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do you believe in god

karam/

karam/

Syrian Arab Republic

do you think that god is exist?.......why do u think that?

be open mind  and let us share our thoughts about this complex subject.

09:22 AM Sep 10 2008 |

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zhanjiayi147

China

i do not believe have god in this world,but iknow

everybady have a god in  their heart by themselves

 

05:31 AM Oct 12 2008 |

tameradel

tameradel

Kuwait

u r right  u can;t see the God if  but u can see him with your mind with your soul

12:33 PM Oct 12 2008 |

gkisseberth

Germany

zhan, there is no god in my heart. 

02:56 PM Oct 12 2008 |

hdair

Tunisia

Of course, I believe in Allah, he is created me and this entire world. Allah helps us every time. Allah gives us every thinks. Allah doesn’t need us but we need them. I want to say at every one who asks this question, if you see around you, you can find Allah.

03:29 PM Oct 12 2008 |

manar222

manar222

Egypt

qkiss
Sorry I cannot answer ur Q until we finish from mine ,we have to stick to one point and not beating around the bush ,so at the end we can get a useful result ,ok
If u go back to ur first reply u will find that u said ( if I had perfect knowledge of my students , no testing at all would be required )
my Q is how could u have perfect knowledge of ur students without testing them ?? I hope u answer my Q to start with yours as soon as possible

08:07 PM Oct 12 2008 |

+ & -

+ & -

China

i do believe in allah!and also very happy to be on the right path.

12:15 PM Oct 13 2008 |

gkisseberth

Germany

If u go back to ur first reply u will find that u said ( if I had perfect knowledge of my students , no testing at all would be required ) my Q is how could u have perfect knowledge of ur students without testing them ??

 

Manar, I did answer you. IF I had perfect knowledge of my students, I think the only way possible would be to be all-knowing or omniscient in the same way that many people describe their god.  I do not think that by testing my students, I gain perfect knowledge of my students. 

 

If you are implying that the reason your god has perfect knowledge of his adherents faith is through testing them, then you are in effect saying that your god is not all-knowing. 

02:41 AM Oct 14 2008 |

javamanju

javamanju

India

Greg,
The concept of the existence of god has been and is important still, in terms of its impact on society. However, I think this importance doesn’t equate to “goodness”. In fact, i believe that the concept has had a negative effect, overall, on human history.
Very true, Probably more people have been killed in the name of religion than common “Murder”
I don’t agree that you or I, or the vast majority of people do not kill or commit otherwise immoral acts simply because we fear the law. I DO agree that much of religion is based on fear, and your argument is very similar to those to say that humans cannot be moral without god or religion. I disagree quite strongly. Morality does not come from gods. Take away god or take away “the law” and people will still be moral. the law is simply a codification of those morals. Religionists like the believe that if you remove their gods from society, humans would become some evil, horrible creatures. (made in god’s image?)
Well, Humans can be moral with out religion and god, but they are in minority. My morality is based on reasoning rather than “religious views”.
Yes, I do agree that the concept of god is man-made, along with all the stuff that goes along with it. Abrahamic religions especially are based on concepts of fear, reward, and punishment, which just happent to be very effective means of controlling people. The concept of god is simply another type of myth; something used to explain the unexplainable. It’s just that what was unexplainable hundreds and thousands of years ago is now known, but the dogma remains and people still cling to their invisible friends to explain the world.
“something used to explain the unexplainable” is very important, anything unexplained is attributed to god.
The real and original concept of GOD has long been dead, i.e. “goodness” in a person is “GOD” and badness in a person is called “DEVIL” , This simple concept of good and evil has sadly become a flash point in society, the concept of “goodness” is replaced with the concept of My “supernatural” GOD and Your GOD.
No One can correctly define what “god” is

04:49 AM Oct 14 2008 |

gkisseberth

Germany

Well, Humans can be moral with out religion and god, but they are in minority. My morality is based on reasoning rather than “religious views”.

 

Well, non-religious people in general are in the minority, though it's a big minority (about 1.1 billion non-religious people in the world according to adherents.com)

 

few of those billion are immoral people, just as few religious people are immoral. What that tells me is that religion or god are NOT the source of morality. 

 

Some think that atheists are MORE moral than the religious.

 

Atheist historian Mitchell Stephens wrote this in 2006:

 

Three arguments, I think, can be made for the proposition that the irreligious are actually more moral than the religious:

1. That religions have actually encouraged violence because such intensity of conviction can lead to intolerance or crusades. Zizek (playing on the Dostoevsky line): "The lesson of today's terrorism is that if God exists, then everything, including blowing up thousands of innocent bystanders, is permitted."

2. That atheists are more moral because a moral law resides in Nature or Humanity, and the atheist's view of this law is not obscured by ancient texts, rituals, tribal feuds or other forms of religious mumbo jumbo. Zizek alludes to this when he talks positively of "merely human constraints and considerations." It was a major theme when the pro-Atheism argument first showed itself in Europe with Baron d'Holbach and, later, young Shelley: shelley.jpgThere needeth not the hell that bigots frame
To punish those who err; earth in itself
Contains at once the evil and the cure;
And all-sufficing Nature can chastise
Those who transgress her law; she only knows
How justly to proportion to the fault
The punishment it merits.

3. That the religious do good only to cozy up to God (as discussed here). Zizek: "Fundamentalists do what they perceive as good deeds in order to fulfill God's will and to earn salvation; atheists do them simply because it is the right thing to do."

 

10:45 PM Oct 14 2008 |

gurlnxtdoor

Philippines

yes i do believe in GOD

 

03:15 AM Oct 15 2008 |