Why people don't believe in God ?
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People don't believe in God because they haven't experienced God in their lives. Once you pray and make Jesus Christ Lord and Savior of your life and you grow in your relationship with Him, then you will truly experience God in your life. Trust me, I have. If Orthodox are Christians, then their relationship with God is real. All true believers who are Christians know in their heart that Jesus Christ is real and He is not fake. Christianity is not a religion but a relationship. All of the other religions I will agree are fake.
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I am not an atheist, but I know some people who are. It seems to me that they reject the definition of God that has been given by the standard, traditional religions.  Perhaps a person will decide to proclaim herself to be an atheist because she feels that the modern English term "God" has been so corrupted by the ideas of closed-minded church people that the concept no longer contains any value. And I would just about have to agree with that. If I mention the idea of God as a universal life-force or as the interpersonal spirit of goodness and compassion to one of my atheist friends, they might agree with that, but still the name "God" has a disagreeable connotation to them.\nReligious language is full of metaphor. Some of the most simple, basic terms of religion are such large, sweeping, all-encompassing concepts that it takes many pages of erudition to even explain what we mean when we say the name "God".\nWhen you say "God", you are implying a whole big set of ideas. Atheists are often people who simply cannot agree with some of the ideas that they have heard being attached to that name.
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An atheist does not believe in a higher power.  An agnostic isn't sure if there is one or not, and typically an agnostic doesn't go seeking for spirituality or answers to that question.
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It just makes it easier for them to ignore God and excuse away their choice not to follow Him.   It is difficult to grasp the concept of the enormity of God and many people simply cannot wrap their brains around it.
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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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Because God is a man-made creation and man lives on earth. In those days people had no idea about the rest of the universe. Gods were created out of ignorance.\n\nSome gullible, insecure people still believe in one.
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I have no religion, but most people believe in a god because it feels better, when times are hard, to think that there's someone looking out for you that cares, and can help you. It helps to think that if you're good, no wrong can come to you. It helps to think we are here for a reason, and when we die, we're going somewhere. It helps people get over lossed loved ones to think, "when i die i will see them", or that "they are looking out for us now". Because saying you could be tortured for every day for the rest of eternity, or you'll die and come back a rock or a sudra or even an untouchable, keeps (some) people in line. And because we all have the need to belong. People believe in God the way children believe in Santa or the tooth fairy. I'm not going to say that there is no god, that's not for me to deside. I'm just saying why some people believe that "God loves me, even if no one else does." Because it's comforting, and is all that keeps some people going. I even have some days were i say to myself how great it would be if there was a great being or power that guides me when i'm lost, to sheild me when i need sheilding, and to punish those who wrong me. But at the end of the day, it's like hopeing that santa's going to give me that bike i've always wanted.
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The reality is that most PEOPLE of average or better intelligence (let alone scientists!) seriously question the existence of god, but understand that it is easier just to go along with this popular myth. If god did in fact create everything, he did kind of a crappy job (what's an appendix for? why did he make malaria? why do babies get cancer? why do priests molest children? why did so many Jews perish in WWII? Was Hitler more powerful than god?), so that's why people don't believe.  Even if there is a god, clearly he is neither omnipotent nor truly benevolent.  Do you have a family member with cancer? Do they deserve it?
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People reject the Bible because they do not believe in the Bible's God: "inspired revelation" from a God whose existence is in doubt has little credibility.
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The way i look at it there are people out there that say why believe in something that couldn't be true? i say why shouldn't you? some people will go thier whole life not believing to find out GOD IS REAL and then spend eternal life in hell. or they could simply have the belief in Him and when they die IF He wasn't real what did they lose? nothing. but he is there and there is an eternal wonderful life that is so perfect. so the people who don't beleive come out as a loss
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Many do not believe that,because they don't believe in God. Many of them also say they know the Bible better than the believers,and thus they will also be held accountable for all the knowledge they have gotten from God's Word and still remained unbelievers.
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we dont have to believe in god. you may believe in anything that you desire to believe in. not everybody believes in heaven, we all go to the same place, we're all human! nobody REALLY knows for ABSOULUTE sure how we got here and where we go after we "kick the bucket."\neveryone will go wherever they believe they will go, because nothing can be proved.
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If God wanted to leave absolutely no room for anyone to doubt or try to disprove His existance and authority, He could have done. His thoughts and ways are better than ours - we'd love everyone to just have to believe - but God gives everyone the choice. People don't want it to be true that there is a God - the implications are too big. Like recognising that yes there is actually right and wrong - people don't want to go there - remember Pharohs magicians who tried to explain away the wonders that were shown them in Egypt - they didn't want to acknowlege God either - its nothing fresh!  The reality of our Eternal God who controls everything in life and death is just more than folks can take - they want to "live a good life and be happy" They don't want to know about a God who will hold us responsible what we do with our lives, it just doesn't fit with their "lifestyle choice". They will either try to logically reason a way that it could possibly have happened without needing a God or they will just instantly dismiss these realities without further thought as just "fairy tales". Don't fret. Yes some people will try to explain things in a way that ignores God, they refuse to believe - creation itself cries out! Its of no suprise in one sense ... there is going to be both the sheep and the goats. Stand firm. One day every knee will bow, and every tongue confess that He Is LORD.
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A few reasons ...\n\n1. Faith begins where rational thought ends. I think many people turn away from religion when they get more education.\n\n2. Many (not all) religious people have turned into the Brain Police, persecuting those who don't share their views (particularly on issues like abortion and gay marriage). While this isn't a reason to not believe in God, per se, it is certainly a valid reason to get turned off to the idea of religion.\n\n3. Don't confuse God and religion, because they are different things. I think, for the most part, it is religion that is turning people off, not God. People have their own interpretation of who/what God is, and they don't necessarily agree with your views.\n\n4. Religion/God have been hijacked by evildoers. We bomb other countries, and the President says God is on his side. People fly planes into builidngs because they think God wants them to. Nobody wants to be associated with these people.
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I think that it could be for different reasons.  \n\nSome people don't want to understand it because it can be scary to look into the unknown (outside the perception of the 5 senses).\n\nI think that the majority of the people are turned off by 1)The wars and killing over religion. 2) Religious fanatics who try to push their religion and beliefs down other peoples thoughts by threatening them with hell or eternal damnation.\n\nThe whole - Believe what I say or you're going to hell! Is a real turn off to some people. And the whole "God Loves You", yet "He's going to send your son or daughter or mother or father to HELL if he or she doesn't believe in what we believe.\n\nI am spiritual and I believe in god, but I never force or make hateful statements such as so-and-so is going to go to hell.\n\nI think that many have perverted the true spiritual meaning of religious texts.\n\nGod Help us All\n\nP.S. Atheists are NOT going to hell. God will show himself to them at the right time in a loving way.
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Because they like to believe God doesn't exist, that way there is no judgement for their sin
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People get comfort from believing there is a reason for existence, that it's not all accidental or the product of a statistical probability. \n\nLook at it this way: if you are a believer and you die and there is no God, what difference does it make.  If you are not a believer and you die and there is a God, BIG SURPRISE!