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Do you believe in God?

Poll - Total Votes: 97

Yes

Not sure

You can only vote on one answer.

I know this is an extremely touchy subject and I’m prepared for the comment section to be a little hostile but tell me why or why not.

**it’s ok to disagree just don’t be mean about it**

Edit: I’ve added another option ☺

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Tumbleweed · F

I've always believed in but never had faith in Him until I almost lost my son to drugs and the absolute last thing I could possibly do was to pray. And I prayed hard to a God I had no faith in and I begged Him to give my son back and He did. My son is clean, sober, working, has a house and his wife back. That's my testimony 🙏🩶

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Tumbleweed · F

@saintsong Beautiful!!!! I was at the point of just waiting for that knock on the door or that phone call to tell me he was gone...

saintsong · 41-45, F

@Tumbleweed I am glad that he is still with you and changed his life for the better... God bless!

Tumbleweed · F

@saintsong Same for you, love.
I do know the fear and anxiety you went thru.

LadyGrace · 70-79

I definitely do and I always will.

Confined · 56-60, M

Yes, I am a Christian. I have known 3 people that had near death experiences and have seen the other side. I have no doubt God exists.
Our reverend at our church does not use religion to justify anything. He constantly preaches love one another. God loves every one. He preaches accountability. Do the right thing. Learn to forgive.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Confined God still hates Esau.

Confined · 56-60, M

@Diotrephes Remind me where i can find that in the bible.

Diotrephes · 70-79, M

@Confined

Remind me where i can find that in the bible.

Per your request = Romans 9:13 https://www.biblegateway.com/verse/en/Romans%209%3A13

63 versions say the same thing.

calicuz · 56-60, M

Yes, I believe in God, but not the "man made religion" that goes along with it. I believe in the Abrahamic God, but just the God that called Abraham out of Harran. The God before man made God what man wanted God to be. The God that has no name, no gender, no sexuality, and above all...................... no political party.
I believe that all religions are good because they all teach us to be a good person and care for our fellow man, and those less fortunate than ourselves. It's when mankind corrupts their gods through religion do we find gods of war, gods of hate and gods of genocide. It's nothing more than man not wanting to take responsibility for man's own corruption and placing the blame on an unexplainable entity.

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

@calicuz If I did believe in God, I don't the Yahweh would be him/her. God would be far greater than the Bible.

calicuz · 56-60, M

@JimboSaturn

Yes, I believe the worst parts of the bible are the parts that are man made. Probably nothing more than the stories that the shamans used to tell the children around the fire in the evenings after dinner, and then exaggerated for a more adult liking.

LesDawsonsPiano · 70-79

@calicuz All of it then?

😀

TexChik · F

Yes, I am a Christian.

mindstruggle · 31-35, F

Yes.

Eyeinthesky · 56-60, F

I believe in God, my intuition is the gift from God.
Nobody in my family uttered God and yet I knew there's a God from 4 years old.

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

Of course I believe in God. There simply is too much evidence of His Existence to deny Him.

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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Thodsis Well if you talk to them and wait for an answer it becomes very evident very soon.

Thodsis · 51-55, M

@hippyjoe1955 Is this something that you have tried doing?

Which ones did you call and what were the answers?

hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Thodsis I discovered that there was more to life than a bunch of random atoms bumping into each other and so began my spiritual quest. I tried Buddhism but that was empty so I tried Islam which was equally void. One day I was walking across a field on the family farm. I had been driving a tractor all day and now it was time to shut it down for the night. It was warm out and the sun was sinking to the horizon in the West. A gentle south breeze was keeping the mosquitoes at bay. I felt some mental discomfort over what I do not know but as I walked I felt an urge to do something I had never thought of before. I spotted a small white rock with pale green lichens growing on it peeking out of the native prairie wool. For some unknown reason I knelt by that rock and asked for forgiveness from God the Father and Jesus His Son. The words had barely cleared my lips before I felt an overwhelming 'lightening of my soul". I can not explain it and I can not describe it but in that minute I was shown that God the Father and God the Son truly existed. After a bit of communing with God I got to my feet and it felt like I had the feet of a deer. I ran all the way to the house where my wife and son were waiting for me. We started to go to church and a few years later I was sitting in the pew when the pastor walked out to deliver his sermon. He looked around at the congregation and threw his notes on the floor. He said he had planned on delivering a sermon but as he neared the lectern the LORD gave him a new sermon to preach. The sermon was a call for me to enter the ministry. Over the years I have witnessed many many miracles that confirm that Jesus is the Lord and I am His child. I was asked to teach a class and wound up teaching a class of Bible College professors for 19 weeks. During the course of those lectures everyone of the professors came up to me and said that they had learned something from what I had said. I preached a sermon one day and as my wife and I relaxed that afternoon a lady phoned me. She was in tears. She explained that something I had said was so prophetic to her that she could not stop crying tears of joy. I let her sob and laugh for awhile as I thought to myself, "I have no idea what I even said" Yes God the Father Jesus the Son and God the Spirit is very real and very much alive. You need to do what I did. Ask Him to forgive you.

Colonelmustardseed · 36-40

Yes, in Jesus Christ.

GLITTER · 36-40, F

I believe in nature, that’s my religion

jackieash27

@GLITTER Nature is fact, not a religion. Nature is real, tangible. The god thing isn't.

GLITTER · 36-40, F

@jackieash27 I agree. But I do think there is something in spirits and personalities that is less tangible but definitely does exist. I’ve never been a believer in religion. I’m too cynical. I have to see something to believe it

Softandsweet2 · 31-35, F

No I don’t. It does give people something to hold onto when they get older, so believing is not all bad. But it gives religious leaders a license to kill, so it’s not so good either.

LireaSemaji · 26-30, F

@Softandsweet2 I totally agree with religious leaders using it against others. It’s very sad.

Softandsweet2 · 31-35, F

@LireaSemaji It is sad - and it happens again and again. If it wasn’t that, it would be something else I guess.

ElwoodBlues · M

I'm agnostic. I don't have enough evidence either for or against the existence of a deity or deities to have a solid belief. And I probably never will. But I'm keeping an open mind.

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

@ElwoodBlues Me too, if evidence of God is revealed, I will be perfectly happy to believe.

Ontheroad · M

The why is that all of it is a construct of man... it's humankind's way of explaining what they don't understand and what they fear, replacing it with some benevolent but demanding and vengeful entity.

JimboSaturn · 51-55, M

I don't believe in the supernatural of any kind. I believe the universe came to be and is now due to natural laws and rational reasons. I don't see the need for a god to explain things.

4meAndyou · F

Yes. I can't really understand how someone can NOT believe...but for me, it's more. It's a feeling of love and calm and peace that comes over me whenever I THINK about God.

SomeMichGuy · M

Yes.

wildbill83 · 41-45, M

Jayciedubb · 56-60, M

Its all about how one defines God. I believe we are all manifestations of energy. We need energy to continue to be conscious and cognitive. One of the fundemental laws of physics is called the Conservation of Energy. It states that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. It's constantly changing forms. I believe we have a higher power. I also believe we might bring some of our memories with us when we depart, however it might just be to comfort ourselves and I doubt they will last long as we change forms.

Another possibility is that we get recycled right here on earth. I have a scenario about it that i posted on Reddit. I'll c&p if you dont mind..

What if, that light everybody says they see at the end of the tunnel when they have Near Death experiences, what if it's just a light in the delivery room of a hospital and the tunnel is the birth canal , and when we realize what's happening, we cry like babies because we realize we are babies, and have to start all over again with baby bodies and baby abilities.

We're so frustrated because we can't tell anybody what we just went through, and we already miss everybody we left behind. We have these two young strangers, or one, that we have to trust with our lives and to get us to the point where we can set out on our own again and reclaim the lives we left behind .

For now we bide our time because we we don't know how to talk yet, we don't know how to walk yet, we can barely see, not to mention, where on the planet doesn't a runaway baby on the loose not look highly conspicuous..

...so we wait patiently while we learn how to use this brand new body. It's not even all the way developed yet. The motor movements are rough and weak. Body is frail. We know how to talk, we know how to use the grammar we use and have a vocabulary but lack the ability to form words consistently. We only have the ability to pronounce two syllables anyway.

You know how when you have a good dream, it's so vivid when you wake up in the morning, but then by lunch, you can't remember anything about it. It's like it never happened. What if that's what happens to our memories while we're learning how to use these new baby bodies. And maybe that's why nobody can remember what it's like to be a baby. All that time is spent scrubbing our memories from our past lives like we do to our dreams every day.

HumanEarth · 56-60, F

In something, but not a God in way everyone thinks.

Greeks all had different Gods

Then there is Buddhism and Australian Aboriginal mythology

I mean I can go on and on. So people view of God has always changed. Some cultures have a God for each element. Like a God for Water and a God for land and so on.

You see my point, so I really don't know what to believe in.

But I'll tell this I used to go church regularly, study the Bible and read other versions of the Bible. One reason why, because I was forced to as a kid and young teenager. (I think some family member of mine was trying to persuade me into a life with the church)

LesDawsonsPiano · 70-79

In the "God" of the various mystics of all Faiths, yes. In the "God" as understood and believed in by those of a literalist/fundamentalist mindset, no.

It's really more that I have trust/faith that "all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well" (Mother Julian of Norwich in her "Revelations of Divine Love")

Some would call such a "wishy washy soft soap" God. But if taken seriously, if Faith is real, then the call to be as "God" is - eternally reconciling and restoring - is a demanding call as we meet each day with our fellow human beings.

Tracos · 51-55, M

God only exist for those who believe in them

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hippyjoe1955 · 61-69, M

@Bumbles I am simply pointing out that claiming ignorance is an evasion that is unbecoming of intelligent people.

Bumbles · 51-55, M

@hippyjoe1955 Oh, well, in that case...

Pfuzylogic · M

@Bumbles I just became aware that hippyjoe intervened in this thread.
You have my sympathy!

IM5688 · 61-69, M

Absolutely I believe in God and thank Him daily for putting up with me.

TheStraightEdgeSociety · 56-60, M

I believe in God. I'm not a Saint, but I do go to prayer with my Father in Heaven. Jesus died for my sins. I do believe in Heaven and Hell, too many people have Witness it. This man died and went to Hell and when he came back to life. He admitted that he would live for God and be become a Born again Christian. My fathers' family, such as Aunt Mary, was a strict Conservative Christian, and she lived for God.

SmileOnYourBrother

I want to, but if humans are God's greatest creation, I am not impressed.

Richard65 · M

Even the most faithful Christian is only that through the location of their birth and the nature of their culture. Most every Christian on here would be a Muslim who believed in a completely different God if they'd been born in, say, Saudi or Pakistan. Religious faith is dependent on geography.

saintsong · 41-45, F

Yes because He saved my soul from hell and seated me in Heavenly places! Literally...And everything else in between! All of the grace all of the love, all of the supernatural, all of the miracles!! Yeah I believe in God the Father God the Son and God the Holy Spirit and I believe that all scripture is God breathed! Amen!

Mudkip · 31-35, M

I do believe in God.

NoGamesTolerated · F

Yes! I believe in the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob. The God who created heaven and earth…and All that is therein.

YourMomsSecretCrush · M

Yes. But, if you dont, we can still be cool, different strokes for different folks.

LesDawsonsPiano · 70-79

The Old Man in the Sky God......

Ooops, sorry.......that's the old man on the beach.

Lilymoon · F

Yes this universe is testament to that belief.

Peaceandnamaste · 26-30, F

Define "god"? There's trillions of them.

Bumbles · 51-55, M

I didn’t know “God” was still a thing.

BeepBeep · F

Not really sorry

eyeno · M

Yes, I Believe! 👍🏻

dsrice10 · 56-60, M

Yes, I do.

Fa8393 · 41-45, M

I grew up learning how to have faith in GOD . I have never rejected my faith so over the years it has gotten stronger . Those that do reject GOD or faith its harder for them to even think about it .

TheWildEcho · 56-60, M

Yes i do

HobNoblin · 36-40, M

As a metaphor for the laws of the universe I do. I don't think there's literally talking snakes. That's as loony as men having periods.

jackieash27

No. I began doubting when I was a kid and since then there has been absolutely nothing I've seen or heard to convince me there is one.

nedkelly · 61-69, M

Yes, but he made one serious mistake - he created Liverpool

Musicman · 61-69, MVIP

@nedkelly And Liberals. 🤦‍♂

LireaSemaji · 26-30, F

@Musicman don’t make it political please. It’s exhausting.

Elessar · 26-30, M

No, and considering the state or this world if it existed I wouldn't want to worship it

SophSmiles · 22-25, F

Nope, it doesn’t make any sense to me that there’s some magical being in the sky

Jenny1234 · 51-55, F

Absolutely I do but I am not religious

Ducky · 31-35, F

My god is the sun. One doesn’t have to believe in that.

CountScrofula · 41-45, M

No but don't let that stop you.

Thodsis · 51-55, M

I don't think that any of the gods have an existence outside of our imaginations.

From an early age it was just obvious that gods weren't real.

I must admit that the un-coolness of religion also had an influence on my disbelief. It just seemed to involve dull people singing dreary songs. ;)

Lackwittyname · 51-55, M

No, not in the way it is constructed in today's religions and societies as some all powerful being. Beyond that I do not give any thought to a higher power, either there is or there is not, but seems futile to spend time and life debating it, find out when we die I guess, maybe.

Lackwittyname · 51-55, M

I gave my answer, but I have been checking in on this and am surprised it has people voicing an opinion and remaining civil. I have seen some questioning or back and forth but even those are respectful (for the most part). Nice to see people get along in turbulent times.

thepreposterouspanda · 36-40, M

I believe there is something bigger to all of this than we can comprehend or understand at this point. I don't believe in any organized religion though, no. They completely ruined my childhood and left me with lifelong issues.

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