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21-10-2004 21:05 SomeCallMeMaxx
6,661 posts	just curious.

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21-10-2004 21:05 EmoRockGirl85
14,084 posts	i don't.
21-10-2004 21:06 rawkerNoNagal
9,981 posts	then why did you answer this thread? I believe in God because I like the way it usually makes me feel. I like the fact that praying puts my mind at ease. I like having faith in something so strong.
21-10-2004 21:07 Cyd
11,162 posts	Tara made this thread ages ago...
21-10-2004 21:12 LPE
5,374 posts	I also had a thread like this...you should search before you start a thread.
21-10-2004 21:13 SomeCallMeMaxx
6,661 posts	got a link? sorry, i got lazy on this one and didn't search for it. i'm all curious now cuz i finished reading some of Freud's ideas on the illusion of religion.
21-10-2004 21:26 crazy_sheriff
2,822 posts	ive dun a thread on this well about no religion check it out!!!!
22-10-2004 13:19 vandy
9,642 posts	So many reasons. For one thing...there's gotta be an uncaused cause. For another thing, part of it is blind faith. Part of it is a feeling. Part of it has to do with how I was raised. Part of it is, "you've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything." Part of it is, believing in God has led me to live a certain lifestyle, and this lifestyle...well I think I'm happier than most people shrug.
22-10-2004 15:38 SomeCallMeMaxx
6,661 posts	"So many reasons. For one thing...there's gotta be an uncaused cause." hugs you! i can't believe you said that! that's awesome!! few people i talk to even know what i'm talking about when i say that. but.....if that uncaused cause is known, why do you label it God? and not something else? or another God? vandy, do you know what a fideist is?
22-10-2004 17:18 vandy
9,642 posts	What else would it be besides God? And no, I don't know what a fideist is, although from "fide" I can guess it has something to do with "faith".
22-10-2004 17:19 DannyB
14,048 posts	Hmm, thats like asking "Why is the grass green?"
22-10-2004 17:21 New_Born
1,552 posts	God is for people who are scared of death, because people think they are going to hevan if they belive in god
22-10-2004 17:23 minastirith
2,451 posts	Man made god out of ignorance and fear, but if God made man, then why did he place us here?
22-10-2004 17:24 DannyB
14,048 posts	New Born:> Im not scated of dying, I believe in God.. Dont steriotype
22-10-2004 17:28 mannolewen
730 posts	I believe in God, because it always gives me hope. It's an amazing power that fills me with joy. An t's not because I'm scared of dying. It's because of my life. it inspires me to keep going. An its not like i was rased christian, I did that on my own and I'm proud of it. I dunno...It gives me a rush
22-10-2004 17:30 minastirith
2,451 posts	I just don't... it's said faith comes as you grow, but I don't believe. I just can't believe in it- it's so primitive. It's not God, it's evolution.
22-10-2004 17:32 mannolewen
730 posts	oh and about the comment about believing in god makes you go to heaven. thats not true. my mombelieves in god but she isn't going to heaven. you don't unless you repent and sh hasn't and probably wont, which is a sad thought.
22-10-2004 17:33 New_Born
1,552 posts	sorry dannyB, it's just my oppinion
22-10-2004 17:34 nanki_c
15,510 posts	I don't.
22-10-2004 17:38 minastirith
2,451 posts	There was also a Catholic theory of buying indulgences, which was used deveivingly by the corrupt Catholics(not all were corrupt, but some were). Repentence is key, as you said above... sorry dannyB, I just can't believe in heaven, hell, or God. It's all a sham to make us be good, out of fear.
22-10-2004 17:41 DannyB
14,048 posts	New Born:> Fsir enough, just proving your wrong in some respects
22-10-2004 17:42 Cyd
11,162 posts	That wasn't Catholic; that was like...Lutheran or something. Martin Luther(not king) started that practice. I learned about it in school. And, it had nothing to do with Catholics, I don't think.
22-10-2004 17:42 Cyd
11,162 posts	^ that was to rob
22-10-2004 17:49 buttercup89
11,302 posts	I learned that Martin Luther was against that.. and the Catholics did it.. meh
22-10-2004 17:50 minastirith
2,451 posts	Actually, Martin Luther started his Protestant revolution in protest against the selling of indulgences... Catholics believed that by buying indulgences, they reduced their time in Purgatory(place between heaven and hell), but they had to accept that they had done wrong, and repent. However, the corrupt Catholic priests(again, not all were), deceived people into thinking that by buying these indulgences they were effectively buying tickets to heaven(little aware that in truth, they weren't!).
22-10-2004 18:30 su_see
10 posts	Hey Im Catholic!!!! umm what was the question.... oh yeah I do believe in God. He is our creator and I pray to Him every night... well almost every night