Why do people really deny God?

Wow, wish more people were like you. Great response!

I totally agree with you!

For many years when asked 'what my religion was' or 'what I believed in' I told people I was atheist or agnostic. It was not for another 10 years or so that I had some very primal experiences and began to challenge my way of thinking. In retrospect, the reason I told people I did not believe in a 'god', was because I had had not firsthand personal experiences that would lead me to see even the possibility of such a thing. It had always been suggested to me that god was formed like a human, with human action and human emotions. It was not until I began to experience, that I ever even dreamed of a force, a flow, that too is alive within all things. Today, when people speak of god, I can understand what they mean if I remember to think of "Him" without regard to gender, to form, to species, to race, and to feelings and judgement. So now, today, I say yes, I believe in god, whereas before perhaps I would say no...but through both of those times It has always been the same thing.

To me, faith is a personal choice. If believing in the christian god doesn't make you want to be a better person and do right by your faith, then you need to find a faith that suits you better. As long as it makes a person want to be a better person and as long as it somehow uplifts a person through their tough times... they can worship their toaster for all I care.

I am not putting down others beliefs. It was a question on why people choose to believe the way they do. Maybe so I can better understand the other side.

Yeah, I understand what you mean, and one HUGE mistake many people in "organized religon" makes is, they seem to think they are perfect. They judge, they condemn, they refuse to understands an individuals viewpoint b/c they KNOW they are right. These types of people are even misinformed of their OWN religon b/c they were TOLD it was that way and they never learned it on their own. There is nothing wrong with arguing and defending your belief, but geez, know what you are talking about first. That is why I created this discussion. I know why I believe in God, but before I get in too many more heated debates with people. I want to know why they don't, so I can understand both sides. Pretty much the way I look at life is, I am Christian, I cannot judge others, according to God b/c being a human we ALL sin, and the bible does say HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN, CAST THE FIRST STONE. I try to live by that. Do what you want, believe what you want. If something in another persons life is wrong or sinful, according to MY belief then its their problem, not mine. As long as it does not affect me or my family, I do not try ot get involved. I have enough problems of my own, why worry about others wrongdoing?