Do you believe in God

justsomebloke

if so what do you think he does in his free time.

Also before he created the universe what do you think he did, do you think he was just some student bum God with no direction in life until one day he had the bright spark to create the universe

Xavi6

Religion/Spirituality FTW!

justsomebloke

seriously if you read my question do you reallllyyyyyyyyyy think it belongs in a serious forum

Mena

No.

Xavi6

Salad Boy wrote: »

seriously if you read my question do you reallllyyyyyyyyyy think it belongs in a serious forum

Lol course I don't! My reply was meant to be humourous. Imagine the reaction in there!

justsomebloke

Xavi6 wrote: »

Lol course I don't! My reply was meant to be humourous. Imagine the reaction in there!

actually do you think you could go for a drink with God or do you think he would be a bit up his own arse and a bit too "all knowing"

all the stars

hmmm... i'd say he / she has some twisted sense of humour - i'll give them free will but make it a sin to exercise it in soooo many ways...

Irishcrx

"If god had long hair and a gotee and if his eyes were pretty glazed, and he looked spaced out would you buy his story...would you believe he had an eye infection....What if god smoked cannabis?...hit the bong like one of us , and he subsribed to rolling stone...up their in heaven on his throne"

I think that's what he'd do with his free time.

Adam

In fairness, if the messiah returns today, and claims to be such, he'll be slapped in the face and sent to rehab.

Sherifu

No

Kold

Not really, no.

Sam Vimes

i'm a pastafarian and always will be
http://www.venganza.org/

mr kr0nik

Hell no.

Defenestrate

"Do you believe in God" sounds a bit heavy for After Hours, let's talk about Eastern Europeans instead! :pac:

folan

Salad Boy wrote: »

if so what do you think he does in his free time.

Also before he created the universe what do you think he did, do you think he was just some student bum God with no direction in life until one day he had the bright spark to create the universe

I like to think of God as the guy from God the Devil and Bob. In his free time, he goes to car shows and so on with the Devil, drinks a few beers and eats pop tarts!

Actually, that show has pointed me to more answers than questions! Anyone else watch it and think so!

Loomis

What if God was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?

toiletduck

Defenestrate wrote: »

"Do you believe in God" sounds a bit heavy for After Hours, let's talk about Eastern Europeans instead! :pac:

I believe in Eastern Europeans!

ScumLord

I think that God is the answer to everything. It is the creator and foundation that makes the universe so perfect. I've no idea what God is but I know for sure nothing but science has come close to explaining it.

In my view people who blindly believe any of the religious explanations have simply gave up and stopped searching for God.

bitter lemon

Sort of. In my own way rather than anyone elses.

Dragan

Salad Boy wrote: »

if so what do you think he does in his free time.

Also before he created the universe what do you think he did, do you think he was just some student bum God with no direction in life until one day he had the bright spark to create the universe

God is like the Bill Gates of Infinity..........some dude came a long and did some **** and all of a sudden nothing ever existed before him in the minds of the brain washed.

decimal

"The God FAQ" answer's all questions.

Black Swan

I know not to take the name of Cloud in vain!

Suaimhneach

Define "God".

Caoimhín

No more than I believe in Santa or the Tooth fairy.

c0rk3r

Well if you;ve existed since infinity and continue to exist until infinity then time doesnt really matter to you

bleg

No.

OctavarIan

I'd like to, but I can't.

Irishcrx

I think god is a means of control in society, as in back i the old days they needed a way to scare people. The ten commandments, obey the church etc, if people did not fear the after life as in gods judgement and hell then rape, murder, robbery would have been rampent, but if you tell them they commit these sins and will go to hell for all eternity they may think twice. In modern day society with all our laws etc religion I think is taking a a backseat in the western world as when you really think about it, it doesn't make any sence , could have came from anywhere really. If the world was to be destroyed tomorrow I wrote a book and buried it and it's found thousands of years later would people believe what I said in it?

Bendihorse

Not really, no. I will raise my children catholic however, then they can decide themselves when they are old enough what they believe in or dont believe in. I kinda believe 'God' is the goodness that exists in each individual... its hard to explain.

Adam

Bendihorse wrote: »

Not really, no. I will raise my children catholic however, then they can decide themselves when they are old enough what they believe in or dont believe in. I kinda believe 'God' is the goodness that exists in each individual... its hard to explain.

Why would you raise your children catholic?

ibuprofen

The church is only good for Births deaths and marriages. I'd only know one person who still goes to church.

5starpool

I recommend Hospitals for births. Doctors and midwives are much better at that sort of thing than priests and smelly pensioners.

ScumLord

5starpool wrote: »

I recommend Hospitals for births. Doctors and midwives are much better at that sort of thing than priests and smelly pensioners.

They are excellent assassins though.

Caoimhín

5starpool wrote: »

I recommend Hospitals for births. Doctors and midwives are much better at that sort of thing than priests and smelly pensioners.

LOL:D
Bang on Id say.

Caoimhín

We must be careful though. Or the god squad will be in promising fire and brimstone.

JavaBear

ScumLord wrote: »

I think that God is the answer to everything. It is the creator and foundation that makes the universe so perfect. I've no idea what God is but I know for sure nothing but science has come close to explaining it.

What makes it perfect?

HammerHeadGym

An intresting question. I think this will answer any questions on the subject.

JavaBear

fixed: http://godfaq.org/

ScumLord

JavaBear wrote: »

What makes it perfect?

It works. If even the tiniest detail where different the universe as we know it wouldn't exists. Planets wouldn't form, there'd be no life.

Caoimhín

JavaBear wrote: »

fixed: http://godfaq.org/

Your taking the pi*s, surely?

Bendihorse

Mirror wrote: »

Why would you raise your children catholic?

Because thats what i was raised, thats the religion i know and 'understand' and i like the idea of the 10 commandments etc. It think its a relatively easy one for the little ones to understand with all the bible stories attached to christianity etc.

Obviously i would want them to learn a less extreme version than what our parents leaned. It would not be about priests being all powerful, just that there is a god and that he is ever watching.

What i would really want them to learn is the difference between right and wrong and that there are consequences for your actions whether your caught doing wrong or not. Also, beliving in god and an after life makes explaining horrible things like death etc to little kids easier on them.

If they chose to follow a different one in adult life then i wouldn't have a problem with that, as long as it wasn't extreemist.

Caoimhín

What i would really want them to learn is the difference between right and wrong and that there are consequences for your actions whether your caught doing wrong or not. Also, beliving in god and an after life makes explaining horrible things like death etc to little kids easier on them.

Surely you could teach them the difference between right and wrong without having to resort to silly superstitions and threats of eternal firey punishment?

Dudess

I believe in a higher power but it ain't benevolent, merciful, compassionate, looking after us. Anyone who thinks that... wakey wakey! As for the free will argument, that doesn't explain cancer or the tsunami.
"God" is just there and it lets good things happen and bad things happen. Praying won't make any difference either way.

bitemybanger

I find it hard to belive in somthing that modern science contradicts, The Bible looks more like a fairytale book now.

Caoimhín

Dudess wrote: »

I believe in a higher power but it ain't benevolent, merciful, compassionate, looking after us. Anyone who thinks that... wakey wakey! As for the free will argument, that doesn't explain cancer or the tsunami.
"God" is just there and it lets good things happen and bad things happen. Praying won't make any difference either way.

Medicine and geology can explain these.

Mena

Bendihorse wrote: »

Because thats what i was raised, thats the religion i know and 'understand' and i like the idea of the 10 commandments etc. It think its a relatively easy one for the little ones to understand with all the bible stories attached to christianity etc.

Obviously i would want them to learn a less extreme version than what our parents leaned. It would not be about priests being all powerful, just that there is a god and that he is ever watching.

What i would really want them to learn is the difference between right and wrong and that there are consequences for your actions whether your caught doing wrong or not. Also, beliving in god and an after life makes explaining horrible things like death etc to little kids easier on them.

If they chose to follow a different one in adult life then i wouldn't have a problem with that, as long as it wasn't extreemist.

http://godisimaginary.com/i5.htm

JavaBear

ScumLord wrote: »

It works. If even the tiniest detail where different the universe as we know it wouldn't exists. Planets wouldn't form, there'd be no life.

So if something works, it is perfect? I guess it depends how we define perfect. I am taking it as if something is perfect, it is the best it could possibly be and could not be improved. As we have nothing to compare the universe to, I guess we could not know if it's perfect or if there is a better way to do it. I suggest there is.

For example, we have computers. They work, they do what we need. Are they perfect? Far from it. We are continuing to push technology further and further. So we might change the small details and make a new form of "computer". Does this mean the computer we had before was perfect?

On another note, the universe is constantly changing by expanding, so it could be improving - but that's hard to tell I guess.

and OT, I don't believe in God.

LouOB

Yep - blind faith
Im a believer

TerrorFirmer

Yes.

Wazdakka

God does exist,

But he is limited to containment within the fragile human mind,
He has been created, He has been modified, And he will be destroyed depending on our needs.

God does exist, But only because he doesn't.


I.e, It is my opinion that mankind seems to require belief or faith in some higher power to explain things that it does not yet understand. Perhaps its something pyscological, routed back to when we were children and our parents knew and understood everything we didn't. god, in whatever form that its believed as, is used by people to answer the questions they cannot.
"Why are we here?"
"What happens when we die?"
And god is even used to answer " How will we live?"

Looking back over history god or gods have changed drastically based on these questions. Rain and sunshine were required for crops to grow and the people to survive, so they worshiped the sun and the moon, and developed gods responsible for rainfall.

As society developed more man needed law and order to control itself, All of a sudden belief and appeasement wasn't enough, you had to live your entire life by the law of god.

God seems to be used as a stepping stone by man. Either a tool, a bridge, or an obstacle. Depending on your point of view.

A Tool that can be used for development and progression of a society or to stunt development and establish a strong power base.

A Bridge to be used as a "rest stop" until we posses a better understanding of what is going on around us.

An obstacle to those who wish to expand there knowledge, or further the development of the human race at any cost.


I feel sorry for those people out there that devote their entire life to the following of god.

But then again i think they feel sorry for me aswell...

~Waz~

Jesjes

Jesjes wrote: »

Define "God".

Definitions of god on the Web:

* the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in ...
* deity: any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force
* a man of such superior qualities that he seems like a deity to other people; "he was a god among men"
* idol: a material effigy that is worshipped; "thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his god"


I worship the Sun. Only I'm not very good at it.