<p>IMO people want to have something to help them; something that’s fair, forgiving and loving.</p>
<p>@OP:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/924944-science-religion-wins.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/high-school-life/924944-science-religion-wins.html</a></p>
<p>Have a ball. If you still have any questions when you finish reading that feel free to PM me or post them there.</p>
<p>To claim that the Bible is “the truest thing ever written” is the most absurd statement I’ve ever read. I could disprove passages in the Bible with great ease. I have no problem with religious people because I find theology to be interesting.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^I totally agree.
Stephen Colbert once said “Agnostics are Atheists without balls,” and althoug this was just a joke, it really annoyed me, and I watch his show all the time.
Religious people say there is a god. Atheist people say there is not a god. But neither have evidence for their cases. How will we ever prove if there is a god or not? I am also in between atheist and agnostic, because many agnostics literally just don’t care whether there is a god or not, whereas I am interested in the subject, but I recognize that it’s caused too much hatred and too much death for me to side either way.</p>
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<p>The debate is still ongoing.</p>
<p>I think that religion in general provides people with some form of faith and sanity though.</p>
<p>I believe in God because I am Him.</p>
<p>“There cannot be a God because if there were one, I could not believe that I was not He.” Friedrich Nietzsche</p>
<p>Ah. Another Nietzche quotation. Sometimes I think people assign a quotation’s value more to its speaker than its content.</p>
<p>Plato (who preceded Christianity) gives a pretty good account of why people believe in God in the chapter of Republic solely devoted to criticizing poets (differs by translation).</p>
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<p>heh you should expect a PM from him concerning that thread when everybody here has already been granted their Ph.D’s.</p>
<p>I myself feel compelled to read that thread, but first I need to complete my memorization of the dictionary to fully comprehend all of mifune’s points.</p>
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<p>Because saying “I don’t know” is a weak argument. Granted, our knowledge of the universe is limited but each must make a rational conclusion based on the knowledge we do have. In this case, there is a definitive, and “I don’t know” is neither here nor there.</p>
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Why? What qualifies as knowledge? Rational? You have presented an ethical statement without providing any support for it.</p>
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<p>I got a B- in Biology, but it’s never too late to get an A+ in going to Heaven.</p>
<p>Hated that course.</p>
<p>@Grisam How is saying “I don’t know”, when it comes to religion, a weak argument? I’d rather say it’s the strongest argument. Doubt is humbling. By saying that you don’t know, you acknowledge the fact that you do not possess the capability of finding out whether there is a supernatural force or not. You don’t push it, you don’t make assumptions or guess, you simply acknowledge…defeat, for a lack of a better term. INSTEAD, religion and atheism, which both say that they DO KNOW whether a god exists or not, have the weaker argument. We are all human beings. You do not possess any more capability of knowing the existence of God or god than I or anyone does. By saying that you know you have the answers is rather the weaker argument. Yes, if you believe in the Bible, Qur’an, or any other religion-related works and gods, you can say that you BELIEVE that there is a god. You can not say that you KNOW there is a god. There is a major difference between the two.</p>
<p>Also…I would like to point out that it’s “god” in any discussion about religion. “God” implies the Judeo-Christian god, but gods are not limited to just that one god. Different people believe in different gods, and so to use “God” is to only speak of one, which is not correct in respect to a discussion.</p>
<p>Because the truth sets you free. When I wake up tomorrow morning, I don’t even have to worry about not having any blueberry waffles left because I have faith in Christ Jesus.</p>
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<p>I think that most people would have an opinion. It’s very difficult to accept that you have no idea about something.</p>
<p>e.g. - Who do you think will win the Superbowl this year?
Unless you’ve got no clue about football, you’ll have an answer even if you don’t know for sure.</p>
<p>Right, but in the context of religion, it’s absolutely acceptable. See, your example involves prediction, not knowledge. Religion teaches you that you should have absolutely no doubt in believing that god/gods exist. Either you know a god exists, or you don’t. </p>
<p>Also, “I don’t know” is an opinion. Reworded, it basically means that the person doubts the existence of a supernatural force. How could it not be an opinion? Yes, fence-sitting leads to nowhere. But not when it comes to religion.</p>
<p>Because the world is too wonderful a place for there not to be a God. If you look at the world from a humanistic view, it’s just too amazing for there to not be a God. I side with Celapluswhatever his name is.</p>
<p>haha thanks Ralec</p>
<p>I was going to actually answer the question, but the OP came off as extremely pompous, almost downright pretentious. As if I really need to vindicate my beliefs because it simply “puzzles” the OP. Cut the crap. You’re not even remotely “curious” as to why I have faith at all. I could explain why, but then I’d hear ad hominem arguments against my opinion that have neither merit, nor malice. I’m sure the next couple of posts would say “Well that’s cute and all, but here’s why you’re wrong”, or some might just call me a ■■■■■ (because it seems that the working definition of a ■■■■■ on this forum belongs to somebody who is either not liberal or of faith). </p>
<p>The thread title should really be: Why do you believe in God, you morons?</p>
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<p>Experience is relative. There is famine, suffering, and billions of people living in poverty. In the time that it takes me to write this post, dozens of people will have died from starvation, disease, and other misfortunate blights.</p>
<p>For a basic answer to the question see [url=<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065553930-post2056.html]this[/url”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/1065553930-post2056.html]this[/url</a>] (particularly the fourth paragraph) or some of my other posts in that thread dated 08-28-2010 or 08-29-2010.</p>