Thread: Why Believe???

Their are many things in the universe that can't be explained

Lern 2 spel plz

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

Lern 2 spel plz

You know what??? I was gonna change that right after I submitted the thread but then I said who the fuck is gonna call me out on that??? Sheesh...

Wait, wait, alright I got it you're just messing around...

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

Lern 2 spel plz

Who cares..

Who cares..

English teachers and Grammar Nazis, also it should be

Who cares?

Originally Posted by Dreamworld

Who cares..

Yeah really... I just realized that he purposely spelled every word wrong to indicate humor...

Originally Posted by NightLife

Why do people believe in God???

This topic should be "Why do you believe in God?". Atheists are going to flood it with the I'm afraid with dieing.

I believe because everything happens for a reason weather it can be explained or not. It happens in this certain way and besides physics there are other things behind it.

Originally Posted by Nefarious

I believe because everything happens for a reason weather it can be explained or not. It happens in this certain way and besides physics there are other things behind it.

I think thats the first option.

There have been a million threads on this (just like every other topic in R/S these days).

This is what I put in the "Why are you a Theist" thread;

Originally Posted by 27

I won't go into the details of my conversion but I will say this; I've had to many prayers answered, seen to many miracles, received to many blessings, been protected to many times, and felt my savior’s love to strongly to ever deny his existence.

Originally Posted by Pyrofan1

Lern 2 spel plz

Humor? If it is, you're not funny, and putting a wity answer out there just because you can is what is causing all the forum trouble these days. Unless you're going for starting an argument here, don't post it at all. I hate that, and it's ruining my experience here.
Seriously, if you want to be witty, prepare for 3 pages of arguments telling the same exact thing: Shut up, get out, and get over it. Do you really want this kind of post ruining every thread that anyone makes? No, I don't. I click on "Rate the whatever about the person above you" thread, and expect to see what the title says. Man, those were the good times when I could! Now, I click and expect to see "SHUT UP YOU AREN't HELPING" or "GET OUT I DON'T CARE" and random arguments all over the place. Go into any thread and say something like "Jews are a religious people, not a race" and see what happens. Then and argument sprouts, and someone makes a mistake in spelling, and someone posts a witty message such as "Lern 2 spel plz" and comes to an argument. It's a cycle.


Back on topic, I seriously don't know. Probably because that's what the parents were taught, and what they learned from the parents, and it goesback to primitive people trying to explain the universe.

Originally Posted by xXSomeGuyXx

Humor? If it is, you're not funny, and putting a wity answer out there just because you can is what is causing all the forum trouble these days. Unless you're going for starting an argument here, don't post it at all. I hate that, and it's ruining my experience here.
Seriously, if you want to be witty, prepare for 3 pages of arguments telling the same exact thing: Shut up, get out, and get over it. Do you really want this kind of post ruining every thread that anyone makes? No, I don't. I click on "Rate the whatever about the person above you" thread, and expect to see what the title says. Man, those were the good times when I could! Now, I click and expect to see "SHUT UP YOU AREN't HELPING" or "GET OUT I DON'T CARE" and random arguments all over the place. Go into any thread and say something like "Jews are a religious people, not a race" and see what happens. Then and argument sprouts, and someone makes a mistake in spelling, and someone posts a witty message such as "Lern 2 spel plz" and comes to an argument. It's a cycle.


Back on topic, I seriously don't know. Probably because that's what the parents were taught, and what they learned from the parents, and it goesback to primitive people trying to explain the universe.

I'm so happy right now...

If kids were more independent thinkers at a younger age than I don't think there would be as many theists...

Originally Posted by NightLife

I'm so happy right now...

If kids were more independent thinkers at a younger age than I don't think there would be as many theists...

Yes, none of us are free thinkers. We're all just brain-washed idiots. Ya got me.

Originally Posted by 27

Yes, none of us are free thinkers. We're all just brain-washed idiots. Ya got me.

If any part of your behaviour is conditioned or tempered by your religion or religious beliefs, then you really can't call yourself a 'free-thinker' in the strictest definition of the term.

That is not to say that you are brainwashed, just that you structure your behaviour around your religious precepts. Hence, your actions are constricted and not free.

If I understand your post correctly that would mean that belonging to any group with a set a beliefs (a political party, activist group, ect.) would mean that you're not a free thinker.

Originally Posted by 27

Yes, none of us are free thinkers. We're all just brain-washed idiots. Ya got me.

No, no, most of us are... People are easily manipulated...

You shouldn't take something and magnify it like that... You don't have to be an idiot to be brain-washed...

Originally Posted by NightLife

Why do people believe in God???

Stop making repeats of a re-posted thread that's been posted before.

Originally Posted by NightLife

Wait, wait, alright I got it you're just messing around...

Could it be?

Originally Posted by Dreamworld

Who cares..

"Who cares?", actually.

Originally Posted by NightLife

Yeah really... I just realized that he purposely spelled every word wrong to indicate humor...

Humour, strange thing.

Originally Posted by xXSomeGuyXx

Humor? If it is, you're not funny, and putting a wity answer out there just because you can is what is causing all the forum trouble these days. Unless you're going for starting an argument here, don't post it at all. I hate that, and it's ruining my experience here.
Seriously, if you want to be witty, prepare for 3 pages of arguments telling the same exact thing: Shut up, get out, and get over it. Do you really want this kind of post ruining every thread that anyone makes? No, I don't. I click on "Rate the whatever about the person above you" thread, and expect to see what the title says. Man, those were the good times when I could! Now, I click and expect to see "SHUT UP YOU AREN't HELPING" or "GET OUT I DON'T CARE" and random arguments all over the place. Go into any thread and say something like "Jews are a religious people, not a race" and see what happens. Then and argument sprouts, and someone makes a mistake in spelling, and someone posts a witty message such as "Lern 2 spel plz" and comes to an argument. It's a cycle.


Back on topic, I seriously don't know. Probably because that's what the parents were taught, and what they learned from the parents, and it goesback to primitive people trying to explain the universe.

No.

Originally Posted by NightLife

No, no, most of us are... People are easily manipulated...

You shouldn't take something and magnify it like that... You don't have to be an idiot to be brain-washed...

That's called sarcasm.

Originally Posted by Grod

That's called sarcasm.

It's idiotic when trying to prove a point... Also, the thread is called Why do people believe in God... If it was why do you believe in God, than we wouldn't get the atheists point of view...

Originally Posted by NightLife

It's idiotic when trying to prove a point...

No, it's not. 27 made a point through sarcasm, I have a feeling you just don't understand what it is.

Originally Posted by Grod

No, it's not. 27 made a point through sarcasm, I have a feeling you just don't understand what it is.

He used sarcasm because his argument wasn't compelling enough... Even if he doesn't realize it...

Originally Posted by Grod

No.

I doubt you read it.

I did. It was hilarious.

Originally Posted by Alextanium

If any part of your behaviour is conditioned or tempered by your religion or religious beliefs, then you really can't call yourself a 'free-thinker' in the strictest definition of the term.

That is not to say that you are brainwashed, just that you structure your behaviour around your religious precepts. Hence, your actions are constricted and not free.

So what you're saying is, free thinking is a myth.

Originally Posted by Grod

I did. It was hilarious.

Glad you enjoyed it.