Why do most people of every country, no matter what their color, no matter what language they speak, no matter what their government, believe in some form of God?  \n\nWhat is this instinctive drive that causes us to seek out proof of a God?  \n\nIt seems as if deep down inside most of us feel a connection to a higher power.  \n\nCoincidence?
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Why do we feel hunger? Because there is food to satisfy that desire. Why do we feel thirst? Because there is water to satisfy that desire. Why do we feel sexual desire? Because there is sex to satisfy that desire.\n\nWhy do we feel a desire to know God? You know the answer.\n\nSo no, not a coincidence.
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those who believe in god ....believe that there is someone up there looking after them.those who don't ....want to believe that they assume power over their own fate....they control their own lives.\n\ni think that it doesn't matter whether u believe in god or not...the loss is still too big....the only answer is to help someone else...not to feel such pain you have experienced...maybe we can make a difference and maybe we can't but at least we have tried.\n\nif there is a god....maybe he'll be merciful\nand if their isn't ...at least we changed someone's life and gave him control
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THANK YOU! I believe, in all sincerity, that everything that exists is a reflection of the Divine. So, I ought to be able to look at ANYTHING and learn something about Deity. Kind of like looking at an artist's work and knowing from that work something about not just the art but the Artist too. Being what I am, which is human, it should be easier to see Divine attributes mirrored in things like me. In other words, I ought to be able to look at other people and see or learn things pertaining to the Divine Nature. So I check out the race as a whole. One constant that I find all over the world and down through time is ... Humor! With that in mind the answer to your question is a definite ... YES! And with THAT in mind ... Ain't it a relief knowin' that? LOL! ~ Peace & Blessings ~
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The blind faith that people have in a god is brought about by many causes:\n\n1.)  Their parents and family taught them to believe in God and participate in religious functions.  If they tell their family that God does not exist, they face rejection and persecution.\n\n2.)  God is a security blanket for some people.  Isn't it so nice to have someone that is always thinking of you and loving you and saving you (allegedly) from evil?  But don't forget that when your spouse dies in a car accident that it was part of God's plan.\n\n3.)  The fear of hell is a powerful psychological weapon used by the church to force people into believing in God.  Religious people fear that if they reject the concept of God that they will have an afterlife of eternal misery.  Parents pass this fear onto their children to convince them to "behave appropriately."  It is a vicious cycle that continues from generation to generation.\n\n4.)  Many people lack the intellectual capability to conduct an objective investigation of life and the universe.  For these people it is just easier to believe what soceity tells them and they are unable or unwilling to consider any possible alternative.  They do not want to step outside of their mental "comfort zone."\n\n5.)  And for the lucky religious leaders and people in power, the belief in God has endless benefits.  Pastors get people to donate money to their church, Bishops get prestige and admiration for being so holy, and even President Bush can get support (at least temporarily) for a questionnable war because he claims that God talks to him.
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hiiii, \nwell people who dnt believe in god is numerous. still people who do believe is also quite big. but cant those people who dnt believe in god just stop and ask them selfs then from where did we come and dnt tell me we were monkies coz even if we were monkies one day still who created those monkies.\nalso there is a friend who said that if there is a god then he wouldnt let us do this in earth, well may be there tooo many bad things put as well as god created bad things he created good things he created friendship and love with all it's kinds whether between man and women, a mother to her child, between brother and sisters, arent all those things r gifts. i think life is like a big test for every one of us to see if he is going to do good or bad and those who do this horrible things they r just doing bad in that test and not the meaning of their failure is that god doenst exist.\nwell :D 4give me, I got very excited.
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Is there a God???? Is there a Devil?????\nIt`s what the ivdividual person thinks and feels, If you want to believe in God and the Devil then do so, but keep everything on an even balance, It`s only people that are good or evil the so called God and Satan exist in peoples minds.
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My husband and I believe in God and have faith in Jesus, not religion. Both of us have tried different religions throughout our lives but it seems like they all have negative aspects. We feel that we don't have to associate with any particular church or religion to have a relationship with God and we are much happier for it. We also believe that since God created this earth, then God is everywhere, so why should we have to confine our worship to a building or on a particular day?
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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'm the type of person that needs absolutely everything proved to her.  Everything.  But I've found there are two exceptions...god and love.  Sure I can dissect the reasons why I believe in both, but what it comes down to is I simply *feel* them both.  I'm not talking about blind faith here.  It's sort of...instinct.  A gut feeling, if you will.
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Freud had a lot to say about how we understand religion.  The (our) father being the dominant position.  People need something to believe in and someone to show them the way.  We are truly weak creatures...well...not all of us are...but A LOT of us really don't think before we invest our faith.
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Belief in God is the start of Wisdom! Ufortunately nobody has it. If have though, most of them are hippocrates or using it for making money and power in the name of God. \n\nGod comes to you all the day, but we never understands. He comes to you in different forms either to protect you or to wipe away your tears, but nobody knows Him! God never sits in Churches, Mosques, Temples or in Heaven. He is everywhere! No need to find him, because he is always with you! Just look around! Maybe he is working through you to wipe the tears of your fellow being!\n\nI believe in God, because I believe in humanity!
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I don't feel that I need to prove my existence and I'm not nearly as powerful as God is!\n\nThe world is a big place and I live in Kansas City.  I'm not sure where the people reading this question and answer tree live, but it's pretty darned likely that I have never met any of them.  Do you believe that I exist?  Is this posting "proof" that I exist?  Could it be faked?  Sure.\n\nGod has sent us messasges through prophets.  God has worked miracles.  God has spoken to many of us.  God has answered our prayers and still people say "there is no proof" -- why is that, I ask.  Why is that.
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kobra, I answered your previous question without sidestepping, but I will add this: it's much easier to become part of a mass delusion than not to. That is why there are more believers (albeit in different gods) than non-believers. But that will change with increasing education and knowledge.
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That's so funny.  I don't understand why people don't believe that you are god, shouldn't they just have faith that you are?  Why are they asking for proof from you?  They never needed proof before.
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Large majority find the questions on the front page - that would be coincidence. But others still are interested in what people think concerning religion and God. No one can say that they don't have a doubt about what they believe in, so they are searching. Everyone wants answers to their questions. How can they not ask questions when they wake up in the morning and see a beautiful sunrise, look at the stars, the moon, everything around us is a miracle.\n\nI still have questions and doubts in Christianity but I know that only God has the answers to all questions and I will only find them out when I see him in heaven.\n\nPersonally for me - I would rather live for something - trying to become a better person, living a better life, loving people, having a community and dying to find out I was wrong. Then not and find out I was wrong and go to some terrible place because I didn't believe. I want to be right but hope I am wrong because I don't want people to go to a terrible place. Seems unfair sometimes!\n\nEveryone needs a sense of belonging
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Why does the God you describe have the same "with us or against us" attitude that Bush does? It's this simple. You can practice any given religion, without interference. That is your right. However, your rights stop where the rights of others begin. As everyone else has the same right, to practice any or no religion, you have no right to force your religion on them. God was inserted into our culture at a time when 99% of the people in it were christian. That is simply no longer the case, and equal rights must be upheld. By "erasing" God from our culture, we are not denying his existence, we are simply not affirming it. THAT is the middle ground. We're not saying that we know God doesn't exist, we're saying that we don't know that he does. As a nation. That is, some of us believe, and some of us don't, and some of us aren't sure. You have every right to believe in God, and worship him in any way you choose, within reason. But you do not have the right to demand that our government and our culture support your views over anyone else's. This is equality. The only way you could perceive it as an attack on your beliefs is if you want those beliefs forced on others, or the nation as a whole.
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Why do you think that people have that kind of power over God?\n\nIf God loves you, do you think that you can really keep him from you, do you think that is within your power?\n\nIf God loves all people – do you really think that he will condemn them to hell just because they are Jewish?\n\nIs that the action of a loving God?\n\nDo you really think that people have so much power that they can keep God at arms length, just by having a different faith?\n\nI think God is more powerful than that.\n\nRemember, Christ died for everyone’s sins.