Does Humanity Need To Have A God?

I cant speak for others nor will I try. I will offer my opinion. I need God in my life. And the awesome part is he doesn't really need me but he wants me. I think that is a pretty awesome thing. I struggle with the fact that their are very good people out there who dont have God in their lives. I happen to think that they are more wanted than I am by God. A shepard will leave his flock to seek out that ONE lost sheep. We celebrate when we find something that is lost. Their are alot of lost and lonely people out there that are "good" people. I happen to think that God is full of mercy and grace and its not in the bible and my pastor will not agree with this but I think in the end God may give 2nd chances. That is what I think and feel in my heart. Havignthe Lord in my life just makes it better. Life is just too hard to do it alone. Why do I think the way I do? I think with my heart before my head. So I guess its because of my heart why I feel this way.

I think that alot of people do need the idea of a God in order to do good since if there is no promise of good to come then why do good?!? The idea of doing good for the sake of doing good is foriegn to so many people these days and most people would never do it to save their own life since the bad things in life are the things that bring rewards now. I personally do not need a God to do good since I think that doing good is it's own reward, yet in no way am I a saint since I do do bad as well. I try to outweigh my bad with good but I do still do bad. Thank you for the thought provoking question and have a great day!!!

I don't see God as a person, but as Everything. That means He is also She and is in all things, plants, animals, rocks, the planet, in fact the universe. If we look at all things, we will see cause and effect. This is known in the East as karma. It works on every level. If we feel hatred and vengeance, we will feel cold miserable, yet if we think of love and forgiveness, we will feel warm and loved. Therefore we are responsible. I practice Zen meditation (zazen) and get a strong experience of how the mind and the way it thinks can have an effect on my moods and behaviour. As a therapist, I have taught many how to do this meditation, and all of them who kept up the practice have told me how much better they feel for it in all their daily affairs. How much more meaning there seems to be in their lives. In communities, where meditation is practiced on a daily basis, there is always contentment and peace. Like the Zen temples in Japan and the Tai Chi communities in China. This to me, is God, although different nations have different names for Him.

As we see in the life human race, nothing good is coming up and who will judge those people who do wrongly to you and me.Why they keep police and judges appointed to adhere judgments to those aggrieved ones.So you can see something wrong somewhere with the human society,so we need a righteous Judge who judge with out looking to the face of anybody, and will be appreciated by everyone, who omnipotent,omniscient,omnipresent, that we call God.Since we are here it is only natural to think that somebody super to us made human race.But it is still your prerogative to think as you like but still you cannot avoid that idea that there is God, everliving and ever loving.If there is such a One, you have to be responsible to that God.If you need more information kindly contact me thru private messages. Thanks

you heard of Mahatma Gandhi,Mother Taresa,Swami Vivekanand,Nelson Mendela and many many other leaders of the world & they ALL beleived in the GOD.AND unfortunatly I don't recall any leading personality who is athiest/non-beleiver of god.Success comes to those who keep firm faith in god and I am hopeful that your doubts would be much clearer by now!

Your question is really "loaded". You see, the assumptions that are made by people when discussing God are difficult to unravel. For instance, most people will say that as long as you believe in a god and you are sincere about it, you are ok. The underlying assumption here is that man's sincere belief is good enough to make any god valid. Obviously this is an erroneous assumption. If man's sincere belief is good enough to validate a god, this make man a god greater than the one he believes in. At the same time this erroneous belief is driving most discussions about god. It then becomes a vicious circle because any man made god is no god at all and therefore it is bound to disapoint the believer. Do you see where I am going with this? Unless God Himself, the real maker of heaven and earth, unless He decides to reveal Himself to man, there is no way to resolve your question. God did reveal Himself in the person of Jesus Christ but this is a discussion too lengthy to get into right here.

you haven't answered that question yourself, why do you think the way you do? I believe in God because I feel his presence in me. I have also known great people who do not believe in god. I am a student of psychology and do believe that humans search for meaning in their lives, as the great psychiatrist viktor frankl wrote.

The short answer is no we do not need a god. Humankind is by nature altruistic and does not need a supernatural being to do good. If you deal compassionately and with tolerance to others you need no one to direct you. We share a kinship with all other life on this planet and good comes from recognizing that and treating all living things with love.

There IS no god. If any body thinks so she/he lives in Fool's paradise.

no, god is a defense mechanism to explain the meaning of life. what you NEED

I don't need a God to do good things and I'm not refraining from doing bad or hurtful things because I'm afraid of God (well, maybe a little ;)) But I think faith helps a lot when you're going through bad times. I feel comforted to know that there's a good, kind, benevolent God looking out for me. Does that make sense?

Would humans be here without GOD? surely not our very existence is because of GOD he is the reason why we breathe and his love for us is so much whatwould we be without him he teaches us the way to live daily....

yeah i think that humanity does needs GOD, bcoz of the fact that somebody shud b there 2 guide humans 2wards rite.