The reason for this post is to gather opinions of people with different beliefs and views of god. I do not believe in any one religion however I do believe in a higher power. I thought that perhaps people who are atheist or follow any religion might have some intersting things to say on this subject.
Why is it that for thousands upon thousands of years millions of people maintain a belief in some sort of god or higher power?
My opinion is that there are different types of believers who believe for different reasons. Someone may believe blindly just because they were taught to all their life, another might believe because it simply brings them comfort to assume that there is something out there bigger then they are that controls things and makes things right if that is their perception of what god is.
But why wont these beliefs just go away? Why is it that they have stayed with us through everything? Could it be simply because of the things that I have mentioned above or is it something more then that? I think that somebody who is intelligent would not just blindly believe anything no matter what they brought up to do. Same goes for the other reason i have mentioned. The reason that seems to make the most sense to me is that there actually is a god and there are intelligent people out there who actually actually see god for what god is and somewhat understand god. Then these people teach other people less intelligent then them and the less intelligent people twist up all their beliefs as the beliefs get passed down to their children, the children of their children, etc.. The beliefs get mixed up because some people believe blindly what they are told without questioning or trying to understand what the beliefs actually mean.
Whats your opinion?
[ 16 February 2003: Message edited by: Tr6ai0ls4 ]
Why is it that for thousands upon thousands of years millions of people maintain a belief in some sort of god or higher power?
My opinion is that there are different types of believers who believe for different reasons. Someone may believe blindly just because they were taught to all their life, another might believe because it simply brings them comfort to assume that there is something out there bigger then they are that controls things and makes things right if that is their perception of what god is.
But why wont these beliefs just go away? Why is it that they have stayed with us through everything? Could it be simply because of the things that I have mentioned above or is it something more then that? I think that somebody who is intelligent would not just blindly believe anything no matter what they brought up to do. Same goes for the other reason i have mentioned. The reason that seems to make the most sense to me is that there actually is a god and there are intelligent people out there who actually actually see god for what god is and somewhat understand god. Then these people teach other people less intelligent then them and the less intelligent people twist up all their beliefs as the beliefs get passed down to their children, the children of their children, etc.. The beliefs get mixed up because some people believe blindly what they are told without questioning or trying to understand what the beliefs actually mean.
Whats your opinion?
[ 16 February 2003: Message edited by: Tr6ai0ls4 ]
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