Do you believe in 'god'?

[Biseinen]

i pray if i want something.I think gods angry with me at the mo.

LOL!

[Forest-Law]

the debate between religions is useless in the end....

but all faiths bring stability to peoples lives. If the strongest of evidence was produced to show God does not exist, I would still believe becuase i would happily die knowing i'm going to a better place ~(or, which i believe - birth, life, death and rebirth).

[Mentor]

the debate between religions is useless in the end....

but all faiths bring stability to peoples lives. If the strongest of evidence was produced to show God does not exist, I would still believe becuase i would happily die knowing i'm going to a better place ~(or, which i believe - birth, life, death and rebirth).

I would kinda dissagree with that when u consider more wars have been forgt over the cristan religion alown than any other cause ever. thats that just one of millions of religions that have been around "/

[Biseinen]

What the... Stability?! You're kidding right? Wars, all olden times, sacrifices, torching, Punishment, etc...

Believing in something that has yet to be proven real, or to be there, is stability?

[ilovejordan]

Its something we'll never know.. Maybe if there is a god ( i hope there is ) He wnats it to remain a mystery?

[Forest-Law]

What the... Stability?! You're kidding right? Wars, all olden times, sacrifices, torching, Punishment, etc...

Believing in something that has yet to be proven real, or to be there, is stability?

only because people with strong strong beliefs are willing to fight for what they believe. i'll argue it but i'm not going to start fights and wars for what people choose to believe in.

stability in the sense that the catholic church provides;

- maritial stability
- family stabilty - catholic schools etc..promotes a happy family life
- social stabiltiy - promotes peace. (i don't believe in using physical force to actaulyl make someone belive in ur faith)
- emotional stabilty - in bad times millions of peopl always have someone to talk to - God. They are never alone. In christianity, u r never alone becuase God is always with u (metaphorical - u believe in him)

Not world stabilty. Just becuase some people are willing to fight for what they belive is right. Extremists such as Hitler have no real place in the world.

[Biseinen]

A queen from 1760 or something killed people that were of a different religion to what she wanted people to believe in, how can that be classed as stable? In my opinion, you're better off to have no religion because it only get's in the way of your life and how you should live it.

Sure, if 'god' came down and ya know, proved his existance then I would believe, maybe even pray. but the fact to me is, he hasn't been proven, never. But, he hasn't not been proven.

[Mentor]

only because people with strong strong beliefs are willing to fight for what they believe. i'll argue it but i'm not going to start fights and wars for what people choose to believe in.

stability in the sense that the catholic church provides;

- maritial stability

I dont realy belive in the consept that much, but how does teh religion realy effect stablty in this instaution "/

- family stabilty - catholic schools etc..promotes a happy family life
- social stabiltiy - promotes peace. (i don't believe in using physical force to actaulyl make someone belive in ur faith)
- emotional stabilty - in bad times millions of peopl always have someone to talk to - God. They are never alone. In christianity, u r never alone becuase God is always with u (metaphorical - u believe in him)

- plenty of aithists also have perfactly happy family lifes, good education, etc etc etc, myself included, all chaflic school does diffently is wasit a bit more time on pointless activtys from an logical point of view

- many aithsts are also passafist, speackings statisticaly, more aithsts lean towars passthism than those following a religion, so itys the oppseit ther

- staticaly again, those follwoing religions, are actaly more lightly to suffer from emotanl problems such as depression, so that one holds no water ether "/

Not world stabilty. Just becuase some people are willing to fight for what they belive is right. Extremists such as Hitler have no real place in the world.

yes but my previos point was that right and wrong do not exists due to being relative "/

[Forest-Law]

okay, final post of the night for me . . .

Whether or not we take much heed to God and what He has to say separates you from an atheist and a thesist.. Hand in hand with theism (the belief that there is a God) is the FACT that there is a God, and this isn't based on our interpretation of data either. God exists independently of any interpretation or misinterpretation.

By no means I am a good catholic. I rarely go to church, I've sinned against christianity many times and I disagree with a lot of what is taught to me in my CATHOLIC school.

I don't agree how religion has been misinterpreted over time. Such as contraception is bad (which i disagree with) and adoption is wrong (i also disagree with).

I believe in the fundamentals of the catholic faith. I have a creater and when I die, I am not simply gone, something is going to happen to me. Hence, I believe something is going to happen to you.

[SkaKid77]

No. Religion has caused many problems in the world, in the middle east there have been wars raging for 50 years or so, in Ireland there is the same problem, and it is all about religion...also in the middle ages religion slowed down scientific research.

In my opinion Religion is all a way of making people (who choose to believe) to believe in a higher good, some reassurance, which is good, people should believe in something if it makes them feel better, but not force their view upon others.

Believe if you want (or if its because of your culture) but dont force others, like those Jehovah's Witnesses.