Do you believe in Jesus/God?

Believe in Jesus/God

  • Yes

    Votes: 57 46.7%

  • No

    Votes: 49 40.2%

  • Don't know

    Votes: 16 13.1%
  • Total voters
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lol Jews.

Anyways..not really. But only because there really isn't any proof at all that he exists.
 
Yup. I'm a christian and was brought up in a christian home so yeah.
 
I totally believe in them...btw I am hindi!
 
Zentek said:
Lightning; I'm just saying this and not arguing but if don't believe in anything then I think you could just not go to any after life, this is just an example but God would not want to reward you for just sitting and maybe just having the crack, he wants you to believe as one of his followers, thats just an example but maybe even true but you should believe in something. You don't have to if you don't want to, i'm just saying it.
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;( First commandment in Judaism/Christianity/Islam's beliefs is basically: You shall have no other gods before me. So if I do go ahead and pick out a religion that matches my belief and give it my all... there's a possibility it's all for nothing anyway because I'll have spent my whole life breaking the first commandment if one of those three is the right religion. :P

I've been an atheist for a long time--it's only recently (last year or two) that I realized I can easily entertain the idea of having a higher power, I just don't care to. It's not like I live my life being a terrible person or anything, I just don't pay any mind to a higher deity. Hopefully that'll be enough and if there is a god, he/she/it is a benevolent one who likes me all the same. :P If not? Well, won't know till I get there anyway. "What ifs" aren't really my thing and never have been.
 
Horizon said:
I do not believe in God. I was brought up in such a way that Science is the correct way, and holds all the answers.

No offence to anybody religious, but it is physically impossible for God to exist. The world and the Universe were created by the Big Bang and life came to Earth on meteorites and comets; scientific evidence confirms this. I also don't like the way the Bible tells lies; the Adam and Eve story cannot possibly be true; they had two sons and one of them killed the other as far as I know. How did the human race expand? We evolved from primates; again, scientific evidence confirms this.

I have nothing against people who do believe. You are all entitled to believe in what you want to and I completely respect that. It's nice that people believe and all... but it's time people started to wake up and see the truth. I've always lived by the fact that if you want to believe in something, believe in yourself.

I refuse to believe in something when science proves it to be so farcical.
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I can at least clear up the Adam and Eve stuff.

It's true, they had Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel, and then was "banished." Then they had Seth, another boy. Adam and Eve lived for 100s of years, and obviously had daughters. Somehow, mutations were avoided and they were the parents of all humankind.

At least, that's what I believe.
 
Zentek said:
"If god is all-loving and all-powerful, why does he let evil and suffering happen?"

The Adam and Eve thing is kinda hard to believe but it could be also true, this is what I think; God is making us "suffer" because the Devil, well, the Devil actually has a name but I hate saying it, anyway, he way Gods best angel and he had so much power that he thought he was god so then, God kicked him out of Heaven and God made him look bad and ugly and stuff not like the beautiful angel ha was, and now God is seeing who can come to Heaven and the ones who can't. This is one of things that I think is true.
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Um, what? This doesn't make any sense.

God lets "evil and bad things happen," yes. BUT, for all "who love Him and keep His commandments," He will work all things out for good. Sometimes He does bad things to those who are not His children as a warning to His children, and even things like 9/11 and the war in Iraq will eventually turn into something good. We may never know how, but some of us will when we go to heaven.
 
I thought it was the snake that tempted Eve to eat the apple and at that time, the snake had arms and stuff, and after the incident, the snakes were punished and had to slither along on the ground. Thats what I thought.
 
Lightning said:
;( First commandment in Judaism/Christianity/Islam's beliefs is basically: You shall have no other gods before me. So if I do go ahead and pick out a religion that matches my belief and give it my all... there's a possibility it's all for nothing anyway because I'll have spent my whole life breaking the first commandment if one of those three is the right religion. :P

I've been an atheist for a long time--it's only recently (last year or two) that I realized I can easily entertain the idea of having a higher power, I just don't care to. It's not like I live my life being a terrible person or anything, I just don't pay any mind to a higher deity. Hopefully that'll be enough and if there is a god, he/she/it is a benevolent one who likes me all the same. :P If not? Well, won't know till I get there anyway. "What ifs" aren't really my thing and never have been.
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You could at least research them, and figure out which one's right. Then even if you didn't 100% believe in it, you could at least say you tried.

Zentek said:
I thought it was the snake that tempted Eve to eat the apple and at that time, the snake had arms and stuff, and after the incident, the snakes were punished and had to slither along on the ground. Thats what I thought.
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Just read the first book of the Bible. It's pretty straightforward.
 
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If you're reading the Bible and taking it literally - on the first level of meaning - you're doing it wrong. I don't need to be a Christian philosopher to tell you that. >>
 
Ooh... controversial topics...

I'm going to say that first you should define 'God,' but assuming you mean something supernatural that created the universe, then no, I don't belive in that. As for Jesus, I'm sure the man existed (although I would not be surprised if he didn't) I just doubt he was the son of said 'God.'

What is my reason for not believing in God? Simply that I have no personal justification for believing so, and until I do I'm just not going to bother with it. I would rather have humanity striving to understand who they are and how they came to be rather than just saying "God did it" and be done with it.

I'm fine with those who have other opinions, just don't try threatening me with hell if I don't agree with you.
 
DunderMifflinite said:
Um, what? This doesn't make any sense.

God lets "evil and bad things happen," yes. BUT, for all "who love Him and keep His commandments," He will work all things out for good. Sometimes He does bad things to those who are not His children as a warning to His children, and even things like 9/11 and the war in Iraq will eventually turn into something good. We may never know how, but some of us will when we go to heaven.
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If you are asking the same question again then I will say it differently; this is an example; Well, you know that there are lots of murderers around, well, why would God want to give them paradise in heaven for putting people in pain and agony, God would surly put them in Hell, or maybe not well, it's his choice. If you were asking the same question then this is what i'm saying.
 
Yeah, I'm Catholic. I'm pretty sure I believe in God :/.

However, I like to think Scientifically as well. Noah's Flood? Oh simple, God knew the sun was gonna go extreme, cause global warning, and flood the earth, so he commanded Noah to save the animals. Just some theories I have.

I never understood Scientologists, do they believe in a God or are they believers of that ancient creature man arose? Or something? That confuses me.a
 
Wolflare said:
We might not go to Heaven, but maybe there is a place where he will keep us once Judgement Day comes...
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Hey! That just reminds me, I think there is a middle place in between Hell
and Heaven, I don't know what it's called but I think it's just supposed to be just boring, you just have to wait.
 
DunderMifflinite said:
You could at least research them, and figure out which one's right. Then even if you didn't 100% believe in it, you could at least say you tried.
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If it were possible to figure out once and for all which religion was "right", it would have been done long ago.

:/ My whole point is that while there very well could be a religion that's right (or maybe whatever god there may be doesn't HAVE an official following!), but I just don't care. Maybe there is a god, maybe there isn't. I'm gonna live my life the same way whether there is or not. Maybe that philosophy will change one day but for now, it's what works best for me.
Zentek said:
Hey! That just reminds me, I think there is a middle place in between Hell
and Heaven, I don't know what it's called but I think it's just supposed to be just boring, you just have to wait.
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Purgatory. iirc, not all parts of Christianity believe in it though.
 
No, I don't; all evidence points toward no such thing existing. If I ever was presented with concrete evidence of the existence of a god or gods, I'd acknowledge their existence(s) - I still probably wouldn't worship them, however. I actually vowed several years ago to never live my life by the rules of any book, and I'd rather not use a higher deity that might not even exist as an excuse for hating groups of people or having other irrational beliefs. Religion when used like that is absolutely sickening. :\
 
Yes of course!

Yes I do. I'm a Roman Catholic and ever since my grandma came here in December and visited from Canada. We've been going to church regularly and my faith is relatively restored.
I just can't bring myself to believe that there is only nothingness in the afterlife. ^_^

Also I think St. Thomas Aquinas put things well into perspective.

Edit: Well to add to things, I also believe in what Science has discovered. I just can't also come to grips and laugh in my head everytime people talk on how Genesis is the beginning.
Yes my Phiolosophy has become contradicting but that's why I said St. Thomas Aquinas. =P
 
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