im sorry people who believe in god but i think that is so stupid....! i just want to understand u people! 2 me god is lke santa or the tooth fairy.....made up to give people faith!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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this answer is for non believers : People believe in god because humans are weak spiritually, we are unable to accept things and are constantly hoping for the impossible. But how to achieve it and will they be able to accept it if they do get their goals? therefore, in order to give themselves mental support or to feel better and explain things on a more "fiction based" way so that they can accept it, They created God. God to you may be nothing. But to these people, they feel that it is real, they believe it is real and to them it is truly real. You who do not believe will never get to experience it be it true or false for the brain is a marvelous thing.
652257
The devil is trying so hard to make sure that people reject God and his ultimate story / love letter to us.  Atheism, whether folks want to admit it or not, is a religion as well.  I love your binary code there!
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I do, but not believing doesn't make you dumb...in fact, it's dumb Christians like you who turn people away from God.
572571
Why do you believe so many people hate your god?  Or does not believing in him = hating him?  Because I love Santa Claus (ok, so he bribes me with presents), but I don't believe in him.  Even you say you've never come into contact with a person who hates the lord.  So where are you getting the idea that there are all these haters out there?
418017
Many different people have different beliefs. I believe that God is around no matter what your doing. He is even around when you think. God knows what you are going to do and who your going to do it with weather it be sex, education, theft, or murder before you do it. However, all things happen for a reason, even the bad things.
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"amorgan4osu" is a moron. If "God's word" does not have to be proven then one could just as easily believe one thing as another.  If there need not be proof then I could just as easily say I have leprechauns in my back yard.
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I don't believe in either of them, but that is a very valid point which I myself thought of. If there was a god, maby it would be an evil being, using our faith, (or gulibility,) to it's advantage, and our stupidity is it's entertainment. This seems ludicrace, but makes more vastly sense than a loving supreme being controling this wretched world.
377205
I believe in the tooth fairy, mother goose and Santa Claus.  Is there anymore?
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Atheist like me don't believe in god for our own reasons. People who believe in god believe for their own reasons. There is no evidence to support or deny god.  Just believe in whatever you want and if  someone believes in something different just leave them alone.
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You were obviously being sarcastic when you said you would pray for them. Of course,religious people don't appreciate\nthe irony of such statements and you obviously confused a lot of them.\n\n That being said,as an agnostic who tends toward atheism I\ncan appreciate your viewpoint. The only reason I'm not simply an atheist is that there's not any more evidence to support your theory than that of a Christian. As well,I do\nbelieve the world and the universe are far more complex than\nany of us can guess at this time.\n In a world where there IS evidence pointing to the possibility of reincarnation, as well as paranormal experts\nusing scientific methods to investigate reported hauntings,\ncan the existence of God really be ruled out so definately?\nMaybe your inner conscious is just your personal belief system at work. Who can really say for sure what the Reality\nreally is?\n\n Still,I can't bring myself to believe in a Biblical God who\ncreated the universe,is all-powerful yet knows all our names\nas well as where the smallest sparrow has fallen. It does sound like a fairy tale.
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I have to agree with you. I have argued with my mother in law on countless occasions about this. Everyone believes in something. I do believe there is a superior existence , I do not, however follow any specific religion. In any religion there is always some kind higher existence. There is no TRUE fact proven (in any religion) on what and or who is right. I find people tend to quote things from the bible but don't actually know what they're talking about. And to those who believe that everyone should have a faith, I do. I believe there is something, or someone who will show us our true religion, everyone, as a whole. I apologize if I have offended anyone. That was not my intention.
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Are you asking about *God* or a *Christian* God?  There is a huge difference!  You can believe in God and not be Christian; there are other religions in the world!!
303978
I pretty much agree with you. An atheist is sure that God does not exist, and an agnostic isn't willing to commit either way. (Sort of like the dyslexic agnostic who developed insomnia. He kept lying awake at night wondering if there really is a Dog...).
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well some people believe that the only way you go to the fire place is if you refuse to believe in him.\n\nthe similarities between god and santa claus are uncanny, except if you are bad, santa only punishes you with no presents on christmas but god makes you BURN!
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Because people cannot think for themselves. They need to have a set of "guidelines" made to follow. Other people can't believe in themselves because they see believing in gods as a bigger cause, so to speak.
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Faith is belief without proof. I can't speak for all Christians, but I don't think I'm any better than anybody else. For that matter, I don't KNOW that I picked the right religion, I just believe I did. Can't prove it, can't disprove it, I just believe it. I do agree with some of the "idiots" that CONSTANTLY question religion, though. Some of the pseudo-christians on here are more conceited than saved.
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Can you prove that Santa doesn't exist? If you went to the North Pole to look for him, searched everywhere, yet couldn't find him,  couldn't it just be said that you weren't looking in the right place? Or that you weren't looking hard enough? Or that you didn't have an open mind about things? Or that you clearly don't have faith in Santa, and so therefore, he hasn't revealed himself to you? Or that he doesn't want you to see him right now because it's not his will? Can you really prove that Santa doesn't exist if someone really really insist on believing in Santa in the face of logic and knowledge? Nope. They will just make up a million excuses as to why you can't see or find Santa coming down to the fact that you, "Don't believe". Silly I think.