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What IS there to believe in? Your parents and some old guy tell you stories when you're little and they give you a book. Big whoop. It does not make any of it real. At least science can be proven.
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Which GOD do you speak of? There are hundreds of religions that believe in hundreds of different GOD's. So the question is... which one is right? Answer is None are right. This is why i'm agnostic and decide not to follow any religion because they all have flaws in some area. Therefore none can be right about divine questions where only one answer is right and others are wrong. 9/11 was a prime example of middle eastern people devoted to the belief in the god (allah) of hinduism. There belief was so strong they were willing to sacrifice themselves and kill innocent people. Hmmm sacrifice/killing tons of people.... seems religion has been the same story over the chapters of history. Some say we should learn from history or we are doomed to repeat it. Looks like humans have yet to learn that religion is nothing more than the fillers for questions we cannot answer produced back in the day to fear and control the masses. It also comes with lots of crazy stupid people and chaos thats unnecessary. Thank God religion is slowly going out of style. Hopefully Science will take the palce of religion and everyone can chip in on helping make the world we live in a better place and follow real truth and real knowledge in our journey through life.
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There is probably an equal refusal to each point that tries to prove the existance of God. One way i see it is how people use the analogy where you cannot know what light is without darkness. Would we know perfection unless we knew imperfection? The imperfection we see in ourselves may be the darkness to the light of what exists as the perfect being, in other words God. Although I'm sure there's arguments that can blow this one out.
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Well, belief in God does mean relegating the self to a lesser role; which is something we generally don't excel at. @CallmeHeath "That's a good question. Why would a God create a person who didn't believe in him? Standard answer, he gave us free will. Okay. Then why commandments? If he gave us free will, why would he give us rules? If he wanted us to act in a certain way, why didn't he just make us that way...oh wait...I know...God works in mysterious ways...." A different standard answer - "He wanted us to believe because we chose it". Why the commandments/rule - perhaps to show us the level of perfection required to move to the next level -- and also perhaps as a real-time demonstration that humans of their own volition are patently incapable of aspiring to all the rules, all the time. The next logical step, is that we need help doing that which we've proven over centuries as incapable of doing. I wonder if there was any other way we could have learned such a lesson than to be given the chance to try and fail? Perhaps not so mysterious.
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Some people don`t believe in God because they take full responsibility for their choices- and they feel that if they chose to be good people- it is their own choice, and not managed from up above.
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I have freedom of self determination. I think society should hold itself up to its own standards and determine for itself what its purpose should be. Not only do I see very little reason to believe in the Judeo-Christian God, but I think that life is better if we take the challenge of finding our own place in the universe rather than having it dictated to us. Also, the burden of truth lies on the affirmative, so the better question is why do people believe in God rather than why don't they. Why don't people believe in Hinduism or the Monad or Zeus?
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I don't believe in any of the depictions of God on this site, all male, all white. I don't believe in a singular, human-looking entity sitting in the sky. I believe in something infinite, something all-encompassing that permeates everything, some kind of pure energy, pure consciousness. I don't have a word for it, but it is definitely not "Him". So, when you ask why some people don't believe in God, you need to be very clear on what you mean by that word and what that word means to the people you are asking about. If what you think of as God is what I have seen on this site, then certainly you can understand why people would not believe in that.
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I think people don't believe because they have no reason to believe. It is not because they are sinners or bad people or deny the proof they are given of God's existence, it is that they do not see that proof, and it makes more sense not to believe. Some people I've met who call themselves atheists don't believe in religion, and many other things, but they do believe that there is "something." They do not title it as God because of all the crazy people out there who have tried to convert them, force beliefs upon them, or commit crimes for their "God." I personally do believe in God, and I see proof of His/Her existence all around me at all times, so I find it sad that there are people who do not see the miracle that is God, but I accept that they are not at a place where they can believe.
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That's a good question. Why would a God create a person who didn't believe in him? Standard answer, he gave us free will. Okay. Then why commandments? If he gave us free will, why would he give us rules? If he wanted us to act in a certain way, why didn't he just make us that way...oh wait...I know...God works in mysterious ways.... terrorism, war, famine, disease, racism...good thing God loves us, or those things might be a problem...
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When I didn't believe, I was growing up with a mother for a minister. The reason I didn't believe was not God's fault. It was his followers. For some reason, I noticed the hypocrisy and power grabbing that comes with many churches, even when I was young. I also could not believe in a God who, according to so many of his followers, would condemn billions of people to Hell because they did not use his name. I was also distinctly aware of all the hurt in the world, so I thought there could not be a God. I eventually came to terms with a lot of things in my faith, and am now secure in my spirituality. I think many of my reasons growing up, are shared by others. There is also the reason that there is no scientific proof of a God or higher power.
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Looks like my first post didn't "take" time to post again. Nonbelievers are just that, nonbelievers. We do not turn our back on an god, we just don't believe in one. We have looked at the evidence and decided that not only is there no logical reason for god to need to exist, it actually raises more questions than it could possibly answer. Your answer implies that it is readily apparent that there MUST be a god, it is not and merely stating it as such does not make it a fact. We certainly need more than your word for it. Non-belief is not an affirmation of materialism or a stance against morals, it is just a statement of non belief. We have as much potential as believers for good and evil. You seem to think we secretly believe in god but want to spite him by shunning him, I have yet to meet someone where that is the case. And for the record being a believer does not automatically exempt you from materialism, "sin", or any of the other things you seem to associate with nonbelievers. I like to enjoy life and so do you, don't act as if you having a god makes you better than me or any other person. We are all human. I CHOOSE to try to be a good person, not because I think god is watching but as a lifestyle choice. I fall short often but so does everyone else. Morality is not contained entirely in the sphere of believers or nonbelievers I do not begrudge you your belief, please do not begrudge me my lack of it. I invite you to investigate further who it is we really are, as this site gives you the perfect opportunity to do.
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hmm yeeah thats really interesting. i actually know a few people that "dont" belive in God, because they've asked for something or prayed for something that in there eyes, they didnt get. But i supose what they might not know , is that God works in ways that sometimes you dont see that its helping at all. and one of the most presious of gifts from God, is tests and difficulties which help us to grow and learn. but as a Bahai i belive that in everyones soul, they belive in God. That when it comes down to it, and your about to die, thats who you think of.
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