Do You Believe In God?

[Tsmu`kan]

First of all, this is not a religious aimed question. I could really care less about religion.

Do you believe that there is some sort of God, or do you think everything is just evolution?

And why?

Personally, I don't think there is a God per se, because if there was, people wouldn't have all kinds of huge miserie.

I think it's just evolution. Like the earthquakes around the globe recently, I personally think it's just the evolution of Nature that is reshaping and reforming, and not a "punishment of God".

[Apollo]

I believe in a god, but not in religion. Religion was made by man. I think god is the doorman to my own wheat field. He is the best buddy I'll ever have. He's cool.

[guyguy]

Evolution seems the right way for me, i love how science prove things
Though the day my father died ( i was watching We where soldiers at the cinema ) for some reasons i knew he had unfortunatly succombed to his cancer.
I came back home saw my mother in tears, of course had a talk about it but i already knew
On his death she said to me that she feeled a energy hugging her and somehow left his body from above
i think now i can say that i beleive in some kind of enregy system but not god

[Woodsprite]

Right-wing, conservative-libertarian, young-earth creationist, Protestant Christian, RIGHT HERE. <----

And yet, despite the large majority of people like me who hated Avatar, I loved it. HA!

[Unil_mi_tokx]

Originally Posted by Woodsprite

Right-wing, conservative-libertarian, young-earth creationist, Protestant Christian, RIGHT HERE. <----

And yet, despite the large majority of people like me who hated Avatar, I loved it. HA!

I am the same. I'll stay objective here and not go into detail but evolution doesn't necessarily make sense to me personally, and sometimes events take place that are far to big to just be coincidences.

As social creatures, when you're having the time of your life, or when you're having your worst day ever, and you have to turn to someone, someone to fall on or someone to talk to, who do you go to? Even when you are quiet and by yourself, there's that happy place in your mind you can borough into. That voice, that stillness, that whisper, or that comforting embrace - that is "God". Whatever name you have for it, I believe we all have something that we have to turn to. Even if we don't have anyone around us to share an experience with, you still know that someone knows what you're going through.

Some people believe in THE God, some believe in a god, some believe in the forest, or in other places. I think that we can all agree that no matter who the deity or entity, we can relate to the fact that we experience that being - EVERYWHERE

[Gunny]

I do believe in God...its not something easy for me to explain my reasoning behind, but something I feel and believe.

[J Sully]

i only believe in things i can see and things that go down to reason.... so i´ll go with Darwin....

and btw religion isn´t always something good! in Austria some really bad things are happening right now! church related things....

[guyguy]

Originally Posted by J Sully

and btw religion isn´t always something good! in Austria some really bad things are happening right now! church related things....

from my point of view, Religions bring up conflict and wars when in the wrong hands because we all know we are humans..

[J Sully]

Originally Posted by guyguy

from my point of view, Religions bring up conflict and wars when in the wrong hands because we all know we are humans..

jeah and the catholic church has not the best history

right now i´m thinking of leaving the church..

Originally Posted by guyguy

from my point of view, Religions bring up conflict and wars when in the wrong hands because we all know we are humans..

Religion is an excuse for people to do what they would anyway, not the cause. A tyrant will always find a pretext for his own tyranny. I get very irked when people make that mistake. Because if anyone followed their religion well, they wouldn't be causing problems.

As you may have guessed, I'm religious. I'm a Protestant.

[Tsmu`kan]

Religions are a cheap excuse for war.

[guyguy]

Originally Posted by Tsmu`kan

Religions are a cheap excuse for war.

but unforunatly was used way too much in history
sorry to have said anything about that .. i took the thread to a off subject..
please lets continue!

[Tsmu`kan]

There is NO war that hasn't used it as excuse.

"Oooh, but they're muslim" and "oooh, they're Jewish"

[J Sully]

and now we are back at the religion thing

but it is really hard to seperate god and religion....

[Tsmu`kan]

Originally Posted by J Sully

and now we are back at the religion thing

but it is really hard to seperate god and religion....

No, we're not. We're talking about how war abuses religion and gods.