Do you belive in GOD?
By rasidgazi
@rasidgazi (37)
India
25 responses
@rmuxagirl (7548)
• United States
25 Oct 06
A friend made a statement last night and I agree:
I don't believe in God...I KNOW him.
@baileym11 (887)
• United States
26 Oct 06
There are some really interesting answers here, aren't there?
@nishdan01 (3051)
• Singapore
26 Oct 06
Yes,I do.
It's obvious as we look around us that theism is a popular meme. Probably all of you have friends who are theists, and most of you probably have friends who are weekly church-goers. Many of you are likely theists yourselves. But why? Why religion? Why believe in the first place? Why do most people on the earth believe in a supreme being of some sort, especially one who fails to manifest himself to us?
The easiest answer is that most people were born into a religion of some sort and simply raised to be Catholics, or Hindus, or Muslims. In many cases they're taught not to question their beliefs--"blind faith" is the standard. Also, there are great social pressures to conform religiously.
Churches give us a feeling of community, and of friendship and support. Commercial sectors, the ease of travel, commuting, and a variety of other factors have all but destroyed the local neighborhood's value as a strong community. Organized religion fills that gap. It gives us a feeling that we belong; it gives us friends and leaders who we can look up to, and who we can rely on when times are hard. When living in an area where there exists a dominant faith, a person with differing beliefs can feel left out and even shunned. Many even convert to the dominant religion simply out of convenience.
@Woodmansee (19)
•
25 Oct 06
I havn't for most of my life, but thats changed alot in the last year or so.
@dankeene549 (115)
• United States
26 Oct 06
I do believe in God, but not in the same way a lot of people do. I don't tie myself to any religions. I believe that God is all of us and we all make God. All the same thing.
@Lalitshukla (314)
• India
26 Oct 06
Yes! look around and you will be forced to think that there must be something.. someone who's managing this all.. the universe.. this place full of complicated things called planet earth! someone surely is running the show & I think that's GOD!
@nancygibson (3736)
• France
25 Oct 06
I believe in lots of things, but I suspect my concept of god my differ from yours
@nikmahajan (188)
• India
25 Oct 06
I have lot of faith in God. When ever I found myself in some typical situation I just start taking the name of almighty and he always help me.