Quote Originally Posted by JaggedEdge
"Better safe than sorry."

I have seen this in two posts on this thread and can't ignore that. I felt the same way when I first began to question god's existence and if he exists if he is truely as "good" as people believe. Anyway, I wasn't sure if what I was being told was right, but at the same time I had been told how I will rot in hell if I so much as think god may be a myth (slightly exagerated).

If you are a taking a "better safe than sorry" stance on the issue of god, than you can't really believe in him. You can know there is a god in your heart, but other than that, there isn't much argument for the existence of god. Believers try and come up with scientific counter points to a "fact" an athiest or agnostic may give. The truth is we have facts, not facts about everything, but scientific evidence about some things. Belief in god has none of that. Now I am not saying belief in god is idiotic, but stop trying to give proof. If you believe in your heart he exists and it is improving your life than wonderful. However anyone that can make the statement "better safe than sorry" isn't a true believer. It appears to me it is just praying to something your not sure about just in case.
your right. people need to prove to them self. if not it's all but blind faith