Do you believe in GOD, the One described in the Koran, Bible, and Torah? Why or why not?

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Answer 1

jshm2 | 198 opinions shared on Other topic.

Yoda

Yes.

There is no good reason to be an atheist, it takes just too much blind faith and crass cynicism to be like that.

As for faith, it's a lifetime study. If you don't get it, you don't matter. Most people study for most of their life for a job, qualification and understanding they might not even get at the end.

But a few Sunday classes and a book by halfwit Dawkins; all of a sudden, dipshits think they are now defacto "experts" on religion.

Answer 2

call_me_scar | 3.7K opinions shared on Other topic.

Guru

I think this is in the wrong section but to answer the question no as their honest/logical reason to believe in a god that and the gods in the books you mentioned were bastards I mean really how do justify flooding a planet or allowing the existence of a hell to take place

Answer 3

Anonymous

I have no reason to believe in a fairy tale being written about by a one person. If I started writing books about God and how people should act, I would be thrown into a mental hospital.

I believe in what I can see. Not in what someone else tells me.

Sonorous

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It would feel good to be able to say that last part, but since we humans are no strangers to illusion, I can't even fully trust what I see to be an accurate representation of what it truly is at its fundamental level. It will always be through my limited and motivationally skewed perception.
Opinion Owner

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@Sonorous I agree with that to some extend.
Sonorous

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In what ways do you disagree? I like hearing different perspectives on this stuff
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Opinion Owner

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@Sonorous The trust part. There are of course things we perceive to be one way when in reality they're totally different or slightly different but that only applies to people in general.

If I have an understanding on the thing that I see then it doesn't matter whether or not the thing I see is as it is or not. As long as I understand the factual truth behind it through science and logic. My sight only hints at the veiled truth if it is indeed veiled.

When I say "I believe in what I can see" I refer to the process of seeing, learning and understanding what something is. Since God hasn't been proven to exist, I cannot believe it does. I'm an agnostic. I'm not denying God exists, I'm only acknowledging my lack of knowledge on the matter thus I cannot say God exists or doesn't.

Answer 4

Sonorous

It would feel good to be able to say that last part, but since we humans are no strangers to illusion, I can't even fully trust what I see to be an accurate representation of what it truly is at its fundamental level. It will always be through my limited and motivationally skewed perception.

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Opinion Owner

@Sonorous I agree with that to some extend.

Answer 6

Sonorous

In what ways do you disagree? I like hearing different perspectives on this stuff

Answer 7

Opinion Owner

@Sonorous The trust part. There are of course things we perceive to be one way when in reality they're totally different or slightly different but that only applies to people in general.

If I have an understanding on the thing that I see then it doesn't matter whether or not the thing I see is as it is or not. As long as I understand the factual truth behind it through science and logic. My sight only hints at the veiled truth if it is indeed veiled.

When I say "I believe in what I can see" I refer to the process of seeing, learning and understanding what something is. Since God hasn't been proven to exist, I cannot believe it does. I'm an agnostic. I'm not denying God exists, I'm only acknowledging my lack of knowledge on the matter thus I cannot say God exists or doesn't.

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jennifer_bloom | 4.1K opinions shared on Other topic.

Master

I believe God is real and the religious books can help direct our faith in him but it doesn’t exclude other activities like compassion or diligent effort that are also required for faith

SpaceGalaxy

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Why do you believe this?
jennifer_bloom

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I believe God guides my life so much that I cannot ever deny He is real but I had to seek God for a long time before God provided me with regular evidence of His existence - Jesus told the pharisees they were backward cause they studied scriptures all day long but were unwilling to build their connection to God through fellowship and relationship and obedience to him - In other places Jesus said that you cannot claim genuine faith in God without emotional connection and inclusive connection with human beings who are created in the image of God

Answer 9

SpaceGalaxy

Why do you believe this?

Answer 10

jennifer_bloom

I believe God guides my life so much that I cannot ever deny He is real but I had to seek God for a long time before God provided me with regular evidence of His existence - Jesus told the pharisees they were backward cause they studied scriptures all day long but were unwilling to build their connection to God through fellowship and relationship and obedience to him - In other places Jesus said that you cannot claim genuine faith in God without emotional connection and inclusive connection with human beings who are created in the image of God

Answer 11

Anonymous

I choose to believe in a God that roughly equates to a Christian God i was programmed with as a child. I do so to help feel connected to the world around me and not feel so alone.