What Motivates Your Belief In God?

Excellent thought. If we would all do this, the world would be a better place and we would be one step closer to world peace. To learn about and embrace the diversty in people is really what it's all about.

I agree. God is everywhere and all human action can and should be a testament and an expression of His glory.

Hi there terilee...hope you don't mind a person of the pagan path answering your discussion..LOL. Talk about a rather peculiar upbringing..my father was Methodist, mother Catholic, I was baptized Catholic, confirmed Protestant..(confused yet?) Thanks to my great-grandmother, we were also involved with Unity and Science of Mind. It was actually Unity that was the first place I heard the phrase "child of God"..That God was a loving God and I was never raised to "fear" him as some Christian beliefs might have it. Along my path in life, I studied into Buddhism, Hinduism, Sufism..and on and on...While never "dissatisfied" with my religion, I saw my "studies" into religions of different thought but an expansion of what I had already believed in and took snatches of beliefs from here and there. A few years ago, I admit to deciding to follow the pagan/wiccan path of life, even though I've never abandoned completely my Christian beliefs..as I said, I kind of viewed it as an expansion of what I already believed in, and the pagan/wiccan path just seemed more natural to me. Since I do have a rather broad background then in religion I quite honestly couldn't care what a person believes in, what concept of a God, diety, God/Goddess that is. I do like to think I'm open minded to anyone's beliefs and do respect them. One beef I'll have though is that I've unfortunately have come across people who firmly believe that ONLY their concept of God, and their religion is the right and only one, and that anyone that doesn't follow their beliefs one-hundred percent exactly as they do are doomed to hell that the rest of us won't go to a heaven or paradise or otherworld. I do feel sorry for these people...for if we really are all children of God, then does it really matter what we believe in and that our "religion" isn't exactly the same as such a person. To me, a person that has such a narrow minded view would therefore never in my mind even know of the concept that we are all children of God

We just live here, eating, laughing and sleeping ? What is our purpose? What we are supposed to do? Is there any structured rules to live here? or without any control? Who made all the universe, who set the correct path and timing for each planet? Who created the rain, who made air trees and our provisions? and cattles and other animals for us? Are we just only to get a life here from mother and die after few years? without any reason? All came from nothing? or evolved automatically by climate change? then from where the climate come from? Is there any justice here? some are poor some are rich! Some are cruel some are help ufl. Some cheat some help. Is justice possible in the world? So there should be something to evaluate these kind of deeds?

Denominational loyalties don't matter as much as a belief in Jesus Christ. He is the way, the truth, and the light.

every religion in this world will teach u to attain salvation not just by praying to god alone but also by helping the people around u. every religion will say that feed the hungry ,you''ll find god in the hunger of the poor. help the needy you'' you find your peace in there. as they say man is a social anlmal. he alone cannot reach the hights of heavens alone. but by everyone contributing we can make this world a HAVEN ON EARTH

i think you are so right. i think that it is more important to believe in God then who is right and wrong. i think that there is truth and not so true in all ways of life. but if you believe that God is real, and you are one of his children then you are on your way to a wonderful life

Hi Terilee great discussion and I completely agree, I think of every living person as a child of god, and if you think about it what else would we be. I believe in a creator, and we are children of a creator. as no man can create anything that has not already been created, And as some people are good and some people not I admire and the good and pity the lost ones, hoping that they will see that their ways are self destructive. But I try not judge them, as maybe their path is so very different than mine, and that they have enough problems with out me trying to get them to believe as I do. I am one person with one mind my own, I can not do or think for, or be someone else. I am who I was meant to be'

Hello! I believe that it doesn't matter which denomination you associate yourself with as long as the Word of God is preached. If the Word isn't preached then people will be misled. The only way to be a true Child of God is to realize you are a sinner, ask Him to forgive you of your sins and to accept Him into your heart as your Lord and Saviour. The Bible says He is the only way to Heaven and I believe this with all my heart. God has brought me and my family through many hardships and I know He is real and will do what he says. God Bless you all! SheliaLee

If one is truly a Child of G'd, then one will not judge someone even if they do not believe in G'd or do not believe in a "formal" religion. A person can still be an Honorable Human Being and not follow a proscribed belief or religion. This does not make them "bad". No one knows what is inside of another person. Christian teachings tell one not to judge and yet I often see that christians are the first to judge and expect others to do what they do. I know that "not judging" is one of the hardest things to do. Maybe that is why it is stressed in the christian teachings. Shalom, Adoniah

Obviously this is the entire thing God wants all of us to realize. I got this amazing book for Christmas and it says in there is Romans 14:19 "Let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up." In doing this we will glorify God and He will be so pleased to call us His children

I think - in fact, I KNOW - you're exactly right. I couldn't have said it better myself! People are so incredibly obsessed with religion that they forget the important part - a belief in God Himself. It's not a matter of what we believe, but Who we believe in! If we're constantly focusing on what other people believe and what cult or religion they're a part of, we're missing the whole point. Everyone knows there's a "Greater Being." That's how we were created. Therefore, if we believe in God, we are His children. We are also His beautiful creation. How could we not look to Him and seek Him? I think people just make things so much more complicated than they really are. I agree with you completely. In fact, I'm happy to see your favorite response was submitted by a fellow myLot friend of mine, Pye. She's got a lot of experience with religions and a lot of wisdom. Great discussion. I truly appreciate your opinion and outlook. You are right on, Ter.

What most motivates me to believe in god is the fact that there are so many unexplained things in the world. It is as if as soon as mankind finds a new discovery, a new mystery emerges. Also, with people unexplainedly becoming healthed with no medical explaination. Things like that motivate my belief in god.

i believe the three letter word GOD is feeling which everybody would have felt in themselves in their life and keep feeling throughout their life.... 1. with life becoming full of stress one can find solace in the word god. 2. when we pray to the almighty we alteast believe that , there is somebody who is listening to us. 3.any form of peace found in life a sign from god. 4.god may have different names but, we all pray to him in one or the other form in different parts of this world. 5.when i look at the spring in full bloom i know god is smiling on us.

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I believe in God because my mind tell me that he exists. Everything has been created with a goal so we have been created with for a goal in our life, so there is a God there, have a nice day.

this is a very good topics i think you are right because the are many fight betwen us because of the name we give to our god and we are everytime forgotten that we are the children of the same father so if we can do so;everybody in his area we can change the world

i really think that if they were not our believing in god our life would not got any signification

look every religion has the idea of God but you know what the problem lies in people relating people to God, i mean HE is only One, He has no partner The one and only, He begeth nor He has begotten and there is none like unto Him, Allah is one, we sure can live live under the beleive of God is a good thing cuz He is all good- i like your this idea, but we are not children of God, and nor can we be, He is unique in His attributes. Say i seek refuge with the Lord of mankind the King of mankind the God of mankind from the evil of the whisperers, who return over and over again and whisper evil into the hearts of mankind from among ginn and among men. Have a nice day

everything aroud in the universe, how do you think that this huge and perfect system came into being, ofcourse not by a mere scientific method,