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Do you believe in God?[W:359]

Do you believe in God?

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Re: Do you believe in God?

RabidAlpaca said:
I have to admit, it was extremely hard for me to let go. It took a long time for me to come to terms with it. But after it all settled, I felt at peace. Every breath, every smell, every taste, all of it is special, it gives life more meaning, because life is the only thing that has meaning.
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the idea that this life only has value if the next exists, is a very scary thought.

does that mean that if one faces hard evidence that the next life is a fraud, they will end this life?
 
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Navy Pride said:
Of course there are probably hundreds of them but I believe most people believe in the God of Moses and Abraham.....You can pick at it any way you want but I am sure most people with common sense know what I mean.....
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No its not common sense. If someone asks me if I believe in God, then they really are not being specific enough. You should have specified because now your poll numbers are wrong since I do not believe in the Abrahamic God. I believe in my own version of God, as many others here in the US do.
 
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Navy Pride said:
Of course there are probably hundreds of them but I believe most people believe in the God of Moses and Abraham.....
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there are 1 billion Muslims, 1 billion Catholics, and a few hundred million Protestants.

that is less than half of the planet Earth.
 
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Navy Pride said:
Well you need to look again because most polls ask you a personal question like

1. do you believe in the death penalty?
2. will you vote for Hussein Obama or Romney
3. Do you beiieve in Abortion

I would be shocked although there are a lot of kids in DP who probably don't but that will change once they grow older, mature, get married and have a family..
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Most of those questions are like yours, not specific enough.

Do I believe in the DP for what crimes?
Do I believe abortion <assuming> should be legal, under what specific circumstances?
 
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roguenuke said:
No its not common sense. If someone asks me if I believe in God, then they really are not being specific enough. You should have specified because now your poll numbers are wrong since I do not believe in the Abrahamic God. I believe in my own version of God, as many others here in the US do.
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I don't believe the whole poll is wrong but your vote is...
 
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Navy Pride said:
I personally don't know how I could live if I did not believe in God.......For me to believe there is no soul is unthinkable.......To think that this is all there is after you die is unacceptable..........Like I have said many times there are many people who believed in God as a young person and turned to atheism because of a lack of faith but when push comes to shove on their deathbed they become a believer again.
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You do not have to believe in Jesus, the Bible, or any Abrahamic religion or God to believe in a soul or an afterlife.

I think many young people are leaning toward agnosticism, rather than atheism. "I don't know if God exists or not." Although, I do think that many generally lean either more towards believing there is a God or more toward believing there isn't a God, rather than ending the sentence there.
 
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Navy Pride said:
Well you need to look again because most polls ask you a personal question like

1. do you believe in the death penalty?
2. will you vote for Hussein Obama or Romney
3. Do you beiieve in Abortion

I would be shocked although there are a lot of kids in DP who probably don't but that will change once they grow older, mature, get married and have a family..
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Actually, aren't those issue related? What is the issue related to belief in God?
 
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Navy Pride said:
I don't believe the whole poll is wrong but your vote is...
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Then it's your fault for not being specific about which God you were asking about. I believe in a God, I just don't believe in your God. The Abrahamic God is too petty and cruel for my beliefs.
 
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roguenuke said:
You do not have to believe in Jesus, the Bible, or any Abrahamic religion or God to believe in a soul or an afterlife.

I think many young people are leaning toward agnosticism, rather than atheism. "I don't know if God exists or not." Although, I do think that many generally lean either more towards believing there is a God or more toward believing there isn't a God, rather than ending the sentence there.
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In my opinion and the opinion of all Christians or Catholics there is only one God made up of the Holy Trinity of the father, The son and the Holy Spirit....Like I said its a matter of faith.
 
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I think God is the biggest hoax in the history of humankind.
 
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Navy Pride said:
I personally don't know how I could live if I did not believe in God.......For me to believe there is no soul is unthinkable.......To think that this is all there is after you die is unacceptable..........Like I have said many times there are many people who believed in God as a young person and turned to atheism because of a lack of faith but when push comes to shove on their deathbed they become a believer again.
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You know, I'd be fine with it. I wouldn't put much stock in anything I did due to fear. I don't think anyone should believe something based on either fear or being bribed. It should be the tenents that you accept.
 
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Navy Pride said:
I don't know but I do believe that you believe in God.
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Navy Pride said:
I don't believe the whole poll is wrong but your vote is...
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I'm glad that you know what I believe, because when it comes to god, I don't. The closest theistic position I could identify with is deism. If your poll was to ascertain the number of believers in the abramahic god, then yes, it is now not accurate. Though I still answered no.
 
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RabidAlpaca said:
I'm glad that you know what I believe, because when it comes to god, I don't. The closest theistic position I could identify with is deism. If your poll was to ascertain the number of believers in the abramahic god, then yes, it is now not accurate. Though I still answered no.
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I apologize I thought you answered in the affirmative....my bad..........
 
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There is no god like the one described in the bible, that I know for sure.
 
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Navy Pride said:
In my opinion and the opinion of all Christians or Catholics there is only one God made up of the Holy Trinity of the father, The son and the Holy Spirit....Like I said its a matter of faith.
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And what does any of that have to do with what I said or what I was replying to NP? Your answer makes no sense.

You believe in the Holy Trinity, great. So do many of my family members. That does not change the fact that, although I and other of my relatives do not believe in the Holy Trinity, we do believe in a soul and an afterlife. And those of us who do not profess an actual religion, basically have all said at one time or the other "I don't really know if what I believe is true" or "I don't know if there is a God". Most of my parents' children (I think I have one brother who is Christian) have our own beliefs but those still include a higher power, a soul, and an afterlife. And we all are at least a little agnostic.

I have certainly met more who say "I don't know if there is a God" than I have people who say "there is no God".
 
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lizzie said:
Fortunately, I can live in my own world, and be content with it. I easily accept that there is no proof. I can easily accept that I could be wrong. The way I see it, whatever you believe works for you, and when the end of life comes, belief flies out the window, and whatever is, is. I can accept whatever is.
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Rock on girl....kindred in a way.

Live and let live.....until someone tries to change the way you live for no acceptable reason.
 
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roguenuke said:
I have certainly met more who say "I don't know if there is a God" than I have people who say "there is no God".
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I agree. I consider it equally as presumptuous for an atheist to declare that there with certainty is no god as it is for a theist to proclaim with certainty the opposite.
 
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Navy Pride said:
The issue is do you believe in God.
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Yes...that IS the issue....

The problem is that you have a God that is your own....just like everyone else.


Yes, we all belive in something (probably)....but it is certainly not what YOU do.
 
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roguenuke said:
And what does any of that have to do with what I said or what I was replying to NP? Your answer makes no sense.

You believe in the Holy Trinity, great. So do many of my family members. That does not change the fact that, although I and other of my relatives do not believe in the Holy Trinity, we do believe in a soul and an afterlife. And those of us who do not profess an actual religion, basically have all said at one time or the other "I don't really know if what I believe is true" or "I don't know if there is a God". Most of my parents' children (I think I have one brother who is Christian) have our own beliefs but those still include a higher power, a soul, and an afterlife. And we all are at least a little agnostic.

I have certainly met more who say "I don't know if there is a God" than I have people who say "there is no God".
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I personally don't believe you can be a little agnostic, you are or your not but if that makes you feel better in the long run fine......God sent down the 10 commandments I notice no mention of them in your beliefs........It sure makes it a lot easier if a sort of Agnostic doest not have to worry about them..........
 
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tecoyah said:
Yes...that IS the issue....

The problem is that you have a God that is your own....just like everyone else.


Yes, we all belive in something (probably)....but it is certainly not what YOU do.
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Well I believe in the same God that a billion Catholics believe in....In fact one of the greatest days of my life is when myself and several of my shipmates who were Catholic had and audience with Pope Pius the Twelfth and got his blessing.........Personally I could care less what you believe about me in your attacks......I wish you well.-
 
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Navy Pride said:
I personally don't believe you can be a little agnostic, you are or your not but if that makes you feel better in the long run fine......God sent down the 10 commandments I notice no mention of them in your beliefs........It sure makes it a lot easier if a sort of Agnostic doest not have to worry about them..........
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If god in fact did send down the 10 commandments, he and his followers largely ignored it throughout the rest of the old testament. I can't subscribe to a religion that advocated murder, rape and slavery over and over and over again.
 
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