why do you believe in god?

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SomeCallMeMaxx | 21-10-2004 21:05

just curious.

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EmoRockGirl85 | 21-10-2004 21:05

i don't.

rawkerNoNagal | 21-10-2004 21:06

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.

Cyd | 21-10-2004 21:07

Tara made this thread ages ago...

LPE | 21-10-2004 21:12

I also had a thread like this...you should search before you start a thread.

SomeCallMeMaxx | 21-10-2004 21:13

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.

crazy_sheriff | 21-10-2004 21:26

ive dun a thread on this well about no religion check it out!!!!

vandy | 22-10-2004 13:19

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*.

SomeCallMeMaxx | 22-10-2004 15:38

"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?

vandy | 22-10-2004 17:18

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".

DannyB | 22-10-2004 17:19

Hmm, thats like asking

"Why is the grass green?"

New_Born | 22-10-2004 17:21

God is for people who are scared of death, because people think they are going to hevan if they belive in god

minastirith | 22-10-2004 17:23

Man made god out of ignorance and fear, but if God made man, then why did he place us here?

DannyB | 22-10-2004 17:24

New Born:> Im not scated of dying, I believe in God.. Dont steriotype

mannolewen | 22-10-2004 17:28

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

minastirith | 22-10-2004 17:30

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.

mannolewen | 22-10-2004 17:32

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.

New_Born | 22-10-2004 17:33

sorry dannyB, it's just my oppinion

nanki_c | 22-10-2004 17:34

I don't.

minastirith | 22-10-2004 17:38

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.

DannyB | 22-10-2004 17:41

New Born:> Fsir enough, just proving your wrong in some respects

Cyd | 22-10-2004 17:42

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.

Cyd | 22-10-2004 17:42

^ that was to rob

buttercup89 | 22-10-2004 17:49

I learned that Martin Luther was against that.. and the Catholics did it.. meh

minastirith | 22-10-2004 17:50

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!).

su_see | 22-10-2004 18:30

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

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