Believers and Disbelievers

[FearGod]

If you believe in God, then why you believe and why you think your path
is the right path for you, IOW why it makes sense to you.

If you disbelieve, then why you don't believe and why it make sense to you
that such universe doesn't need a creator and that it started without a starter.

 

[Riverwolf]

My answer is different than what you might expect, so let me explain my stance, and you can tell me which choice might fit it better.

I'm a polytheist. I believe the Gods of monotheist religions do exist, but not in the status that these religions put them in. I don't believe that they are actually omnimax Creator Gods. Rather, they're Gods from other cultures, born relatively recently out of older Gods. Though I believe they exist, they don't hold any more meaning for me than most other Gods from different cultures, because I have my own Gods.

Now, under your definition, does this count as "belief" or "disbelief"?

 

[wizanda]

There isn't a knowing God option; some people have an inherent knowledge of God from birth.

Plus then some of us, having had first hand experience of God, can't say knowing someone we've met, is a belief.

 

[McBell]

I have no active belief either way.

 

[Godobeyer]

A question that Athiests scientists can't find an answser

 

[9Westy9]

Technically there's overlap between "I don't know" and the other two options. Someone could say "I don't know but I do/ don't believe in God"

If you disbelieve, then why you don't believe and why it make sense to you
that such universe doesn't need a creator and that it started without a starter.

I don't believe in any particular deity and I think the first cause argument is a basically a "we don't know how the universe started so God". Personally, you could prove or disprove the existence of god(s) and it wouldn't change my outlook on life at all, hence why I call myself an apathetic agnostic. The question "does a god exist?" is of no meaningful interest to me.

 

[FearGod]

My answer is different than what you might expect, so let me explain my stance, and you can tell me which choice might fit it better.

I'm a polytheist. I believe the Gods of monotheist religions do exist, but not in the status that these religions put them in. I don't believe that they are actually omnimax Creator Gods. Rather, they're Gods from other cultures, born relatively recently out of older Gods. Though I believe they exist, they don't hold any more meaning for me than most other Gods from different cultures, because I have my own Gods.

Now, under your definition, does this count as "belief" or "disbelief"?

You believe in Gods than one God, it means you believe there's supernatural powers, but not one.
Why it makes sense to you in many Gods than one only God?

 

[Skwim]

As science has so far unraveled the mysteries of the universe, it does make sense up to a point. That it needs a creator simply hasn't been demonstrated. Just because X, Y, and Z remain unexplained is no reason to resort to a god of the gaps band-aid. I recognize the need of some people to have all their ducks in a row in order to breathe easy, but for a lot of others no such need exists. They're strong enough to accept life as it is despite its unknowns, and can say, "the Big Bang is as good a 'starter' as any," and get on with eating their peas and carrots.

 

[McBell]

A question that Athiests scientists can't find an answser

rotflmao
please tell us how many people have observed creation.
Interesting how you shoot your own beliefs in the foot when trying to attack evolution.

 

[Riverwolf]

You believe in Gods than one God, it means you believe there's supernatural powers, but not one.
Why it makes sense to you in many Gods than one only God?

Because there's not just one of ... well, anything, really. And even things that seem like they're just "one thing" can be broken down into any number of individual parts, each of which can have its own identity.

Plus, the problem of evil simply does not exist in polytheism. Some Gods are benevolent, some are malevolent, and still others are apathetic.

 

[FearGod]

Technically there's overlap between "I don't know" and the other two options. Someone could say "I don't know but I do/ don't believe in God"

I don't believe in any particular deity and I think the first cause argument is a basically a "we don't know how the universe started so God". Personally, you could prove or disprove the existence of god(s) and it wouldn't change my outlook on life at all, hence why I call myself an apathetic agnostic. The question "does a god exist?" is of no meaningful interest to me.

Does that mean you will still be apathetic agnostic even if you had to know that God does exist? it won't change your belief ?

 

[Midnight Rain]

TBH I haven't believed in a "god" in the sense that you are describing in many many years. Even when I was a pagan and still...might consider myself a pagan, I don't believe in an all powerful creator god. I believe, perhaps, that there are forces in the universe that are wonderful to behold but I haven't seen any real evidence of a god and nor have I seen any compelling arguments for one.

And even IF there were some kind of deistic god out there he surely is nothing like the Judeo Christian or Islamic concept of god. That I am sure.

 

[Jumi]

Depends on how the God is defined. If it's just the universe then yes. If it's the God of my state Church then no. Some other Gods are an "I don't know". edit: voted don't know, because there any many gods and Gods I haven't even heard of.

 

[9Westy9]

Does that mean you will still be apathetic agnostic even if you had to know that God does exist? it won't change your belief ?

The only thing that would change is that I would now believe that a god exists. It wouldn't alter how I live my life in the slightest.

 

[RRex]

The poll question is too specific. It should encompass all manner of higher powers - God, Great Spirit, Buddha, Allah, etc.

 

[FearGod]

Because there's not just one of ... well, anything, really. And even things that seem like they're just "one thing" can be broken down into any number of individual parts, each of which can have its own identity.

Plus, the problem of evil simply does not exist in polytheism. Some Gods are benevolent, some are malevolent, and still others are apathetic.

Do all these Gods created the universe? how did they agree to do it according to your understanding?

 

[FearGod]

The only thing that would change is that I would now believe that a god exists. It wouldn't alter how I live my life in the slightest.

You mean you don't need to obey him..etc

 

[Godobeyer]

rotflmao
please tell us how many people have observed creation.
Interesting how you shoot your own beliefs in the foot when trying to attack evolution.

edit because typo error
We are observed it "function" everyday , by reproducing of spieces .

 

[McBell]

We are observed it "fontion" everyday , by reproducing of spieces .

huh?

 

[9Westy9]

You mean you don't need to obey him..etc

Exactly, I'd continue living my life in exactly the same way as I do currently