Which is better, believing in a god or not?

I have a proposal. A neutral ground, or grey zone. There is a god (I prefer to call the entity the Creator), and instead of making everything as it is. God create the big bang. Then maybe god has some interfernce in the universe, but his involvement is minimal. By now God should no longer watch over the universe, or God will not interferce in it. And God did the mature thing and let the universe grow on it own. And We should all stop looking toward god for answe or guidance and use him as some sort of front for an ulterior motive, and grown up and learn to take care of ourselves and do the right thing on our own. Instead of using God as a front. GROWN UP PEOPLE WHO CAN'T GO 2 MIN WITHOUT USING THE CREATOR NAME AS A REASON FOR YOUR ACTIONS.

Having a god to belive in is not that bad. It's human's nature to cling to someone that he/she thinks is stronger than him/her. The concept of sin and reward also make someone to be a better person, since if he believes in God and His Heaven and Hell, than he'll be motivated to do good deeds everyday and make the world better.

While agree with you that it is human nature to cling to someone, I prefer to cling to someone who I know exists. The concept sin and reward was effective back in the dark ages when they thought that everything was punishment from God but I don't think it really works anymore.

I don't believe in God, I don't like the thought of trusting my life and my decisions in life to someone who nobody can prove exists.

God itself I believe is more a set of morals that you should have to normally interact in society.

On a lighter note here is a man who knows how to work the 10 commandments.



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I do think just like you sometimes
Even though I am a Catholic and my family teach me all about bibles and God, still I don't understand some things about God and that made me doubt it. Some things weren't relevant to the bible or God teaching that's why the more I learn about God, the more I don't understand it. Well better believe in God even if I'm forced to.

I was born a christian but i grew up not believing in god no matter how my RE teacher felt, it just didnt happen love with the conversion~ xD
But then as i got older andd i had friends that did believe in god they told me that, "Wouldnt you rather believe in something than nothing at all?" I was like ummm well i guess so, andd then after awhile i began to think about that what if your alone with no family andd youu wanted to feel like someone was there or looking after youu in some way, youu would then want to believe in god to make youu feel that your not alone :/

Some people probably say, "Oh i dont believe in god because he hasnt done anything for me etcc~" Its not as though god HAS to do something for YOU in particular to prove there is an existance =3=

To sum it up before i waffle on even more, that believing in god would come across as being better than not for those that are alone~

I believe it is important to be a reasonably good person. I try to do as many good things as possible in real life.

I have never truley believed in a god before, so by label, I'm a atheist. I was brought up to also be Catholic, having gone through comuunion and Church school, bt I only did because I was made to. I have my own belifes on relgion itself, how it was started, why it became a dire important role in humanity. I have respect for relgion, all relgions even though I question the "thinking" in some.

My point is instead of thinking so hard about it and fighting yourself (assuming) just let the answer come to you. You ultimatley decide, and thats a universal truth because in relgion, God is there to assist you, not to realy make the choice for you.

In the end I grew away from relgion, but I always observe people who are relgious and what it means to them, and how it affects them, because honestly (please no one hit me) I believe we created relgion so in this thinking; do you chose to believe in what huamns may have created and accepted? Theres nothing wrong in believing what other humans do how ever you spin that.

I wish you the best of luck

Believe in God, but do not depend on him/her because you will be nothing more than a child.

If you don't believe in god, that's fine, it's your own choice. I personally do believe in god, but I don't believe you just "ask and receive" you have to actually try if you want to achieve results, not just believe, you must act. So really what if there is no god, oh well, if you believed you're whole life, then did it really make your life that much worse for it.

This really move my heart.

I'm atheist, but I don't force it on others and I'm accepting of everyone's religion.
I've always believed in following what suits you, but never force it on others.

Neither are better than the other. At least not while you're still alive. In order to determine which one is better you'd have to die. If you're religious and it turns out there is no god or afterlife, then you basically wasted your life praying and worshiping something that doesn't exist. If you're an atheist and there is an afterlife, then you're pretty much screwed for all eternity.

Note: I'm agnostic btw. The bi-sexual of spirituality and faith.

God is a concept of an omnipotent, or all-powerful thing that controls everything. But, there is no proof that he/she exists. I myself is an Atheist. I believe there is no god until proven otherwise. It is up to each person to decide what to believe. Believe in the great Nordic gods if you want to. It is up to you. No one can say that you are wrong because you believe in a god. They might do it anyways, but then they are morons.
As long as you believe in it, no one have the right to say that you are wrong. Believe what you want, just don't force it onto others.

Believing in God doesn't do much to curve your actions or behavior.

What does is following your religion.

Even though I'm an atheist, I believe that people who hold their religion dear to them are far "better" than those who do not. I'm not talking about the people who think the dinosaurs are a test of faith, or that wives who cheat should be stoned; but those people who try their best to help others and follow the laws of society (which are few and far in between).

Because that's what religion was really about. It was about teaching how people should interact with each other, how they should treat each other. The people who leave judging to God and keep their opinions to themselves, the people who donate food and such (I mean, you can go into a church and ask for a meal!). The people who focus on that aspect of religion, the ones who look for what Christ was trying to teach with his words instead of what he was simply saying are much better off.

Of course, atheists can be good-hearted as well, I would never say we couldn't. I just think most atheists, as we don't really take any religious lessons, no matter how inspiration, to heart. Really, we're pretty much in the same boat as the religious people, we both have many who are just awful people.

I talk about Christianity here, but this can be applied to nearly every religion, since they all certainly have something to teach.

I believe there is a God, but I don't believe going to church and reading any religious works. Those were created by humans, and humans lie and make mistakes....so why are we supposed to follow something they have made?

Everyone hast to believe in something, be it god or a piece of wood.

That doesn't answer the OP's question you DUMB FUCKER.