Why do you believe in God?

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BigToque

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There are many things in this world that I cannot explain, things such as where the very first particles of matter came from and when/why they got there. I cannot define a legitimate purpose for life. I know we are here and I know it is in our nature to prolong the species. We have our consciousness, which I cannot understand how it works (our consciousness is more than the sum of all our neural connections).

I believe that everything in this world can be explained in a logical manor without attributing anything to a devine being. I can see everything we have learned and see no reason why the things we cannot yet explain, will not be explained as our collective knowledge increases. I see no basis to resort to needing a god to explain what we cannot at the moment.

For those who do believe in God, why do you believe?
 
Zim Hosein

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For those who do believe in God, why do you believe?
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It's all about faith in a higher being that cannot be explained through science IMO :)
 
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Seems to me that it's mostly because it's taught to kids by their parents, so it's kinda ingrained in people at a young age.
 
CrazyHelloDeli

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I sometimes envy those that believe in God. Maybe if I could, some things wouldnt seem so bleak:(
 
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Howard

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Originally posted by: HelloDeli
I sometimes envy those that believe in God. Maybe if I could, some things wouldnt seem so bleak:(
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Masking your helplessness with dependency and blame?
 
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Originally posted by: Zim Hosein
For those who do believe in God, why do you believe?
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It's all about faith in a higher being that cannot be explained through science IMO :)
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I think Science may be quite simply incapable of certain things - like explaining how the universe started. Big bang? great, so what made that ball? I don't think science can ever properly identify the beginning of time, and so that is a shortcoming of it. If that is indeed a shortcoming, well you can't use it for everything, can you? I've no interest in getting into it, so I'll just say that ;)
 
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Originally posted by: HelloDeli
I sometimes envy those that believe in God. Maybe if I could, some things wouldnt seem so bleak:(
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Heh, my thoughts exactly. Sometimes it seems like it would be nice to have that comfort, but once you go atheist it is hard going back.
 
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Originally posted by: Stefan
There are many things in this world that I cannot explain....I believe that everything in this world can be explained in a logical manor without attributing anything to a devine being.
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You put it best yourself. You believe that everything in this world can be explained in a logical manor. So you have placed your faith in theories of man.

I on the other hand have placed my faith in literature which I believe is from a higher being.
 
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Originally posted by: HelloDeli
I sometimes envy those that believe in God. Maybe if I could, some things wouldnt seem so bleak:(
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I know what you mean. It would be nice to think that there are answers to questions I don't understand, and give me some kind of ultimate purpose and comfort in knowing I will die someday.

In the example of death, thinking of God and heaven are peaceful. However, I do not believe in it. It does make things bleak.
 
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