have no proof that exists. So, no, I don't believe in god and I don't believe in the bible either.. that's pure crap, pure nonsense to fool people. I don't have a religion. I believe what I want to believe and if I don't want to believe in anything, I don't believe in anything and that's all. I don't go to church. I don't believe in heaven or hell.
Worst thing of all is that I am baptized, had communion and confirmation or whatever it is called in english, and all because I went to a catholic school and I was young and we had to do it. I think parents should let their kids decide whether they want to have a religion or not when they are older but well, it's done and anyway I don't really care now because I do not believe in such "god". For me it doesn't exists so baptism, communion, confirmation or whatever doesn't really make any difference.
2007-12-06 15:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Without any other evidence, I turn to the null hypothesis to test the existence of God or gods, which is that there are none. This can be disproved if empirical, repeatable and observable evidence was found, and I could say that the null hypothesis is less than 95% certain. Thus, I would then accept God/gods as being true based upon the available evidence.
The statement "God exists" cannot be falsified by any lack of evidence, only affirmed by it. This makes it unscientific.
However, most definitions of "God" I've heard (and they are lacking somewhat in clarity) seem to negate the possibility of evidence for God or gods. This renders the entire exercise pointless and academic. F***.
I am a de facto atheist until I receive evidence that can change that.
2007-12-06 15:06:31 · answer #2 · answered by Bullet Magnet 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Weak atheist. I do not believe in any deity.
(As opposed to a strong atheist who says that they believe that there is not a god.)
All holy texts I have read are a joke. Contradictory, written well after the events and, for the non-mundane parts, unsupported by any other independent sources.
Are you agnostic about dragons? Why not? They might exist.
Do you have more evidence that some sort of deity exists?
2007-12-06 15:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by Simon T 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are no (absolute) proofs for, or against, the existence of God.
Proof is a tricky word. Many people think that proof establishes something is an absolute fact. That's not often the case; at least, not in the everyday world.
In jurisprudence and science, a reasonable basis for proof is based on solid evidence and the absence of any known contradiction. There's a "reasonable person" standard which defines proof as "beyond a reasonable doubt". The test of time fortifies proofs.
You say there are no unicorns? Prove it. You see? ABSOLUTE proof is an illusion -- especially when trying to prove a negative, such as "There is no God".
However, rephrasing the assertion from "There is no God", to "God is imaginary", makes proof easier, using the "reasonable person" standard. We can't ABSOLUTELY prove it but we can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt.
Consider this . . .
No matter where man has spread, he as created countless gods. From aboriginal Australians to tribal Africans to American Indians to ancient Egyptians . . . they've all created gods prolifically and with ease. That man creates gods is a well-known, indisputable fact.
But what about the opposite? God creating man? We DON'T know that he did. We have no evidence that he did. We have no reason to think that he did. All the evidence points to evolution over the course of billions of years. There's growing evidence that life originated from abiogenesis -- from an electro-chemical reaction in the primordial soup of early Earth.
So, with countless thousands of gods to man's credit, believers are in the untenable position of asserting that all the gods that came before and after theirs are false . . . but their own god (and religion) is real and true. Asserting that one's own god is real, when we know that man created all the others, is ridiculous. It is so unlikely that we can safely consider it delusional.
Man has created countless thousands of gods and YOURS (if you believe) has NO evidence. That, my friend, qualifies God’s existence as dubious, at best, and faith in him as misguided and misplaced. Based upon the preponderance of evidence, the assertion that "God is imaginary" meets the reasonable person standard for proof and has withstood the test of time for thousands of years.
2007-12-07 20:54:31 · answer #4 · answered by Seeker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm so happy that you are searching for answers.
I am a believer ofJesus. I have a relationship that cannot be explained ,only experienced.
The religions, that I've looked into before, never had the depth or basic spiritual truth that I needed.
Yes I believe the Bible and everything it says. Hell, Heaven, The virgin birth...
2007-12-06 15:12:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I am an Asatru Heathen
I do not believe in the Christian/Jewish/Islamic version of god or Jesus and I feel the Bible is contradictory, violent, and hateful.
The only time I go to church is when visiting my minister cousin and Family. I go, I'm respectful but I don't partake of communion and don't believe their religion.
Hell - nope. Hella's Kingdom (yep). Heaven - boring! Give me Asgard or Vanaheim!
www.thetroth.org
2007-12-06 15:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by Aravah 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I myself believe that there might be a creator, who is far above all those human traits like hate and condemning people to hell, and doesn't care which way we pray to Him, or at all.
If I would join a religion than only one that preaches love not only towards those that belong to the same religion, but to all mankind, no matter what they believe.
What I like about Buddism is, that it gladly accepts followers but doesn't preach hate by condemning those that don't join, to hell.
Maybe in the future, there won't be any more preachers that spread hate against all those that believe differently, then we will finally be able to enjoy this earth, that the creator has given us.
2007-12-06 15:05:08 · answer #7 · answered by tieveasilona 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Umm good I feel within the Dark God and Goddess, they dont relatively care if I make errors....so long as I dont reason damage to nature, which I might certainly not do for the reason that I am vegetarian and I love the Earth =)
2016-09-05 09:57:29 · answer #8 · answered by rosanne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty much Agnostic as well - sometimes I want to believe but other times I am sure there is no one out there. When I do believe, I am a Universalist, pretty much, but it is more of a pastiche of beliefs that I have found in a variety of religions, so no one who is a full-time believer in those faiths cares for my version of them. So when I do pray, I pray alone.
2007-12-06 15:05:29 · answer #9 · answered by Amy R 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hi Megan. No I don't believe in God (I'm an atheist). There simply isn't evidence - or need - for a higher power. And no, I don't believe the Bible, go to church, or believe in Heaven and Hell..
2007-12-06 15:00:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋