god doesnt exist which is a fact. religion is a load of phychological bull crap fact. \nevil men do evil\ngood men do good\nreligious good men do evil FACT\nit is like football fans, all following each other to there grimey deaths and then the ones who follow peacefully. its what you believe in that motivates us. i just dont see why people are so stupid as to believe in the bible n quran etc. its like beleiving in JEDIs from star wars, whos with me. i know the good it does, giving peole a reason n stuff like that, but thats only because there weak in the mind in my opinion. i hope you guys are listning to this and i wanna hear some proper opinions, \nRELIGIONS CAUSE MORE WARS AND BLOODSHED THAN ALL THE HUMAN NATURAL DEATHS EVER - FACT
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i totally agree. religion divides. yes it does breing people closer...but only people in the select group.\n\nreligion is pointless. religion can destroy more than a nuclear bomb.
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These people dont know sh!t! No body knows, so they cant solicit advice about something they have no clue about. Its all based on speculation and assumption. No body knows for certain, but its what you want to believe. No body knows if god really exists, but almost all the world believes in him. Find out for yourself rather than asking these ignorant folks on yahoo. And while your at it... maybe take a spelling lesson or two. G-H-O-S-T ... you typically learn that in 2nd grade.
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Unfortunately most Christians are extremely ignorant about things related to their own religious beliefs and because of this they have very misguided ideas about what it means to believe in god and what "faith" is.  I know this very well having been a Christian for many years. I attended Christian Theology school and one thing I quickly realized is how ignorant Christians are when it comes to the book they so dearly love--the Bible. (despite the fact that they claim to cherish the bible 99% of all christians have never even read the entire bible from start to finish)\n\nIn my opinion not only is it OK to question Gods existence and the validity of Christianity, I think it is NECESSARY and I think that the Christian God encourages this type of questioning. \n\nWhen you study the old testament there are countless examples of God performing miracles in order to PROVE that he was the true and only god.  Any person who has actually studied the bible would recognize this and therefore the idea that it is WRONG to question gods existence is foolish since the God of the bible himself thought it necessary to demonstrate evidence for his own existence and superiority over the pagan gods. \n\nAnother evidence for the fact that even the Christian God would encourage questioning their religion is the fact that Christians, when they are "witnessing" to non-christians demand of them to question their own belief systems and to consider all the arguments for the validity of Christianity.  \n\nChristians use prophecy to prove the authenticity and validity of the Bible over other books who lack such evidence. \n\nTherefore, it is completely ridiculous and hypocritical for Christians to try to give evidence for the validity of Christianity through "prophecy" etc one minute and then condemn a person who is demanding "evidence" for the validity of Christian beliefs. \n\nSo my conclusion regarding this point is that pretty much all Christians are extremely ignorant even about their own beliefs and they are hypocritical because they try to give "logical" reasons and proof for their belief system and expect people to be "honest with themselves and truly consider Christianity" but yet they would condemn you for "questioning" Christianity once you are in it.  Its ridiculously funny. \n\nHowever, I think it is important to make a distinction between Christians and the Christian religion and the question of whether there is a god and whether the bible has something to it.  They are two different things.  Just because Christians are ignorant does not mean that God doesnt exist or that the Bible doesnt have something to it. \n\nAs a student of Philosophy (something that wasnt encouraged by Christianity) I began to study all of the philosophical arguments for the Existence of God and I am 100% convinced that a god does exist.  These philosophical arguments have nothing to do with Christianity or the bible, they are simply deduced using logic.  there are many different arguments for the existence of god, all of them have limitations, however, when you consider all of them they provide a very strong argument in favor of the existence of god. \n\nhere i will share only one of them. \n\nThe Cosmological Argument: the cosmological argument consists of the following syllogism:\n\n1. the earth had a beginning\n\n2. everything that has a beginning has a cause\n\n3, therefore the earth had a cause\n\nit sounds extremely simple and it in fact is, but it is also extremely powerful.  i will elaborate only a little on this argument but trust me when i say that it provides an enormously powerful argument in favor of gods existence. \n\n1. we know from physics etc that the universe is expanding, therefore if we reversed time it obviously means that the universe would be compacting, this means that the universe was at one point at a level of complete and total compaction.\n\n2. there is no such thing as i
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You are assuming man created religion, and you are correct.  Religions are attempts to put a shape or form on the world around us.  The real universe IS a step beyond logic, because it takes more than just logic to understand Everything.  Logic is only one tool we have to comprehend what we percieve; unfortunately, most people rely solely on religion and no longer even look for any other explanations.  The more people rely on religion as their compass, the faster this world will slide into a new Dark Age.
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If they are more intelligent than us,then why would they believe in something they have NEVER seen.Why would they believe something that as been written by human beings.Why does anybody believe in something that can't be proven.They would think that religious people,who believe in this Great God that is supposed to be so powerful he can do anything,are completely bonkers because,If this God is so powerful why does he let so many  people on this Earth suffer in so many ways ????
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well im atheist myself so i dont believe in gd. i really dont care for it him or whatever you wanna call it. i think that "god" is a security blanket for the weak minded. all of the wars that we ever fought somehow tied into religion. i think its bogus
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The problem with most people is that they have to see the facts right in front of their face before they will believe anything. Skeptics of course will tell you that no, there is no God. A lot of Religious groups will tell you that you are going to Hell if you don't believe in God. I don't agree with either. I don't waste my time defending what I believe to Skeptics. Let them think what they want. There is no Hell and so many gung ho religious groups want you to believe. The only Hell people will have to go through is their own concsious. I believe that there is a God, but we were sent here to find our own path and then make our way back home. God absolutely does exist, but can be called Light, The Divine, etc. It is up to every individual to find God for themselves.
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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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Ok I've had it. You're an idiot. I hate to be so blunt because I don't know you. But seriously, if you were intelligent you'd realize that the bible is a joke. To prove to me that you're not an idiot and that you're beliefs are your own arrived at because of personal experience and not what someone else told you to believe, you have to answer these questions:\n\n1. What language did Jesus speak to his followers? If you don't know this answer and it's ramifications then you are a naive follower who is devoting his/her life to something you don't fully understand. The bible has been re-translated and re-translated so many times that many IMPORTANT terms have changed their meanings to the opposite!\n\n2.Faith is Unreliable: \nA common characteristic of both theism and religion is their reliance on faith: belief in the existence of god and in the truth of religious doctrines is neither founded upon nor defended by logic, reason, evidence, or science. Instead, people are supposed to have faith — a position they wouldn’t consciously adopt with just about any other issue. Faith, though, is an unreliable guide to reality or means for acquiring knowledge.\n\n3.Life is Material, not Supernatural: \nMost religions say that life is much more than the flesh and matter we see around us. In addition, there is supposed to be some sort of spiritual or supernatural realm behind it all and that our "true selves" is spiritual, not material. All evidence, though, points to life being a purely natural phenomenon. All evidence indicates that who we really are — our selves — is material and dependent upon the workings of the brain. If this is so, religious and theistic doctrines are wrong.\n\n4.Gods Just Don't Matter: \nMost religious people place a great deal of importance on their god and insist that what God wants is the most important things a person can be concerned with. But there is no evidence to that. Evil men go unpunished, and bad things happen to good people. Innocents are killed. And the only answers that are given to explain this are "God Knows Best"? Or it'll all work out in Heaven? Yet no evidence exists of any of that. Nowhere (except the bible) is it obvious that the existence or desires of gods should matter to us or our actions.
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If God does not exist, how does that for one second make my life a lie?  If I found out that God did not exist, I would not feel stupid or tricked.  I would feel disappointed, but I think I'd be rather philosophical about it.  After all, I LIKE the life I lead.  It's not as though I suffer through it because I'm afraid of hell, and if I found out that God didn't exist, I don't think I would live all too much differently.  Unless you're suggesting that loving people and helping others has no merit?  You say that at least in hell you'd be surrounded by nice people, but try reading through your question again.  There's nothing nice in that.  Quite frankly, you're giving good atheists a bad name.
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Good question!!!\nI think that God is simply an uncaring son/daughter of a bitch who can not be an athiest as (s)he is eternally and omnipotently screwing people around on a cosmic level.\nIt's time for all good people to ignore the swine!!\nAs for all these answers saying go read your bible while intimating that you are dumb to even ask the question can not be very good Christians if they insult!!\n"To be a good Christian, read the bible, to be a good Jew, read the Torah, to be a good Muslim, read the Koran. It's easy, but to be a good athiest you have to read them all"
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Ok, learn this: people are stupid. For some reason they choose to believe certain idiocracy (good lord, I can't spell >_<) as opposed to others. Trust me, this question isn't going to make chirstians "question their faith" (although most are in desperate need to) even though it is logical, but then again, since when have religons used logic?
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I feel no one can give a correct answer to this question.Your belief that God is a part of our being is a very deep-founded one, on which even I agree.God might be the force within us that triggers the good in us.But saying that, you cannot despise a whole religion on the grounds of its beliefs.(I,personally am a Hindu and so I'm not presenting a biased view)There can never be a solid proof that a Supreme being exists.But,neither can you prove that God exists within.\n\n            Muslims cannot be claimed to be paranoid about Allah.They just worship him.And if we term that as paranoia, then there are many other things that can be termed so too! The most recent example would be the widespread protests against the release of the movie 'Da Vinci Code'. Even more examples can be found if we zoom into various regions.Disputes like the Ayodhya problem in India are examples that it is prevalent in all religions. The terrorist acts in the name of religion are of course, no exception.\n\n              I feel the real problem is that the followers of a religion misconstrue the literature belonging to their religion. They misconstrue the real meaning and purpose of Jihad.They misconstrue the words of Jesus or Lord Krishna.No religion intends to create terror.It is the fault of the people who misinterpret the religion. I believe that every religion has its own weak points which the followers may misinterpret for justifying their subversive activities. We can't help that, can we? Some solution has to be found for the problems in the present world. But, these are certainly not problems completely caused by the fault of a single religion. Are there not numerous political causes(even though the horrible deeds can never be justified)? \n\n                   Anyway, this is what I feel about the issue. It may not sound good or sensible to you.But, I don't have any reason to feel that I'm wrong!
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ime with you prove that there is a god  or shut up \nthey ramble on with crap made up by some caveman\n 2000 +years ago \ndont point me to your  bible  koran whatever show me a god show me a mirical.\nwhy dont you religious nutters just kill each other and go to your so called gods if its such a nice place.
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Where most religious people think to see "proof" of God, an objective person will only see something that usually can be explained by smthg else. The point is that the average human is not much aware of modern science (like cutting edge cosmology, quantum physics, abiogenesis, and the like) and just ignore the many possibilities for other explanations alternative to "God". \n\nThere is no such thing as "scientific proof" of the existence of God. No matter what religious people say.\nWe don´t really need the "God theory" to explain things in this universe. They can be explained by more conventional means. \n\nThe problem is that science is just too young compared to culture and tradition. \nMankind, my friend, is still at its childhood, and it still loves fairytales when going to bed.
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If religion makes people fear god and do good, then its fine. but if it divides ppl, then we dont need religion. My take is that all religions lead to one god who is one and the same the diff been that we call him by diff names but he is one and the same. But somehow I guess we would have been well off without religions..as they have now become means to divide ppl
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Religion allows us to live under laws of man.\n\nStopping evil men in whatever way possible from killing innocent people with suicide bombs has nothing to do with religion.