why do so many people believe in religion when its a load of old rubble?
353571
My faith is not in religion, but in God.  \n\nI could give you a list of reasons why, but my feeling is that that's not even what you're looking for.  In your heart, you've already decided.\n\nWhy are you so mad at God?  That's the real question.\n\nYou can rage against Him all you want.  It will not change Him.  If you believe it's all rubble as you say, why does that bother you so much?\n\nI hope you come to the point that you can honestly seek answers.  In the end, it is your life that hangs in the balance.
535679
Because they have stopped having faith in the Word of Allah, or the most recent prophet. Ones who see that their religion is choosing to do something that they don't agree on.\nThen they become like an island, with no god, no truth to follow, and all other religions seems just as corrupt to them. As they all have proved to be in the past. If they then do not find the teaching to find God within themselves, then they are left floating on a very turbulant ocean of life.
582184
Throughout history people have been fighting over religion. It is very unfortunate
394983
They believe! Yes it is difficult for us to think that way. We are free and were not raised Muslim. I'll give it the them on the HARDCORE ness of their faith but its whacked. I don't know of any god that says blow crap up. We are not dealing with a westernized civilization. This people are stuck in a religious time warp. We don't have their commitment. And it ain't going to be easy to stop them. It will be too late by the time you see one.
342147
I think it's a bunch of crap, people are terrified to believe in a higher power. There was no big bang... there was God and he wanted life on earth, so there you go.
338226
I think people believe in religion because it is much easier to follow along with everyone.  There is comfort and safety in numbers and if you just do what the nice man tells you to do, you'll get into heaven and won't have to do any real work to get there!  YAY!!!!  lol...really, don't people wonder about the fact that the huge miracles that you read about in the bible just don't seem to happen? it's because people forgot how to believe in themselves and in their own spirituality and began to believe in what they were told to believe.
572925
It threatens the churches belief systems so they have to stress that it is a work of fiction.  Religious people don't like their religions threatened.  Just look how many wars have come about as a result of religion.
276714
Probably something to do with religion, christ etc. There are an awful lot of religious wackos out there.
407480
Funny how religions cling to their books screaming it is historical until something is found to disprove it.  Then they say history is crap.  \n\nYou just can't win against the brainwashed.
600798
I once was a religious person but something in my faith wasn't right so i decided to give up on God. I ve started rading phylosophy and got to the idea that God doesn't help us and religion is for the ones that are weak. But let me tell you something. It isn't all about believing. YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING. And you have to work hard to achieve the real faith.If you have a Bible open it and read something. You will find out that only weak persons give up faith not the strong ones.
795146
When a delusion is popular it is called religion.
625249
I think if people's faith in anything is so fragile that a movie or book could shatter it, they were never that faithful to begin with and need to search themselves to determine what they really believe, not what they are told by a church, or by a movie.
432976
You are right. Inspite of the proofs--order in the universe, design in every living or non living things--some people choose not to believe. I really don't understand why. But I can only guess. Here are probable reasons:\n\n1. They were brainwashed into believing that big-bang theory. Just like putting metals into one big drum blowing them up with dynamite and presto you have a functioning car.\n\n2. These people just don't want to be governed by rules that don't fit their life styles.\n\n3. They just want to be different than the rest.\n\n   The Bible however gives us a perspective of their state of mind. "They say they are wise, but they are fools... Because those people refuse to keep in mind the true knowledge about God, he has given them over to corrupted minds..." (Romans 1:22,28, Today's English Version )
63503
People need religion because they are scared to face the truth.  Thinking that there is someone or something more intelligent and powerful than you who is looking out for you and loves you and has your best interests at heart is more comforting than accepting the truth.  If people accepted the truth, then they would realize how insignificant and powerless they are in proportion to the universe, and that would just be way too hard for most people to face.  Religion offers answers, and tells you that everything will be easy if you 'just believe in whatever'.  Religion tells people that they are the 'special ones' the 'chosen ones' that they are right in everything they do if they only believe.  Also religion symbolizes things that are actually taking place in people's lives.  Just about everyone can relate to the religious stories if they try.  I believe that things can be learned from religion, but only if it is taken purely as symbolisim.  like little kid's stories that teach lessons, only religious stories are meant to teach bigger lessons to everyone.  It's easy to see why so many people desperately need religion and take it as fact.
595694
Because there are many ignorant people out there who let one incident decide their judgement about a religion.  There are also some narrow minded people who feel that their religion is what everyone should be.
999066
The world is in chaos because people won't mind their own business and let others live within their own beliefs. People need to stop imposing their religious/cultural beliefs on others.\nThere are a lot of people who don't want peace, and others who are rich because of poverty, so not everyone wants the same thing.
970580
Religion has been violent since the beginning of man's belief in many gods or one or just few gods. Religion has murder more people than armies have murdered.