Do you really have faith and believe in the religion you're in? I mean do you really believe or do you sometimes question it? And if you do believe why?
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If a person believes a religion without questioning it, they will be easily deceived. Questioning your religion is a good thing! That is how you discover the truth.\nI'm not the kind of person who does something just because someone tells me to do it. I need to know why.
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what do you believe in?
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"Frost: Do you believe in the Sermon on the Mount?\n\nGates: I don't. I'm not somebody who goes to church on a regular basis.  The specific elements of Christianity are not something I'm a huge believer in.  There's a lot of merit in the moral aspects of religion.  I think it can have a very, very positive impact.\n\nFrost: I sometimes say to people, do you believe there is a god, or do you know there is a god? And, you'd say you don't know?\n\nGates: In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a god or not, but I think religious principles are quite valid."\n\nHe seems a little agnostic.
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That's why they call it faith. You either believe or not.
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i'm catholic too..... but sometimes i wonder if i'm a very good one. lol. \n\nthats the whole idea man, we dont know where we come from. if you believe in god, how is it that god existed before everything else?? theres just no answer. and if you believe in the big bang, or anything else like that, well..... there was nothing, and then stuff just exploded? what caused that?\n\nsee what i mean? theres not any real way to explain it. but thats what faith is about. i dont care what it says in some book. no book has all the answers. but, faith is about not having all the answers, and just looking inside and trying to connect with what you really feel, whatever that is, and being able to believe in it, and believe that theres more out there than what we understand in this life.\n\nthat said, whatever you believe in, its fine by me. whether its god, or buddah, or allah, or jehovah, or whatever.... you can believe in a can of creamed corn for all i care. lol. its not like i have all the answers.
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"all religions make you worship god"????  You really need to do a little more research on the numerous religions of the world.  There are many that don't believe in god.  And I wasn't aware that they "made" you worship god, I thought that this was a choice that people make?  I'm agnostic, but believe that it is perfectly acceptable to people to believe in god if they want.
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My belief?  To be honest, I'm uncertain.  I would like to think that there is a God and there is a Heaven, but I can't say that I believe 100% that there is.\n\nMy feeling is that I will live the best life I can, serving others, and generally being a good person.  If there is a God and a Heaven, then I hope that the way I lived my life will be the deciding factor in where I spend my afterlife, rather than whether or not I believed 100%.
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Yes, i am very religious.i believe that the real meaning of life can be found through religion.but only through the orthodox  religion because its the real faith.
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That happened to me.  I guess at first I felt totally betrayed, mad, I didn't know what to do or what to think.  Then I started trying to educate myself to "make sure" that I was correct that my belief system was based on lies.  The whole process has taken several years, but then I started researching many other beliefs and religions and found out that most of them were also.  So I am no longer a part of organized religion and I have discovered my own beliefs.  I'm still on my spiritual quest but my current beliefs probably lean toward New Thought.
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Did you ever lose your faith?
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Why be a "follower"?  \n\nAfter studying numerous religions, I realize that none of them have a monopoly on truth and that most of them are filled with lies.  They are attempts by men to gain/hold power or be remembered after they are dead.  There are, of course, exceptions to this, \n\nI think it is a far better thing to be a skeptic and have a closer grasp on the truth, than be misled by idiots, charletons, and the power-hungry.  I subscribe to a scientific world-view.  \n\nI am an atheist and a skeptic.
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Personally, for me, I choose to. I know I could be wrong, and there are questions the Bible raises that contradict science, or what others deem as proof. I even accept the fact I could be 100% wrong in the way I believe, and live my life. I know that, and still I choose to believe. It is something I feel in my heart to be real, something I feel as if I have evidence of in my everyday life, and for me, that is my proof.\n\nJust personally though.
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Well said, and thank you. You might have a point. I'd like to think that one doesn't have to have no faith, to have manners, intellect, and a sense of humor. But If you've ever noticed someone who is deeply religious, they are always trying to convert you, or convince you otherwise. Whereas I've never tried to push my belief on anyone. In fact, If it wasn't for people, mostly coworkers, trying to ask for donations, or just asking me questions about my faith, they would never know that I'm not a religious person. But based on that one principal, now they keep there distance...Goddamn hypocrites!!
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Well I've always believed that every religion out there has truth to it to one degree or another. I think I've felt the urge to find out more of the true principles that are in other belief systems, and so far I've been pleasantly surprised to see how much different religions have in common, they just call these principles by different names. \n\nThanks
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You either have faith or you don't.\n\nIt's just that simple and only you can decide the issue.
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Sometimes to see you have to believe first and at other times you have to see to believe.  I think just like everything else, both have their place in life.  I also think that's it's up to each individual when these principals are applicable.  Why do many believe who don't have proof, but depend on heresay?  Well, I believe (as I see it in people over and over again, including myself) that each of us are born with the spirit to know and understand God/Jesus and divine purpose.  When this proclivity is not correctly harvested and harnessed, we go with what "sounds" right or makes "sense".  I read somewhere, "if you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything."  This is probably what you're referring to.  I don't know......
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Hey, I take offense to this!\n\nI don't know if I'm truly an athesist or not, what I do know is I don't believe in the "gods" that any organized religion attempts to sheepwash me with.  I believe in powers greater than myself, and other humans, I just don't believe that the King James Bible is the word of God, I believe that it is a compiled history of written stories, some true, some embellished and some out and out lies written to control the sheep...errr, followers.\n\nWhy is it that your religion allows you to be judgmental and bigoted against those that disagree with your opinion?   Do you have any actual scripture that backs your attitude and states that this is your way into heaven?\n\nI attempt to answer questions honestly and politely, but I do have to admit my smart alec self rears its ugly head occassionally, just like yours just did.