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SW-User
Yes, I do believe that God exist. There is some force or phenomenon that controls us. That force or phenomenon is definitely more powerful than me. Unless I know that phenomenon fully, there is no logic in denying God.
However one may believe or not believe in God. Its a personal choice and as long as we are doing no harm to anyone its perfectly fine.
If the mind is pure and our deeds are good it doesn't really matter if one believes in God or not. We are in the right path.
What's really bad is when someone forces their beliefs on others and start stating that they are right and what others believe is wrong. More often than not people don't have any proof to claim their belief and yet they fight among others for no reasons.
God is not a person who is there for people to find reasons to fight among themselves based on their incomplete understanding. I have seen many posts here and many of them are controversial. And people argue with others keeping the name of God in forefront. Some claim that God is who they believe he is and what others believe is wrong. That doesn't make any sense according to me. That simply draws unnecessary comments and replies that are more bad than good. Such posts are never discussed in good spirits. If that's the intention of people its better that they believe there is no God. They will do more good than bad by believing in God.
Let's think that God is almighty and she or he cares for us and cares for our good. We may believe that God exist or not. Whats more important is to get our mind pure and deeds good. If we can do that we are closer to God.
Doing right is more important than telling others that what we believe is right!
However one may believe or not believe in God. Its a personal choice and as long as we are doing no harm to anyone its perfectly fine.
If the mind is pure and our deeds are good it doesn't really matter if one believes in God or not. We are in the right path.
What's really bad is when someone forces their beliefs on others and start stating that they are right and what others believe is wrong. More often than not people don't have any proof to claim their belief and yet they fight among others for no reasons.
God is not a person who is there for people to find reasons to fight among themselves based on their incomplete understanding. I have seen many posts here and many of them are controversial. And people argue with others keeping the name of God in forefront. Some claim that God is who they believe he is and what others believe is wrong. That doesn't make any sense according to me. That simply draws unnecessary comments and replies that are more bad than good. Such posts are never discussed in good spirits. If that's the intention of people its better that they believe there is no God. They will do more good than bad by believing in God.
Let's think that God is almighty and she or he cares for us and cares for our good. We may believe that God exist or not. Whats more important is to get our mind pure and deeds good. If we can do that we are closer to God.
Doing right is more important than telling others that what we believe is right!
DudeistPriest · M
@SW-User [quote]However one may believe or not believe in God. Its a personal choice and as long as we are doing no harm to anyone its perfectly fine.
If the mind is pure and our deeds are good it doesn't really matter if one believes in God or not. We are in the right path.[/quote]
Good point you make here. Announcing to others how holy one is by doing a good deed is just self serving virtue-signaling. The deed is reward in itself. You see a lot of this behavior prevalent even here. You can give or help others silently without the expectation of reward.
[quote]What's really bad is when someone forces their beliefs on others and start stating that they are right and what others believe is wrong. More often than not people don't have any proof to claim their belief and yet they fight among others for no reasons.[/quote]
Another important point. Do you see this common in other countries or just here in the US?
If the mind is pure and our deeds are good it doesn't really matter if one believes in God or not. We are in the right path.[/quote]
Good point you make here. Announcing to others how holy one is by doing a good deed is just self serving virtue-signaling. The deed is reward in itself. You see a lot of this behavior prevalent even here. You can give or help others silently without the expectation of reward.
[quote]What's really bad is when someone forces their beliefs on others and start stating that they are right and what others believe is wrong. More often than not people don't have any proof to claim their belief and yet they fight among others for no reasons.[/quote]
Another important point. Do you see this common in other countries or just here in the US?
SW-User
@DudeistPriest Thank you. You mentioned an important point. Helping others or doing good work silently without expecting anything in return is what I believe to be in the path of good.
We are in earth, our Mother Earth has given us everything. So let's take care of our mother and her children with love, care and compassion without worrying about the heaven after our death.
Good deeds would neither cost us anything nor harm anyone. So why not focus on good work irrespective of whether we believe in God or not.
I'm not sure about the question related to US. I haven't been there. I am from India.
I have seen and heard few telling others that their beliefs are wrong and if we don't believe in what they believe God will punish us or we'll go to hell. In SW I see many such posts and those who claim to be in the path of God were even using wrong language.
However let's not categorise this practice into any religion or region. Irrespective of that let's all believe in goodness.
We are in earth, our Mother Earth has given us everything. So let's take care of our mother and her children with love, care and compassion without worrying about the heaven after our death.
Good deeds would neither cost us anything nor harm anyone. So why not focus on good work irrespective of whether we believe in God or not.
I'm not sure about the question related to US. I haven't been there. I am from India.
I have seen and heard few telling others that their beliefs are wrong and if we don't believe in what they believe God will punish us or we'll go to hell. In SW I see many such posts and those who claim to be in the path of God were even using wrong language.
However let's not categorise this practice into any religion or region. Irrespective of that let's all believe in goodness.