Do you believe in God?

[Jess]

Do you believe everyone is taken care of by this God? If everyone is taken care of why so many terrible things happen?

 

[ClownMe]

Nope, and if he did exist then he must be the biggest asshole to ever live.

 

[AtMostOkay]

I do not believe in an omnipresent god who cares for us. Having said that, I don't know. But as ClownMe states, if there are gods, I see little benevolence.

 

[Deleted member 8975]

Yeah I believe in God…sort of. I think God is like some kind of program or collection of things that is currently incomprehensible. Maybe never comprehendible.

I read a lotta Star Wars when I was a kid and the idea of a "force" made more sense to me than a Gandalf like figure who magically made everything happen like Santa Claus. Even a matrix makes more sense to me.

 

[Cannedbones]

I don't think of "god" in this sense. I just think of it as the ensemble of matter. God is everything. And we're just a tiny part of this whole. Parts acting on and with other parts.

So we're just acting on the universe and the universe is reflecting back on us. And ill hopefully be transformed to some other kind of matter soon

 

[catwalk]

i think there's a good chance of life being a simulation. if there's a "god" then he's just some programmer playing his universe's version of the sims

 

[Cannedbones]

i think there's a good chance of life being a simulation. if there's a "god" then he's just some programmer playing his universe's version of the sims

I love the sims!

 

[Deleted member 8975]

I love the sims!

Sims 3 or Sims 4?

 

[Cannedbones]

Sims 3 or Sims 4?

I preferred sims 3 to be honest. What about you?

 

[Deleted member 8975]

I preferred sims 3 to be honest. What about you?

:) same Sims 3 or even Sims 2. Sims 3 had a lotta nice dlcs and expansions. Do you still play?

 

[Cannedbones]

:) same Sims 3 or even Sims 2. Sims 3 had a lotta nice dlcs and expansions. Do you still play?

I unfortunately don't. My laptop gave up on me

 

[Deleted member 8975]

I unfortunately don't. My laptop gave up on me

oh I'm sorry :/ that must make life even harder :/

 

[ratpudding]

I don't but generally I don't like debating about it either. I don't like trying to convert people or be converted. I think it's fine if people believe in god/s but it isn't for me.

 

[goldenvirginia]

Nope

 

[mentalhealthfighter]

I dont know. I guess I'm agnostic.

 

[deflationary]

No. I'm an optimist in this regard. If this place were created intentionally by someone, that would make it even more abhorrent.

 

[back_to_oblivion]

No, I don't believe there is a grand reason or meaning behind the universe.

 

[fox_wannabe]

I am I guess nondualist and I do not believe in a bearded man in the sky. I mean even if he exist and he made world It does not make him God. (sorry dude)
I do believe that pure consciousness/awareness is God and our original nature, and trust me It is groovy. But If there is only oblivion I will be fine with that.

 

[Anxieyote]

i think there's a good chance of life being a simulation. if there's a "god" then he's just some programmer playing his universe's version of the sims

In the videogame S.O.M.A., they upload people's consciousness' onto a server and fire it into space as a way to keep the human race alive after a world-ending scenario. But in that game, they programmed a utopia for them inside of the server so that people could be happy.

If we're on a server, the devs are just kind of letting it run wild. I don't really see a pattern or purpose to anything that's going on.

 

[Deleted member 8975]

In the videogame S.O.M.A., they upload people's consciousness' onto a server and fire it into space as a way to keep the human race alive after a world-ending scenario. But in that game, they programmed a utopia for them inside of the server so that people could be happy.

If we're on a server, the devs are just kind of letting it run wild. I don't really see a pattern or purpose to anything that's going on.

I loved SOMA! My favorite horror game of all time.

 

[motel rooms]

I swear they're out there, I swear!
I swear they're out there, I swear!
Maybe angels, maybe angels!
Oh, what a mystery... (What misery!)
Oh, I believe, I believe I could leave!

 

[intothenight]

If there is a god, I believe that it would be a being so different from us, that we wouldn't be able to even begin to comprehend it. Imagine someone, something which has the ability to create the universe... it would likely not think along the same lines as we do, 3-dimensional and all that.
And just like we couldn't understand it, it wouldn't be able to understand us. I mean, we think that we're the pinnacle of this gods creation, but what if we are simply one small unimportant step on the road to something much larger?
Maybe this being is creating an offspring of itself and all of "life" as we know it is the equivalent to it being 10 seconds pregnant.

 

[whywere]

Well yes and no and? I believe that there is a greater power and/or a master type plan but organized religion to me is a no, no. A GOD? maybe, but it is something that is deep down for each person to not only decide about but what helps guide one's life.
Walter

 

[Chiisai]

Yes but not in the way portrayed by most religion. Its more of a personal connection.

 

[xLosthopex]

No

 

[FuneralCry]

No, I do not believe in God. I am not religious. There is no actual evidence of one existing. I think we are only here because of evolution.

 

[fred1]

Do you believe everyone is taken care of by this God? If everyone is taken care of why so many terrible things happen?

Definitely note! If there was such a thing as a "god" then he wouldn't have taken my son and others yet leave scum bags alive!

 

[TotallyIsolated]

Ah yes, the problem of evil. OPs question is one that theologians have been unable to give a satisfactory answer to for centuries. For me it boils down to two possibilities...

1. An omnipotent, omnipresent, all-loving God does exist, but to understand why they allow suffering you would need to dedicate your life to prayer and scripture and attempting to discern that which is inherently unknowable.
2. There is no God.

Its not for me to question your faith, but I feel like the simplest answer makes more sense.

 

[fox_wannabe]

Yes but not in the way portrayed by most religion. Its more of a personal connection.

Wait ? You are alive?

 

[Makko]

Wake up, God! Wake up, I said! *slap slap* *pours cold water*