Do you believe in God/Allah/Buddah? I do because I was born to believe it God.

 

What are your opinions?

 

 

 

Please keep flaming to a minimum and post intelligently!

 

 

 

Yes I do. The video explains what I believe

Bro.

 

Wiz.

 

We got same profile pic and our signatures are similar. 

 

On topic:

 

Dosen't matter whether a god is real or not. The whole idea of being a good person and what god stands for. God = goodness and perfection. Why would any want to deny that? Even if god isn't real, why wouldn't you idolize goodness or perfection? By saying you hate god is like saying you hate goodness or reaching perfection.

 

 

I don't believe in the Bible. I'm an Albanian orthodox, I do believe there's something bigger than me out there, whether it's another human being or what we call 'God'. I don't believe the image of God that they put in my head, I don't believe he or better to say, It, comes in any shape or form.

 

Putting that out people often ask me, 'How can you not believe in the Bible and believe there IS something bigger than you out there in the universe?'. My mentality isn't measured by the same means most people have in relation to Religion

 

I don't think I honestly need faith, or atleast not anymore, at this point in my life I'm truly blessed, not by God or Jesus but by my mother. The reason i choose to believe there's something bigger than me is to keep my hungry, hungry for knowledge and to become better at whatever I do. I'm young, athletic, intellectual & always have been genuine to people.

 

I hate bashing on any Religion out there as I truly believe anyone should be able to believe whatever their heart desires, if a pancake is your God, let it be your God(Even though what i wrote sounds like a mockery haha)

 

I'm very aware that the Bible isn't something you take literal line by line, it has hidden meanings behind every message and if you take a look back at that time that's how you had to teach people. People didn't have morals and didn't reason out way to live a mutually beneficial life for your family and someone else's. Back then if there was a man 500m away from your house a man would think,'That man could kill my wife and kids and steal my animals, I must kill him before he does that.' Which in all honesty, is a good mentality but, only for yourself. The way the Bible taught people was to do more of a deal. 'I promise to not hurt you if you promise not to hurt me.' BUT the way the Bible officially introduced these 'Laws'(Commandments) is what limited a person to his/her free thought by putting fear into their minds to blindly worship a man who they never knew about. 

 

There are so many things we just don't see in this world and what an average person would call 'Black magic' back in the medieval times is what we call Science today. As much as i'm not fond of science due to the fact that it's too young and holds too much power and WILL be used the wrong way. That apart, who would've guessed we could bend metal and fly over the seas faster than any bird on the planet.

 

 

This is probably the thing I struggle the most with in my life right now. My entire family is Christian, my entire city (in Southern US) is Christian, most of my friends are Christians, but either there is something that they see that I cannot or I'm not as easily duped by the stories in the Bible. It's hard to actually gauge what Christianity is really like, because the only types that I'm exposed to are what I see in my family (but I've grown up to, so it's just normal) and what I see in the community around me (again, everyone has grown up in Christianity and just accepts it, not one challenges it). I see a lot of insincerity in the people around me and a lot of idiots who are just believing because they are told to (though this doesn't make Christianity wrong).

 

While I struggle to believe in Christianity, I find it hard to call myself an Atheist. I believe that there is something bigger than us out there, something that created this universe. The intricacies and complexity of human life simply make me doubt a random event (such as the Big Bang) could have caused it. Aside from life itself, there are things such as conscience that human's have - "The Moral Argument". We can discern what's right and wrong, we have a conscience, we have souls. So where did this all come from? An atom?

 

Furthermore, what is life without the Bible? Take away all religion and we're left with millions of people with differing ideas. I know religion has caused much bloodshed and war, but I believe it has also played a vital part in keeping the world together. It has united millions of people under the same idea. How could we run a moral government without any influence from religion?  When Obama says that gay marriage is right because a gay person can't change how they feel and they were born equal to any other person how can he condemn a psychopathic murderer to death who is plagued by a mental disease that makes his actions uncontrollable? He was born that way too, right? But religion comes in and tells us what is right or wrong, and saves us from this moral ambiguity. 

This is probably the thing I struggle the most with in my life right now. My entire family is Christian, my entire city (in Southern US) is Christian, most of my friends are Christians, but either there is something that they see that I cannot or I'm not as easily duped by the stories in the Bible. It's hard to actually gauge what Christianity is really like, because the only types that I'm exposed to are what I see in my family (but I've grown up to, so it's just normal) and what I see in the community around me (again, everyone has grown up in Christianity and just accepts it, not one challenges it). I see a lot of insincerity in the people around me and a lot of idiots who are just believing because they are told to (though this doesn't make Christianity wrong).

 

oh, glad i'm not the only one.

Do you know anything about Religion?

Being forced upon religion my whole life including my parents being serious believers...and me having to wear a turban for 12 years...yes, a lot more than you think. They still don't know I'm an atheist, I can't imagine what would happen if I told them, I'd rather wait till they pay my university bills before telling them. Sikhism is what I'm being taught constantly, so if you even think that I don't know anything about religion...please, kill yourself (not offending you). Yes, I know a lot about every religion.

Being forced upon religion my whole life including my parents being serious believers...and me having to wear a turban for 12 years...yes, a lot more than you think. They still don't know I'm an atheist, I can't imagine what would happen if I told them, I'd rather wait till they pay my university bills before telling them. Sikhism is what I'm being taught constantly, so if you even think that I don't know anything about religion...please, kill yourself (not offending you). Yes, I know a lot about every religion.

 

Seeing the flaws in one religion doesn't automatically make all others evil.

In my opinion (as everyone's) religion is a personal mindset that varies from every person.  I've never been known to believe in sketchy stories that have many, many unexplained flaws like the Bible.  I am not saying He isn't real, nor any other God is not real, because they are all real in your mindset; faith leading some to victory. I just personally do not believe in any.

Real in your mindset? I think that's completely missing out on the point of most religions.

Sigh, I should have figured one of these topics would eventually show its ugly head. 

 

My thoughts on religion are as states, even if a god would appear in front of my face today I would most likely spit in his face. And spend my eternity in his hell. 
Now that my blunt thoughts are out of the way I'll break it down.

 

 I'm an Atheists obviously no I don't "Believe" in science because science is not a belief it is a factual study I'm not the "Trendy" Atheists like most 13 - 14 years olds are now a days whom don't even know what the term means. Or simply think so because their mothers make them go to church. 

I think everybody needs something to believe in, and I support everybody's belief I would stand up for a Christian man who is getting bantered and abused at just as quickly as I would an atheist who is receiving the same treatment.  I do not think a belief defines a person. No one humans religion should be what dictates his will to live a happy and long life. I despise the fanatics and those who force their thoughts and beliefs into others face, and yes I know not all religious people are like this.

 

 Back to the topic of believing I like the motto "Believe in yourself, not a God" now I don't live by this obviously but I think it's a good stand point.  

I treat your god the same way I treat the Ancient Greek Gods only their stories are much more interesting. 

 

I don't walk around the streets laughing at people that wear crosses, have cross or religion related tattoos, etc for the simple fact they have something to believe in, and I respect their choices. And I expect the same treatment from others for my beliefs. And those who choose to pick at my belief and slander me with an attempt to prove me wrong. Often find themselves on the losing end of the debate.

 

 I think people like GoldenGate are the types of people that like to just start a dramatic event or dramatic discussion about a god to try and get under the skin of everyone. I don't support such actions as I find them useless and only more reason for others to look poorly on other Atheists. 

 

 I'm surprised I came out the way I have considering how religious my family is/was and yes I am an extreme family person and I get along with almost all of my family. 

 

 

Well, what if death was not for everyone?

What if there's life sustaining technology already out there and we're just getting population controlled and catergorised?

What if the purpose to life is really ever lasting knowledge?

Dustin, so would so respect, say, someone's belief in Islam?

Dustin, so would so respect, say, someone's belief in Islam?

 

 What does so would so respect mean?

If it's a typo I'm not trying to be mean sorry ahead of time.

Seeing the flaws in one religion doesn't automatically make all others evil.

Never said it was evil, just saying based on it and on other religions (to the limit I know of), I think all of it is bullshit. Makes me wonder what kind of world we live in, sometimes I wish I could believe...but I just don't.