Do you believe in a god?

[DisposableTeens56]

religion was created by ppl so that they can not be afraid of the after life and all that shit its just they so they feel like they protected

[bruiser]

People that are religious have to think this way. Its programed in them. It gives them a reason to live. Why? I dont know because I dont need religion to live nor do I need it to not be scared when I die. People live with the fear of God. How silly is that! Why fear something that is suppose to be so good. I never understood that one. I feel when you die , you just die. The bible was written in a time of superstition. How can anyone honestly belive with all the smart people we have in todays world that this book is to to be so true they live there daily lives by it. I think when a christian calls me dumb that they are the bumb ones because they belive in a fairy tale.

I ain't programed
infact it wasn't until I hit my early 30's that the Lord spoke to my heart,it has nothing to do with religion but the exsperience of Christ himself...some say it's not real and stuff,but I have a personal relationship with jESUS,and no I wasn't lead into my faith by a man in a nice suit nocking on my door,I recieved the spirit of Christ like the lords Deciples did on the day of pentecost,the spirit entered me right in my Kitchen,when I needed him...Jesus with me is more then faith he is a exsperienece!,just like taste,touch,feel,smell,see....and no one can bring anyone to understand unless they went through the same exsperience,so a debate about this could go on forever,but I need not to debate what might be simply because it's completely real for me....Note I don't go to church,I have no religion,i don't give the tye I only support what Christ said and did,men go astray but the Lord is like a rock .....................the church of Jesus is us! the people who are of him.....not a building..

[LimpBizkitRMV04]

now youve made me come down to my ultimate theory .... none of you all will probably belive it .. but how i see it .. religon was created to keep the normal every day citizen from overthrowing the government or a higher power than them. its 2 hard to get into detail but thats the basis of it i do have reasoning in this

[nomadherbman]

^^^^ whats so hard about believing that??? I do. scare the public into giving them complete power and wealth.... I mean romans used to do what they did in the name of god..you are now my servants because im a spokesperson for god..do as i say or die..

[bruiser]

Guys it's a little deeper then that lol....but hey your entitled to your own thoughts

[nomadherbman]

^^^^ it didnt start out like that obviously....but thats how it was used and is still used in most cases..

[skarz]

Watch the movie "What the bleep do we know"... it's about quantam physics, and its great... it really gets you thinking!

Anyhow, does anyone know any good places that give supporting evidence about evolution and all? I tend to believe in it, but i have never really understood it. My girlfriend is a christian and gives her reasons why evolution is bullshit, i'd like to see why adam and eve is bullshit. Personally, if Adam and Eve populated the world, that means it was just one incestful family, and that's fuckin terrible and disturbing. That means their kids were having sex with eachother, or even their parents to populate the earth.... thats fucked up.

[Ousted]

"What the Bleep Do We Know" theories reminded me of acid droppers or shoomers. Not much theory, I thought. Just a lot of "What if this happens, and then maybe this, and then possibly this, and isnt that neat, and this and this, and wow!" and you're like "WTF are you talking about crackhead?" Just my personal opinion, but the movie didn't seem to delve deep enough into quantum physics for my liking. And when they gave the credits of the people they were talking to, I couldn't stop laughing. It's no wonder they waited until the end to say who these people were.
There were some good parts of the movie though, I especially liked when they covered how internal dialogue can affect your body and mind.

And yeah, the Adam-and-Eve-populating-the-earth thing is really illogical. As is most everything in the bible. Look up Atheist Forum on google and you should find some good discussions/debates.

[bruiser]

^^^^ it didnt start out like that obviously....but thats how it was used and is still used in most cases..

Thats right like you said it never started out like that! so why did it start to begin with.....I believe in God i'm hooked lol.......but as far as christianity being a creation by man to control man.....doesn't ring any truth to me...

[F L E S H]

now youve made me come down to my ultimate theory .... none of you all will probably belive it .. but how i see it .. religon was created to keep the normal every day citizen from overthrowing the government or a higher power than them. its 2 hard to get into detail but thats the basis of it i do have reasoning in this

You're actually very close to the truth. Knowledge is the ultimate power, and those in power (emperors, kings, presidents, etc) will do everything they can to not let the general public gather too much information. They control the distribution of truth and knowledge in order to keep the public ignorant and easily manipulated. That's where religion comes in. But you have to be careful not to think that religion was purposefully created for this reason. Religion grows out of philosophy, it is only more strict and more regimented. Government co-opts religion or philosophy and uses it to prevent the public from asking too many dangerous questions. Religion is indeed the opiate of the masses, but not originally...

People will not ask dangerous questions when their leaders (religious and secular) tell them that all the answers they seek lie in some religion or other. It's been like this since the dawn of humanity, and unfortuantely it isn't about to change.

Note that this really has nothing to do with me being anti- or pro-religion. Religions, in and of themselves, are sets of beliefs that you can choose to follow or not. I personally don't care what othes think, as long as they don't force their beliefs on me.