Does God Exist?

[Willesgirl]

I'm a Christian and I have read both "The Case for Christ" and the "The God Delusion."

[steve dave]

I believe in God, so I vote yes. I have not read any of those books though. Also I believe the christian bible and other religious writings are mostly not true.

[420seriouscat69]

My dad saw him in Hale Library one late night in college. Yes, he's real and he's emaw!

[Institutional Control]

Yes, he's real and he's emaw!

Wouldn't be much of a god if he wasn't.

Little known fact, Zeus, the greatest God ever, was totally emaw!

[420seriouscat69]

I don't care what anyone's personal believes are. I just hate the fucks who don't think he's real cause "all the bad in this world!" It's such a pussy mentality.

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

I don't care what anyone's personal believes are. I just hate the fucks who don't think he's real cause "all the bad in this world!" It's such a pussy mentality.

A pussy mentality is using god as an excuse to justify things, "Well it's all apart of god's plan!"......No it's not, stfu

[chum1]

Are believers or non-believers bigger pussies?

[420seriouscat69]

I don't care what anyone's personal believes are. I just hate the fucks who don't think he's real cause "all the bad in this world!" It's such a pussy mentality.

A pussy mentality is using god as an excuse to justify things, "Well it's all apart of god's plan!"......No it's not, stfu

Sounds like there's a lot of ways to have a pussy mentality.

[yoga-like_abana]

thoughts on being able to be a horribly, terrible, awful person and then being able to accept him or whatever and it all being washed away and A OK? seems pretty dumb

[OK_Cat]

lot of people in this thread worrying too much about what someone else believes.  do your thing, others can do theirs, big whoop.

[Institutional Control]

For the most part, religion is a crutch for the morally and emotionally weak.

[JohnCurrie is Weird/Gross]

lot of people in this thread worrying too much about what someone else believes.  do your thing, others can do theirs, big whoop.

Tried to do my thing yesterday and get Chipotle but it was closed due to easter 

[OK_Cat]

For the most part, religion is a crutch for the morally and emotionally weak.

the only people that demand more attention for their beliefs than christians are athiests, imo.

[OK_Cat]

lot of people in this thread worrying too much about what someone else believes.  do your thing, others can do theirs, big whoop.

Tried to do my thing yesterday and get Chipotle but it was closed due to easter 

free market

[Institutional Control]

For the most part, religion is a crutch for the morally and emotionally weak.

the only people that demand more attention for their beliefs than christians are athiests, imo.

Probably. I wish everyone could be as laid back as agnostics.

[slobber]

Are believers or non-believers bigger pussies?

I am a believer and I am pretty big pussy.

[420seriouscat69]

Are believers or non-believers bigger pussies?

I am a believer and I am pretty big pussy.

Yeah, same here.

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

Are most believers that way because society tells you that you should believe in a god? What reasons do you have for believing?

[Domino]

Seems like they go with the "God gave man free will," line of thinking. Fine, though this means God cannot be all-knowing, which may seem blasphemous to some Christians (don't know how many)

Also Fun,

First off I don't believe that the Bible got anything wrong, and I do agree with Chicat that you can't fully understand God.

If you believe this, then why worship God? There's no way of knowing if God is just, or kind, or loving, until you die. So why spend your time worshiping a being whose motivations are unknown? Do you just take it all as a matter of faith?

I don't know how that means God is not all-knowing.  You'll have to explain that to me more. 

From the link you provided -

Adam had been given a Law to follow that in itself included the option to obey or disobey.   ...

Fourth, God didn't cause Adam to sin.  Adam freely chose, when presented with the fruit from his wife, to rebel against God.  Adam fell because he freely chose to disobey God, ...

Fifth, if someone doesn't like the idea that God knew they would be tempted and would fall, and therefore says it was wrong for God to let it happen, then what he would be requesting is that God not allow people to fall into sin, no matter what.  Think about it.  Freedom of choice means that temptations will occur.

If God did give mankind free will than God cannot know what decisions we make, until they are made. God got angry at Adam because he chose to "fall into sin," but that means God didn't know whether Adam would do so or not until the moment he did.

God cannot be all knowing if mankind has free will. If God is all knowing, then humans do not have free will.

[EllRobersonisInnocent]

Billions of years after the universe came to existence, a small planet developed life and through millions and millions of years of evolution here we are today. It's a pretty simple story imo

[michigancat]

For the most part, religion is a crutch for the morally and emotionally weak.

the only people that demand more attention for their beliefs than christians are athiests, imo.

I don't know, I think Moslems and Jews draw more attention to their beliefs than atheists. probably lots of other religions, too.

[michigancat]

Are believers or non-believers bigger pussies?

spiritual but not religious agnostics

[chum1]

Are believers or non-believers bigger pussies?

spiritual but not religious agnostics

San Francisco things?

[michigancat]

Are believers or non-believers bigger pussies?

spiritual but not religious agnostics

San Francisco things?

It's the hottest new religion among white midwestern college grads, too. Pussies, all of them

[Stevesie60]

Are most believers that way because society tells you that you should believe in a god? What reasons do you have for believing?

If you're really interested you could read "Reason For God".