Do you believe in god?

Nope.

Nope

no
until evidence changes my mind.

And I have no need for an emotional cushion.

[Edited by - Override on April 12, 2007 6:08:23 AM]

No.

shmoove

I believe that God does not exist, that immortal souls do not exist, that life has no purpose other than the one we choose, that ethics are a consequence of our faiths and our gregarious instincts, and that death is the final and irreversible disappearence of consciousness and identity. I believe that the human mind is not truly free, but rather determined by physical processes and events that are beyond our current comprehension, but I do consider the illusion of freedom convincing enough that we should act as if it were real. I also believe the human mind and body to be so inherently flawed, it's not even funny anymore.

I also believe Chuck Norris is so awesome, he's the most annoying internet meme ever!

My college biology professor had his college paid for since he was going to be a Franciscan monk but a week before he took his vows for some reason he stopped thinking there was a GOD and that we are all just chemicals and everything you see/do/feel is chemical based and when you die you become nothing because all chemical reactions cease!
He was definitely an atheist when I had him for my teacher in college but it's strange to me that he spent 4 years or more obsessed with religion and he could quote you anything from the bible since that's all they did several times a day was read the bible, and now he doesn't believe a bit in it?
Anyways being raised a Catholic the "fear" of god was instilled in me since I can remeber so even if you don't believe you don't say so. When I read "The Brothers Karamazov" in HS gave me the biggest reason not to believe in him but every now and then I start to believe he's around since who else would be torturing my soul all the time?

p.s. I had a near death experience also actually in HS too ie I crashed my bike off a 100ft cliff and somehow survived and I saw/hear things i.e. tunnel of light, floating over body,etc that could be explained religiously if I wanted to believe or scientifically either way you look at it so it wasn't a lifechanging experience as I thought it would be...

Please everyone, feel free to explain why you don't believe if you don't, like some posters did.

I believe in God. No 'big turning point' however, I was raised religiously. And just so you know: The GDNet lounge isn't the best place to discuss or talk about religion. But I guess the rather disrespectful picture posted above already gave you a clue.

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Original post by kanzler But I guess the rather disrespectful picture posted above already gave you a clue.

Why d'ya gotta hate on ceiling cat?

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Original post by GCoda Please everyone, feel free to explain why you don't believe if you don't, like some posters did.

This is so asking for a Letterman style "Top 10 reasons NOT to believe in God!" list. [grin]

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Original post by kanzler rather disrespectful picture

For the humor-impaired, it's called a joke.

not really :)

I do, but not your God.

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Original post by ToohrVyk I believe that God does not exist, that immortal souls do not exist, that life has no purpose other than the one we choose, that ethics are a consequence of our faiths and our gregarious instincts, and that death is the final and irreversible disappearence of consciousness and identity. I believe that the human mind is not truly free, but rather determined by physical processes and events that are beyond our current comprehension, but I do consider the illusion of freedom convincing enough that we should act as if it were real. I also believe the human mind and body to be so inherently flawed, it's not even funny anymore. I also believe Chuck Norris is so awesome, he's the most annoying internet meme ever!

what he said.

I definately do. I think that to believe that there is no God or a superior being that created the universe requires more faith than someone who believes in God.
The world is too complicated to have evolved. Anyway if it evolved then we should expect life on all the other planets that evolved according to the planets' environment.

I believe in God, but I don't imagine him as a "person" like he's depicted in the bible.

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Original post by miminawewe The world is too complicated to have evolved.

Oh? How can you tell? Have you tested the maximum possible complexity of evolved things? Since you haven't evolved anything like the world yourself, you're hardly qualified to say whether it is "too complicated to have evolved".

On the other hand, the world (or most species living on it, anyway) are definitely far too flawed to have been designed. (and I can say that because we humans are fairly good judges of good/bad design, having designed a fair amount of things ourselves, whereas we're pretty clueless when it comes to evolution)

At least unless you believe in a drunk, stoned god. [grin]

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Original post by Penten Quote: Original post by ToohrVyk I believe that God does not exist, that immortal souls do not exist, that life has no purpose other than the one we choose, that ethics are a consequence of our faiths and our gregarious instincts, and that death is the final and irreversible disappearence of consciousness and identity. I believe that the human mind is not truly free, but rather determined by physical processes and events that are beyond our current comprehension, but I do consider the illusion of freedom convincing enough that we should act as if it were real. I also believe the human mind and body to be so inherently flawed, it's not even funny anymore. I also believe Chuck Norris is so awesome, he's the most annoying internet meme ever! what he said.

What he said.

Nope