Do you believe in God

[kunal kumar]

do you believe in god

 

[deflee79]

Sorry to hear that!

Our pets are such good and loyal friends. My two dogs are laying next to me now in my sofa. I understand your feelings. Keep Buddy in your mind. He probably loved you most in the world.

Thank you friend.

 

[Bean]

Humans have to constantly fight themselves because of an irrecoverable discrepancy between the mind and the body. The evolution of the mind is way ahead of that of the body.

Because humans have choice, they are naturally forced to question their every action and thought.
A simple lie might seem inoffensive enough but the build up of simple lies over a lifetime unavoidably brings pressure and unrest.

One way to solve this problem is to create a universally superior/powerful being capable of absolving humans of their misdeeds. 'God' is the one construct that underlies all other constructs.
'Praying to God' relieves people of their pressure. Without this breathing hole to let the pressure out, humans would have long since been consumed by their own malice.

 

[deflee79]

Humans have to constantly fight themselves because of an irrecoverable discrepancy between the mind and the body. The evolution of the mind is way ahead of that of the body.

Because humans have choice, they are naturally forced to question their every action and thought.
A simple lie might seem inoffensive enough but the build up of simple lies over a lifetime unavoidably brings pressure and unrest.

One way to solve this problem is to create a universally superior/powerful being capable of absolving humans of their misdeeds. 'God' is the one construct that underlies all other constructs.
'Praying to God' relieves people of their pressure. Without this breathing hole to let the pressure out, humans would have long since been consumed by their own malice.

Very well worded. I enjoyed your view. It's a lot of pressure to carry the burdens of your life alone.

 

[Kachi]

Oh yes yes
:D

I am a Christian and I believe in the Almighty God - the Creator of heaven and earth and all therein.

 

[Kachi]

Immediately the question is "who's god?". Is it a diety in general? That something is out there t was the cause of existence? The facts of science are mind-blowing but the reality is that every story humans have come up with outside of science is a bad explanation. Really bad. Closest are the Eastern philosophies imho.

The scientific facts are that all 7 billion humans, if compressed to the density of a neutron star, would fit into a tablespoon. Where is that in any of the holy books?

The question remains "do you believe in God," and not "who is God." If you want to roll with some argument, simply create a new thread with the topic of your choice.
Let's simply stay on focus here

 

[steitieh]

I believe in Allah and I believe when we all refer to "God" we all actually refer to the same creator - the one and only.

 

[mad409]

Do I believe in God? I want to but have been off and on all my life. Science has debunked most of the creation of mankind, earth therefore who really knows?

I'm also one that thinks there must be other life forms within the universe, why would earth be the only one with life? There's so much we don't know, space is endless.

 

[Kachi]

Do I believe in God? I want to but have been off and on all my life. Science has debunked most of the creation of mankind, earth therefore who really knows?

I'm also one that thinks there must be other life forms within the universe, why would earth be the only one with life? There's so much we don't know, space is endless.

Lol. On the contrary, science keeps changing but the Word of God (Bible) remains the same.

 

[karjren]

For the science geek out there including me, the real question is, What is before the BigBang?

 

[Fancy.domains]

Lol. On the contrary, science keeps changing but the Word of God (Bible) remains the same.

Yes, I agree. However, religions (and their books) have come and gone as well. In Scandinavia we used to believe in Thor and Odin. If you tell people that you still believe in them, most will consider you as a nutcase, more or less.

But as I said, I respect all religious belief, as long as their followers do NOT intend to harm or discriminate others, because of their belief.

 

[Josytal]

Regardless of what or who you believe in, the golden rule is:
“Do to others as you would have them do to you.”

 

[raubin]

Religion is a medieval way of controlling and educating people - there is no need for religion these days as all it causes is division and wars.

 

[Kachi]

Yes, I agree. However religions (and their books) have come and gone as well. In Scandinavia we used to believe in Thor and Odin. If you tell people that you still believe in them, most will consider you as a nutcase, more or less.

But as I said, I respect all religious belief, as long as their followers do NOT intend to harm others, because of their belief.

Your argument seems out of place though. I specifically mentioned where I base my belief - THE BIBLE. I never mentioned any other source. Anything that comes and goes, or changes is fake. The Bible (Word of God) has never changed since the first manuscripts were discovered. Across many versions, The Truth remains the truth.

 

[Constantin S]

Nice to see that such a topic didn't result in any "dislikes".

 

[mad409]

Lol. On the contrary, science keeps changing but the Word of God (Bible) remains the same.

No disrespect but read my reply again.

 

[lsd.deals]

While this may sound a little off-topic, I think there is some point in it and this information may help not to turn the thread into non-constructive religious war

I've been studying some 'parallels' between the Internet, domain names and world traditions of wisdom (including the ones which resulted in formation of the world's religious traditions). It was quite and interesting discovery for me, for example, that the internet is based on 7-levels OSI model (from physical to application layer) and MANY of the peculiarities of each level, as well as the whole concept of OSI model are astonishingly similar to 7-chakras models of living beings existence and development). Won't go forward in describing this aspect in more details here, I think those interested will easily find more details

Now, moving (a bit) closer to the thread topic. If you look at any domain name, there is always a dot in it. Every domain name, literally every single one of them, has a dot in it. Each name is unique and unrepeatable. Still, the dot is one and the same in each one of them. There is no difference between the dots Try to think about it in an abstract way... In some way, the dot is unifying, from this point of view.

Of course, I mean primarily the dot we all know of: the one separating SLD and TLD. Still, I think many of you (if not all) know that DNS system is designed and functioning in such a way, that there is a dot in the end, after the TLD. So, basically, all root-servers of DNS are united by the single dot in the top of DNS hierarchy. Thus, every domain name ends with a dot (from the point of view of DNS system). This dot is not displayed by your browser, still, one can't argue about its value and existence. This is also a point to think about...

Do you believe in dot?

 

[Fancy.domains]

Your argument seems out of place though. I specifically mentioned where I base my belief - THE BIBLE. I never mentioned any other source. Anything that comes and goes, or changes is fake. The Bible (Word of God) has never changed since the first manuscripts were discovered. Across many versions, The Truth remains the truth.

I respect that. However, a Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim or an Atheist MIGHT disagree. They also "have their thuth".

I am happy that you have find what you believe in. Personally, I am out of this thread now. Religions might be a very personal, tender and delicate matter.

Ps. I have a large collection of Buddhist statues. Mostly because I live in a Buddhist country and I am fascinated about their traditions / culture and grateful towards the people here. I also like the Buddhist philosophy. According to the law, these statues will remain here in Thailand even if I'll have to leave one day.

 

[namezest]

I do not believe in god I believe in GOD!

 

[Keral_Patel]

First and foremost just skip Hinduism out of this debate because we officially don't think we are a religion anymore but we are a way of life. We have been. Brahmanism was the very first religion on this planet. After that Hinduism was born.

Atleast my gods are not telling me to harm or hinder anyone's religion. That might be an agenda for others.

Pardon me but mostly we don't even choose our religion as we don't choose our names. It is given to us by our parents. I could have been born a buddhist or a christian or a muslim. I can still change myself to a buddhist, christian or a muslim. Yet one can easily change a name without any emotions and if you tell him or her to change his or her religion shit hits the fan.

 

[Keral_Patel]

Yes, I agree. However, religions (and their books) have come and gone as well. In Scandinavia we used to believe in Thor and Odin. If you tell people that you still believe in them, most will consider you as a nutcase, more or less.

But as I said, I respect all religious belief, as long as their followers do NOT intend to harm or discriminate others, because of their belief.

I still believe in Thor and Odin. Call me a nut case if you want to. People are not understanding it that religion is the higher power that keeps us all civilized. Fear of god was needed in human beings. And when that purpose was served it was served well enough.

100,000 years from now on. None of this religions are gonna matter. Believe me. I am GOD :O Now see that is bullshit.

Same way one thing goes outdated new one takes its place. Same is with religion.

Some people just needs guts to confront it.

 

[tiawalling]

i strongly believe we must keep this religion discussion out of the forum.
i think it will be better if the moderators close this topic before something bad escalates out of this sensitive topic.

 

[Michael Ehrhardt]

there is no God
there was no God
there will be no God

God is an invention from the shasu people

learn your history

even God.com is down for a long time

 

[lsd.deals]

i strongly believe we must keep this religion discussion out of the forum.

Exactly. I was trying to make a shift to a different direction, still it looks like the discussion is getting into dangerous circles

 

[DNGear]

Right now my god is Negari.

 

[karjren]

Have you guys encountered the phrase "There are no atheists in foxholes" ? This means, in times of extreme Fear, danger or stress all people will believe in, or hope for, a higher power that may save their life.