What Is Your Belief or Non-belief in God?

[Beverly]

If you have voted and want to also comment on the thread, please state that you have voted. I sort of want to get a general overview of the kinds of beliefs or non-beliefs folks here have.

Since a person's belief or non-belief in God is very personal, please do not attack, ridicule or otherwise belittle another person's opinion or belief.

[Zerandise]

I voted for #2 as it fit closest. I find my maker not in a person but the world. AA said it best for me Good Orderly Direction.

[Murminator]

I voted
I believe there may be a Heaven and I believe there may be a Hell what I don't believe in is paying someone every week to tell me that it is still there.


Amen

[Willow]

personally speaking i am a non practicing atheist.

[Samw]

Do we need a definition of God? Does it matter which God? For example if you believe in the Koran, that means you believe in God right? What about if you believe that there is a creator but that the Bible's interpretation is completely wrong. Does that mean you believe in God or not?

[G1GY]

Wow! Touchy subject for a public forum. (Better get a fire extinguisher.)

I did pick #2 though.

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Samw

Do we need a definition of God?

Your own definition of God will suffice.

Originally Posted by Samw

Does it matter which God? For example if you believe in the Koran, that means you believe in God right?

Yes, if you believe in the Koran's version of God or the God of any other holy book or religious group, you believe in God.

Originally Posted by Samw

What about if you believe that there is a creator but that the Bible's interpretation is completely wrong. Does that mean you believe in God or not?

That means you believe in God, yes.

Good questions, btw

Keep the votes coming

[trilinearmipmap]

Well I was raised an atheist in an intellectual family that was too clever to believe in God.

Since then I have come to change my views.

First of all I can not believe in the "Santa Claus" God that many out there seem to worship. I can give you a few good reasons, ie the genocides by Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, genocide of the North American Indians, genocidal slavery system in the United States in the last century, etc etc etc. Any God who allowed these things to happen (many of them perpetrated by Christians) is not a God that I will worship.

IMHO there is a God but this God is different from the one taught by various religions. Evidence of this God's existence can be found by observing life anywhere and everywhere. Simply put, the fact that myriad life forms exist to exploit any energy gradient found anywhere is proof of this God's existence. I am not sure if this God is a separate entity from these life forms or if God is an integral part of the life forms.

One thing is clear, God does not value people over a tube worm or an Isopod.

Anyway, sorry if I have offended anybody but these ideas are my own based on observations I have made.

[Coldwater]

I am sorry everyone I had to chose the last one.

Matt

[rusty]

Every one has to make thier own choses in life I voted # 1 the way I see it is if you believe in God and believe in all that he blesses you with i.e. good health,food.shelter the freedom to live in this beautifull country where we can talk like this and share our ideas without being punished then I believe I should go to church to praise and worship God out of thankfullness for all He has done for me.