why do people fail to believe in God but believe in any lies that media put up?
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Good question... people believe what they\nwant to believe, not necessarily what is\nright.  Belief in God requires faith...\nbelief in the media requires mental\nacceptance, which is much easier.\nThere is a way in life that seems right, \nbut will end in destruction.
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When a human being wholehartedly believes in what he/she thinks is the truth, automatically tends to believe that the truth he/she found is THE TRUTH, and that everything else is false. Why? Because humans don´t like to make high stakes on something that may not be real. So, if they did make high stakes, the desperately NEED their beliefs to be TRUE, what immediately means that the others´ are not. \nSo they argue, they fight and they even would kill (take a look at history) in the name of their God.\n\nI´m an atheist, but I don´t want to convert everyone. To each his/her own! Even religious people accept that "the paths to God are diverse".\n\nTolerance should be the natural outcome of a little humbleness... which humans tend to lack.
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Because sometimes the truth isn't what people what to hear, but it is always best to let the truth be know.  If a person chooses not to believe the truth then maybe they are the ones at a lose.  Regardless of what the person thinks if you truely believe what you are saying is the honest answer then give it a little time and say it agian.
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No one will ever know. Its far to simple for humans to say its gods doing when they dont have the capacity to understand it, or the knowledge to cope with the news.\n\nAnything the human mind can not understand completely is pushed out, forgotten or blamed on their gods
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Because the things they are taught to believe are incredulous and often raise a question or two. And they are prone to doubt the fact that Jesus of Nazareth(real name Yeshua Bin Yusef *proven*) was a zombie. Because of this, and other things, makes it more reasonable to turn to Atheism and Agnosticism(me). Some do have faith, apparently like the ones that posted before, but they are the minority.\n\nSo why do they have so little faith? Because most of the **** is too incredible to believe
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I agree, I think it is because they're basically afraid. They need to believe that what ever happens is for a reason nothings random. Many of them couldn't exist without believing that. They have to believe there is an after life and a god. \nSo, anyone who doesn't think their way is a threat to their belief. Then there is the fact there are some many different groups that think different from each other then add us the none believers in, they have to question why they believe and we don't.\nDo we ever try to convince them they are wrong? No we don't care. That is my take.
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They are ignorant and would rather believe a religon than delve deeper into the truth. That or they just do not have the mental capabilities to believe anything else than what they were raised on.
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Madison Avenue tells us that people tend to accept most readily messages that confirm what they already believe. Secondly, beliefs and facts are two different things. Having a belief, does not constitute knowing a fact. The two are not synonymous.\n\nMany people of faith, for our purposes here faith is defined as the blind adherence to a belief regardless of a lack of supporting evidence, seem to be disturbed in the face of facts that dispute their beliefs.\n\nTake for example stories about the creation of humans and the Earth. Scientific evidence, not available when the early creation stories were written, (I'm not singling out the Bible here, I'm including all creation stories of early origins) disputes these stories and reveals them for what they are, early peoples attempts to make sense of how the earth and humans came to exist. There are, however, many people who have faith in these stories. They are following exactly on the path predicted by Madison Avenue, rejecting messages that cause dissonance with their held beliefs.\n\nPeople who base their spiritual position on facts, are equally subject to the laws of Madison Avenue. They, however, can be swayed given a sufficient body of evidence (compiled and provable facts). What frustrates and mobilizes them is what they see as a rejection of logic and an abandonment of reason by "people of faith." Using beliefs as though they were facts is a habit of "people of faith" that is particularly frustrating for factual thinkers.
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People harden their hearts to God...they choose not to believe because if He exists they have to make a decision. It is much easier to call Christians crazy.
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Of course it's all made up, if someone stood on a hill now and started preaching about how god came to him and told him how we should live our lives, nobody would listen, he'd be locked up and called insane.\n\nReligion is based on BLIND faith and is all about controlling people. The truth is it can not be proved or disproved whether a god exists, and the universe carries on functioning in the same way whether a god controlls it or not, so belief in any god is redundant and irrational.
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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.
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That would be faith...or ignorance.  Depends on how much thought goes into it.\n\nPersonally I view faith like this:  If someone believes in god, the bible, etc.  More power to 'em!  However, if you present a different point of view, and they cover their ears, close their eyes and scream, "Lies!"...that's not faith, that's ignorance.\n\nIf they ignore your question and quote the bible...the same book they know nothing about, that's ignorance\n\nIf they KNOW they're right and you're wrong, that's ignorance.\n\nIf they believe in God with knowledge, understanding, acceptence, and reservation that while their faith is absolute, that there are other possibilities, or that we are too ill informed or lack the understanding to comprehend the workings of the universe...that's faith.\n\nTo be agnostic, like I am, means you don't have faith.  Personally, I don't have a clue what's going on.  I know the bible isn't accurate, we've proven Genesis to be wrong 100x over.  However, I do agree with many of its teachings.  How did we get here?  Dunno.  How does life work?  Dunno.  Is there a God?  Dunno.  Is God as the bible describes?  Probably not, but dunno.  Good news about being agnostic is it allows you the freedom to think and examine.  You're not stuck in an organized religion that recites the same thing to you day after day.  Your free to analyze and accept that there are somethings you just don't know.  On the one had its very liberating.  On the other it carries responsibility because you don't have something to blame, or to believe will take care of you...you lose the "knowledge" that everything's under control.\n\nSo, I'm all for agnostic.  I'm comfortable knowing that I don't know. I LOVE studying theology, laughing when a religious person avoids thought, and learning when a religious person makes a good point.\n\nFor examples:  Look to spur4eight.  He'll make intelligent arguements for Christianity.  I disagree with many of them, but hey...that's faith.  For ignorance, look at Mainworry.  He'll ignore questions completely that require any sort of thought towards religion, and reply either with biblical quotes or insults.
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You cant see God therefore not many people believe in him. It is hard to believe a supernatural being made all of us.
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When it comes to religion, a lot of people are unable to accept anything aside from what they were raised to believe or have come to believe.  They believe that their way is the right way, and everything else is just bunk.
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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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The reason why they don't believe is because they have never experienced his greatness, and its ok, i mean as long we let them know thats the only way to salvation, then its up to them. I believe in God, because He has never let me down, I don't need to see him, but I have seen his greatness in my life. For the people that don't believe many times family members were taken away from them(death) or they had such a terrible up bringing, or they have different beliefs... only if u experience God in a personal level, will u actually believe he exist.. everyone can breath the bible on you, and preach u to death, but until u ask God to show you his existance u need to be ready and pay attention.
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Or you could doubt Gods existence all of the time. I am always surprised at how little people know about their own religions. They ask for no facts, no accountability, and never question what they are told. I think they fear that their belief won't hold up and they will find out that they have wasted all of this time on nothing. I say if you are going to believe in God then at least know why. Don't be afraid to ask the hard questions, and don't let them get away with answers that don't make sense. Also, don't let them make you feel bad asking. If you are asking, and they don't have a good answer, maybe something is wrong.