Do you believe in Odin? If not, you're an Atheist too. (to paraphrase Richard Dawkins).
Do you believe in Odin? If not, you're an Atheist too. (to paraphrase Richard Dawkins).
Why do people believe in God....any God? I don't understand why some believe in a Muslim God, others believe in a Catholic God...etc. What have you seen that gives you any basis for believing in a GOD? Religion to me sounds like something most people have been brainwashed to believe as little children. Could there be something other than God? Most of us live in a fact based society, but when it comes to religion we throw facts out the window. We even make excuses why we can't use facts in religion. I'm not trying to be rude, I just want to know why I should believe in God? Are we scared not to believe? I don't believe in any God, but that doesn't mean we can't evolve beyond this life. If we do, I don't believe being good boys and girls or God has anything to do with it.
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Is believing in religion a weakness? Is it mans way to feel like they have control? Is it the .gov's way of controlling the masses? Is God really a loving God? If he is, why is there so much suffering on earth? Could you watch your children suffer and do nothing? Doesn't make any logical sense at all.
It seems to me like anyone that asks these kinds of questions is almost perceived as the devil or the antichrist. Is it possible to have these discussions without people getting their feelings hurt or being all defensive?
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You mean when you give them the tools to do better, teach them better and then give them the freedom to be their own person and they go out and live a bad lifestyle that causes them pain and problems?
Yes... yes, we can. And we do. All the time.
No, it's not possible. You asked the question simply so you could attack and ridicule people who expressed a belief in God.
I've not seen anyone ridicule a person in this thread.
It's a common theme. It's the Jesse Ventura philosophy. There're a number of guys here who are like that... anyone who believes in a higher power is a moron, clinging to archaic mysticism, etc. Truly modern, enlightened and intelligent people who believe in science would never believe in a higher power....
Although they are often ok with believing a mass of matter exploded and brought everything into existence. and a bunch of primordial ooze became sentient, intelligent life.
It's all good... we're free to believe what we want, or purport that we believe nothing. But whatever man... the thinly-veiled sarcasm and needling (not in a humorous way, as some would have you believe, it's more in a condescending way) get old, but hey.... no one promised an easy road - only a destination, right?
