Religious people, why do you believe in what you believe?
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Because the Bible tells me it true.\n\nK
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I am Atheist. Yes, I do not believe in any God(s), But regardless, I do believe that there are consequences for my actions. I do not feel like you have to believe in any particular religion to have morals and values. The difference is that if you believe in God or any other deity you believe that your punishment is coming from that higher power. I believe it is my actions coming back to me, cause and effect. What ever you do will come back to you, so the best thing to do is to treat people how you would want to be treated, regardless of who they are and where they come from or what they believe in.
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Of course I believe in God, silly boy. I just don't choose to be Christian. I'm a Non Denominational Happy Pagan Person. God and I keep organized religion out of our relationship. It simplifies matters greatly.
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I believe in God because I need to believe in something better in this life time, to have an explanation on where people and other things came from, to feel that no matter happens in my life there's Some one i can turn to, to know that no matter what i've done or where i've been,  i am loved, it's the only way i'll be able to be an honest decent person, if i didn't believe in God i wouldn't have any conscious, i'll do what ever i want when i want, with no fear of anything.
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Having faith allows people to believe in something fantastic and beyond their reach. It gives them a feeling of power and belonging to something greater than themselves. Instead of wondering the what, when and how of our existence, faith gives people the opportunity to find the missing pieces of the puzzle. As for me I don't need to find out where I came from or where I'm going, whats important is the here and now.
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Hi, I am Rational Spirituality,\n\nI believe in God, because I was given an entirely logical and coherent explanation about Him and about the Universe, which I can relate to in my every day life and experience.\n\nYou may access Rational Spirituality on the Dhaxem website.
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I'm a believer. \n\nTypicially positive feeling and attitudes lead one to faith.  Faith is not just something you have or don't, it's a judgement thing that can go up and down in gradients.   Faith is measure of ones beliefs, that can be attributed toward anything really.  Faith that the sun will rise each day, faith that there will be food on your table each day, faith that you'll be able to keep your job, faith that you will stay married.  Take away faith and you have a sad person.\n\nIn many respects Religions to non believers can at least be seen as man's attempt to document attitudes and processes that are good for society. The more faith you have in your Religion and the things it accomplishes to this goal, the more you might become a true believer.  There are more things in this world than we will ever truely understand...  anyone that thinks otherwise is lying to you and themselves.\n\nPersonally I believe in Jesus' teachings, to me he was truely the best person ever on earth with the best beliefs.  Someone to believe in.
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Those who follow rationality do not object to religion existing, but to the way the religious claim to have special knowledge.  In fact people follow religion without really understanding it or knowing why it exists.
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Actually, i believe in my religion not only for the obvious reasons, but also because of what it does for me. And i am not talking about the Christian heaven thing, either.\n\nJudaism gives to me a love of learning for its own sake. \nIt gives me a discipline through the demands for kosher and shabbat observance. \n\nIt makes me a part of something that has lasted through 4,000 (thats four THOUSAND!) years of persecution, misrepresentation, misunderstandings, people stealing our rituals and giving them meanings that contradict the Bible, things no other faith on earth has had to endure, but we endured it. (Which means that we have been reading, singing, worshipping, studying, observing, enjoying, things that have been done this way since recorded time began on this planet!) \n\nIt gives me a direction on how to treat others, not by merely spouting platitudes ("love each other") but in real concrete terms of how to show that love and how to measure up (tithing, that kind of thing). \n\nIt has given birth to a people on earth who have given to the OTHER people on earth far far far more than one should expect from so small a people, like 16% of every Nobel Prize given in the world have been given to Jews, when the Jews are about one tenth of one percent of the world's population. \n\nJudaism brings Gd into my life on a moment by moment basis, enabling me to get through an awful lot that most never have to, for which they should say, 'thank Gd,' like having a wife sick for more than half our marriage, and losing her, my brother, and my father all in a space of 20 months.\n\nAll this and so much more!\n\nThere is a passage in the Talmud where the rabbis are debating the existence of Gd. Finally the number one head rabbi is asked, 'what would you do if you had undeniable proof that there is no Gd?' and he answered them and said, 'I would get up tomorrow morning and recite the morning prayers.' This means he does Judaism for himself, because of what it does for himself, and through him, for the world.\n\nSo do i.
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I don't believe in religion, I believe in discipleship.  People can hide in religion and follow set rules for their lives instead of thinking for themselves and going through the Spirit's transformation, robbing themselves of a real spiritual life.
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I can't believe a faith based on a book that is flawed in many ways.  I can't believe in something there is no way of having real, tangable, physical, scientific proof of.  I can't believe in something that is based on the words of people that may well have had a delusional disorder.  I can't believe in something that contradicts it's self and leaves alot of things open it can't realistically explain.  Science is in the process of proving something else entirely and has more evidence than religion does on the matter.  Which should I believe?  I tend to lean to the logical side of it which leaves religion out.  Until someone can conclusivly, scientifically prove some of these things I will not believe.
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That would be faith...or ignorance.  Depends on how much thought goes into it.\n\nPersonally I view faith like this:  If someone believes in god, the bible, etc.  More power to 'em!  However, if you present a different point of view, and they cover their ears, close their eyes and scream, "Lies!"...that's not faith, that's ignorance.\n\nIf they ignore your question and quote the bible...the same book they know nothing about, that's ignorance\n\nIf they KNOW they're right and you're wrong, that's ignorance.\n\nIf they believe in God with knowledge, understanding, acceptence, and reservation that while their faith is absolute, that there are other possibilities, or that we are too ill informed or lack the understanding to comprehend the workings of the universe...that's faith.\n\nTo be agnostic, like I am, means you don't have faith.  Personally, I don't have a clue what's going on.  I know the bible isn't accurate, we've proven Genesis to be wrong 100x over.  However, I do agree with many of its teachings.  How did we get here?  Dunno.  How does life work?  Dunno.  Is there a God?  Dunno.  Is God as the bible describes?  Probably not, but dunno.  Good news about being agnostic is it allows you the freedom to think and examine.  You're not stuck in an organized religion that recites the same thing to you day after day.  Your free to analyze and accept that there are somethings you just don't know.  On the one had its very liberating.  On the other it carries responsibility because you don't have something to blame, or to believe will take care of you...you lose the "knowledge" that everything's under control.\n\nSo, I'm all for agnostic.  I'm comfortable knowing that I don't know. I LOVE studying theology, laughing when a religious person avoids thought, and learning when a religious person makes a good point.\n\nFor examples:  Look to spur4eight.  He'll make intelligent arguements for Christianity.  I disagree with many of them, but hey...that's faith.  For ignorance, look at Mainworry.  He'll ignore questions completely that require any sort of thought towards religion, and reply either with biblical quotes or insults.
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My question: Why should I believe you?
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It takes what one would call 'faith'. I personally consider myself to have no religion, therefore I don't entirely understand why someone, rather most people in this world, would believe in a 'higher power', an 'intelligent creator', or 'GOD'.
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I do believe in God. I have the proof that I believe it in my heart. Sometimes you don't have to see to believe.
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Pardon my intrusion, but I do believe in God, 100%.  Not any god or idol of worship, but Jesus Christ, the one true God.  As a believer, my opinion is that "those" who don't believe in God ARE missing out on something (many things), including friendship (if you're alone in this world), fellowship (with other believers, not persecutors), and spiritual satisfaction (always knowing that if God brings you "to it", then God will bring you "through it".)  Good question,  probably no right or wrong answers though...
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I don't have any religious beliefs.\nI'm just an all-around believer in the spiritual.\nI have these beliefs because of my personal experiences with religion.