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Why would anyone really think God exists? ... or even believe in Religion?
Z the laidback Virus:
The main argument of our believers is that they can not understand how everything could have come to be by chance. The observant reader will notice that this argument is one based on negative grounds. It basically says that because they are not able to comprehend it, it can't have been the case. Their argument is thus based on the limitations of their imagination.
This is not to say that is stupid or bad..I find it incredible too. But I find the idea of an allmighty power creating, yes making, every single thing by itself while it being immortal and without origin itself much more unbelievable then life being the result of a extraordinary chemical reaction. Where would this allmighty power itself have come from? I see people writing ' How could life itself have been without an external origin?' The same works for God. And in that case we aren't dealing with anything simple and undeveloped as the first living cell would of course have been but with something that is supposed to be the greatest thing ever to have existed. Completely improbable.
Z the laidback Virus:
--- Quote from: Jake La Motta on August 03, 2004, 11:46:42 PM ---also on another tip, i've noticed
many people who really believe in and follow god really live happier lives than those who don't
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Another reason why the phrase 'Religion is opium for the people' is so on point.
Rain:
im an atheist. i see no need to have God (or a similar holy figure) in my life. I guide my own ethics and morals with no guide from a book and I have no need to thinks humans as more then just a biological creature. i find life as amazing as it is, no need to add some sort of holy level to it.
But I understand why people do follow religions and believe in God. They need to be comforted by something, they need an uncorrupted hero to admire and look for guidance from since that doesn't exist within humanity. I havent been through that much trauma through my life but some people have had it fucked. they need to feel there is a superior being there for them. it keeps people going so I respect it. I don't think its stupidity or being naive - just satsifying certain needs.
7even:
good god why have I to explain everything >:(
my response, that isnt "fucked up" at all, was referring to this:
--- Quote ---A interesting fact, if you go to third world nations, or poor communities, the people who have every right in the world to hate God, or Allah, of whoever, they are the most religious people. Those that have been blessed by a religious person judgement, they are the least religious. Food for thought.
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--- Quote ---A greater man than you once said it more eloquently:
(Matthew 19:23-25.)
23 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
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--- Quote ---The reason why the worst countries to live in are generally the most religious is because religion gives hopes and makes promises of things getting better in the future.
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I also said
--- Quote ---p.s.: dont get me wrong Im not saying that Atheists are always happy and strong believers always arent. nono.
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'nuff bout this...
--- Quote ---The main argument of our believers is that they can not understand how everything could have come to be by chance. The observant reader will notice that this argument is one based on negative grounds. It basically says that because they are not able to comprehend it, it can't have been the case. Their argument is thus based on the limitations of their imagination.
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Damn right. Ppl cant understand something, so they create something bigger. Same thing with UFOs :D, ppl dont know what it is, so it must be something greater.
Leggy Hendrix:
--- Quote from: Adon on August 03, 2004, 11:21:24 AM ---I'm not Religious, but I'm not Atheist. To me, being Atheist is the same as being Religious. Both spend time thinking and acting about god(s); whether positively or negatively. It's all the same to me. I choose not to even think about it. I don't feel I need that in my life. But at the same time, it's easy for me to see why people feel the way they do.
I don't think Religious people are weak minded. They are religious because they like it. It makes them feel good to believe in what they do. If it didn't, they wouldn't do it. Simple as that. That's how I see it anyway.
You can't prove that God exsists, just like you can't prove he doesn't. Nobody knows how everything got here. But does it really matter?
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those are pretty much my views on the subject...
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