Do You Believe In God?

[torn asunder]

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[ZhukovCodeslinger]

I would have to use the Giant undeground Turnip argument if I cared enough to type anymore than was necessary.

[torn asunder]

I would have to use the Giant undeground Turnip argument if I cared enough to type anymore than was necessary.

wait - you know about the giant underground turnip, too!? :woot: what a relief!! i thought i was the only one!! :laughing :fear :whistling

[Kit Kat P]

I was raised christian and am gay so I there are definitly days that I have trouble reconciling the two. I still believe just not every last word for verbatim.

[Gauge]

i believe that i am god, so are all of you. im also pagan of sorts, and believe in angels, faries, spirits, ghosts. . .whatever you might want to call them. :clover

[saechalyn]

dragging this post back from the dead because a) I'm bored and b) lotsa new people have joined since I first posted it.

[Homicidalheathen]

Most of the time yes. But sometimes I go through a rough patch and question......and become an athiest for a bit and think its all just brain chemicals....hallucinations.....chance......and a mess.

[Destroit]

I have made my way in life from Catholicism to Wicca to non-denominational Pagan to basic agnostic.

I believe something exists. And I don't need to label she/he/it/whatever.

I believe all religions are valid. I think Buddha, Jesus, Bastet, etc. all rock.

I truly think we're all worshipping the same thing. I'm willing to try my best to live a good life, the "Golden Rule" being the sum guide of all my actions, and die and see either The Great Spirit, Yaweh, Buddha, Ceridwen - or none of the above waiting for me after I die.

I do think I'm going someplace like a Heaven, Rainbow Bridge, Summerlands when I die. I don't think I'm finished when my heart stops beating.

I don't believe in a cruel God. I don't for a second believe he/she/it floats around above the Earth, looks down, and thumps ShadeEverdark on the back of the head for kicks one day, inflicts cancer on TheDark's wife another day, pushes my cousin in front of a drunk driver another day. I don't think he/she/it conjures up hurricanes to punish New Orleans, etc.

If I believe anything in that regard, I belive the Earth was given to us as a gift, and then the Big Guy washed his hands and said, "I've given this to you, now it's up to you to take care of it - or not. Don't blame me if you fuck it up."

I think we bring our ills upon ourselves, and we are also here to help each other out. That if one of us gets cancer and needs treatment, we shouldn't be punished because we can't afford treatment - someone should make treatment available for all. That if someone's house burns down, a replacement should be available for them. That if someone is basically good, other "good" people should be there to help them in times of need.

I do believe that whatever God exists does step in and help people sometimes. I think he/she/it answers prayers sometimes, if not always. I believe he/she/it lends a helping hand on occasion. I believe we don't always understand the good he/she/it does.

I am wavering in my pagan stance. I believe I'm a true agnostic. I'm so not Christian. But I am a Jesusian. And I also believe in many Native American ways, pagan ways, etc. I don't go to services because I prefer one-on-one communication with The Big Guy. I also talk regularly with St. Francis, Mary if I feel the need, etc.

And no, they don't talk back. I'm spiritual, not nuts.

I get equal satisfaction sitting in a pew in a beautiful Catholic Church that I do sitting in the middle of the woods with a big, friendly tree.

So yes, I believe... in something.

...wow literally my sentiments exactly. You saved me about 15 minutes of typing

I also would like to add that I don't necessarily believe in God as just one being or one "person", I believe that God is energy and energy actually equals love. I know it sounds stupid, but just look into string theory and the fact that all of us run on energy. Where does that energy go when we die? Energy cannot be destroyed, only transferred.

I believe that every tangible piece of matter is God and that really it's all just sort of like one big Matrix, if you will.

I do believe though that the energy, in form, is not wholly God and that there is additional energy elsewhere, possibly in another dimension of sorts that is intangible and inconceivable to us, that is the "central intelligence" so to speak. That's why here we have the ability to be sad or miserable, but in a place like "Heaven" we are able to bliss for forever and ever due to the fact that we will be next to the main part of God. Goes back to the energy = love in disguise. That's also why there are so many different forms of energy, I don't believe this applies to all forms, well that and I'm not going to claim to know because simply put: I don't and as a matter of fact I don't believe that any of us is ever supposed to know, or else we would.

I could go on and on and on for days and back this all up with science, but I won't bore you guys or try to seem like I'm "pushing" something on people.

Also on the Planck level of existance, which is nearly inconceivable to us although we know it exists, technically everyone concience or "soul" if you will was created at the beginning of the universe and has been in existance ever since. That one I read about in Discover magazine.

I'm Christian, but the theory above, explains to me why Christianity is able to work like it does.

[Homicidalheathen]

Funny, thats what my Buddhist guru always taught me.

quote: I believe that God is energy and energy actually equals love.

Coarse he left out the other half of my studies.....the chaos factor......I left to learn more.

[Steven]

i believe that i am god, so are all of you. im also pagan of sorts, and believe in angels, faries, spirits, ghosts. . .whatever you might want to call them. :clover

your not God Hon but your very tall and lovely and you get cool points for that.

[Steven]

I could go on and on and on for days and back this all up with science, but I won't bore you guys or try to seem like I'm "pushing" something on people.

oh stop it allready.

[Destroit]

oh stop it allready.

Hush you!

[Destroit]

Funny, thats what my Buddhist guru always taught me.

quote: I believe that God is energy and energy actually equals love.

Coarse he left out the other half of my studies.....the chaos factor......I left to learn more.

Chaos factor?

Do go on. You have my attention.

I'm probably wrong on this but to me if there were to be any sort of a chaos factor regarding energy it would definately have to be nuclear radiation.

As we speak we're actually having bits of our DNA torn out of our body by gamma rays. 'Tis true!

[Shade Everdark]

Has anyone mentioned Pastafarianism, yet?

Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?

May he bring starch and marinara to you all the days of your life. RAmen.

[creatureofthenyte]

Do I believe in God ? Hmmn, well...... God kills people and animals because he "has to", BUT he "loves" us......Im havin a reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal difficult time wrapping my mind around that one, so to answer the question, I say yeah, I believe everything happens for a reason, but not sure about God though, I just dunno.

[bean]

nope.

[Steven]

another question...

do you beleive in YOU?

[predaking]

I do think there is somthing at work in the universe, there are too meny strange a wonderful things that science cant touch to say otherwise. I follow the Japanese Shinto practices so my vievs are also not of the norm.

[hunhee]

Has anyone mentioned Pastafarianism, yet?

Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?

May he bring starch and marinara to you all the days of your life. RAmen.

Haha.. this made me laugh.

[Shade Everdark]

Haha.. this made me laugh.

Oh, how I wish I could take credit for the idea of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but alas, no, the idea is not mine.

[predaking]

Has anyone mentioned Pastafarianism, yet?

Have you been touched by his noodly appendage?

May he bring starch and marinara to you all the days of your life. RAmen.

[saechalyn]

[phee]

Flying spagetti monster?

[torn asunder]

not trying to offend (apologies if i do) but this sort of sums up my issues (in a comedic way) with organized x-tian religion...

[Gaf The Horse With Tears]

There are two things that man believes exists but cant see. God and Dark Matter. They have a few things in common. They are both supposedly everywhere. They both have always been and always will be. and lastly... man cant define either one.

I believe in God. not the Judeo/Christian/Muslim representation of him though.. it's why I refuse to label myself Christian though many of my beliefs/moral mesh with that group. God, to me, is a quantum consciousness traveling along the stream of quantum possibility. He doesn't need absolute power or absolute knowledge to control the fate of man... He simply has to be aware of all the possible outcomes of the current set of quiffs and then choose which quantum line to follow after those quiffs pop. That is to say... he can see all possible outcomes from every action and choose which one he wants.