look beleive what you want,Without some kinda fear of a god the world would be utter chaos,thats why GODS were created. ya worm food
136562
all i know is if everyone thinks theyre right and theyre god is the one true god and theyre religion is the one true one alot of people are going to be pissed personally i think people are too selfish to think that maybe it just ends does a damn ant go to ant heaven after you step on it who the heck knows i think its just over the brain stops thoughts and images are null and void its over man
152580
People are afraid of things they dont understand. People who dont understand god, spend all their time trying to rationalize with logic why he doesnt exist, which will be a never resolving issue because god is too mysterious to rationalize.
192528
It's true that people have created gods to try to help them make sense of the world around them and life in general, but i wouldn't go as far as to call man god. Since we are limited in  the things we can do compared to all the things imagined gods are able to do. You might be able to argue that man is his own god, but in the sense the question is asked i would have to answer no.
602203
Because God is a man-made creation and man lives on earth. In those days people had no idea about the rest of the universe. Gods were created out of ignorance.\n\nSome gullible, insecure people still believe in one.
569000
I think people not believing in God because "why would a God bring hurt,sickness,suffering on his people" is such a cop out. It is annoying. As far as the story about Egypt and everything, God was showing his power and his seriousness to the Pharaoh, it had to be done. God wouldn't do something like that for his "pleasure" but for his plan, and his plan is right.
136673
Everything around you is true because of god caring for you. Anyone who says there is no god is making a fool of himself coz his/her very existance is due to a power beyond his/her imagination and control which we name god. This is regardless of religion/holy books. Imagine what would be your situation if you were running for your life in a place like Iraq. Instead you are sitting before your laptop , having fun in a protected environment, drinking coffee, hearing music and talking crap that "God is not there"...lol....which by itself proves that god cares. Some things are beyond explanation....
175567
If you're going to believe in God it has to come about from your own experiences. It has to be based in your own faith and trust. Im at the point where I think there is a spirit world but not necassarily a higher power, but sometimes I go back to thinking there is a higher power but not necessarily the conventional god. I think hes probably a sarcastic bastard if hes up there.
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Well, you would too if you created the ENTIRE universe!  But seriously, God doesn't have an ego, Satan does, and that's why God threw him out of heaven.   No words can properly explain to the fullest who God is, the only way someone can know who God is, is to have a relationship with Him.  My father is an atheist and he wanted my mother who is catholic to raise us without a religion.  So, I grew up knowing in my heart as a child that there was a God, but not having a religion structure to explain to me.  Well, God gave me dreams as a teenager, which eventually led me to get saved when I was 18.  And by the way, God DID appear to people, as Jesus, and will return again in the future.  God doesn't have an ego, He wouldn't have died on the cross and suffered for our salvation.  God loves us and wants whats best for us.  Satan is jealous of God and people because he can't be god, and he can't get saved like humans.  God won't forgive him so he's jealous that God forgives us, and satan tries to lead us down a path of destruction to hell.
589232
dont believe in god-man does this evil by his choice-and we can learn a lot from this and do what we can-especial for children-life can be very good and you cant fix all of it but you can make a difference if nothing else than to the people around you-lots of love old hippie here
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Some early humans created god in the image of man because they could not think of what god should look like.  But other humans have recreated god in the image of trees, mountains, animals etc...  They can't help it.  They have to create something to reflect upon.  Why they did not look at their reflection in the lake, I cannot understand.  But then look what happened to Narcissus!!!
200075
God is also omnipotent, which means He knows all, so he could not do something that goes against his nature, or create something that is more powerful than Himself. He is Awesome!
122061
This is something I've wondered about for a long time.  To me it makes so much sense that everyones spiritual path is unique to them, that there is no such thing as a "one True" way.  Everyone sees a different face of the divine.... \n\nThe reasons why people are afraid are simple though - they are uncertain.   Any act of faith makes people feel vulnerable - it should!  Faith is an act of belief without any tangible proof, of course people can get touchy/defensive about it.  Faith makes people feel good, but any challenge to that (such as the existance of multiple religions) means that there may be something else that they haven't considered.   They are insecure.
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I agree with you. When i see some people saying...follow this or god will hate you or punish you and so on, i feel the vibe of ignorance. This is my interpretation but I think god is formless since that divine energy is not just confined to our physical realm. But characterizing or defining God in human terms is an ignorant and self-centered way of interpretation.
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I just finished reading an article in the newspaper about two FAU proffesors who are investigating your exact question. They did some testing and came up with the theory that we have an urge to believe in a higher being throught evolution, natural selection. In the beginnig when we hunted and gathered, the world was a scary place, violent and food was scarce, believing in a higher being gives you since of purpose, courage etc... these tribes were more likely to succed and keep on living. and we are all decendents of these tribes.that is why we all have the urge to Believe, and 95% actually give into this. I dont believe there is a god, but the urge is always there.
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Do yourself a favor and wake up.  Religion was invented by men.  You are basing your life on something dreamed up thousands of years ago by ignorant people and passed on from generation to generation as fact.  You're expected to just believe it and without any possible way of getting confirmation until you are already dead.  You want to spend this existence worrying about invisible beings that someone else told you about?  Get a grip!
243828
God isn't a person; therefore He doesn't have parents. God was invented by humans as a way to try to understand the world and give the world a sense of rules and structure.
87299
if God shows up in human form. people will think he's/she's insane. but if the God shows up in a bright light with booming voice people would either gets scared and sh#t there pants and create chaos or they would be mesmerized and follow the voice.  \n\nBut,if I saw God in any form, I would ask God why did he create the universe? is it because he's/she's bored? is there other life forms somewhere in the universe? does he/she have magic trick?