I was raised in a Jewish household. So we don't believe in Hell, technically. There is a fear the Old Testament wrathfulness of G-d though, so most don't f*ck with the higher power.
That being said, when I watched my mother slowly and painfully die, and saw my family torn apart by the loss of her strength and my father spiral in to suicidal depression and homicidal rage - I lost my faith. It's scary to be able to pinpoint a moment where it just stopped making sense.
HOWEVER, I think that the 10 Commandments were created to build a more morally based society in a time of lawlessness. They're good guidelines. So I try to be a good person and if in the end there turns out to be a G-d in the end, he/she/it/they will forgive me because I was a good person.





"He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!"




^Wow Tempest, that would have tested my faith as well. That must have been really difficult for you.![]()
Myself personally, I do believe in God. One of my earliest memories ever was praying to "God" that he'd let me stumble across a starfish (Idk why but I was obsessed with them). I prayed night after night and soon after I was at the beach and came across a tiny one stuck inside a boat. It was my first of many prayers answered. So yes, I believe in Him.
^Yeah, it's hard sometimes. I still wonder - I still think - sometimes I still pray but never for myself. I pray when I fear for someone I care about. I'm sure I did when I was younger too. I'd have to say I'm on the fence in this topic. It's a safe way to make sure a potential higher being won't get mad, right? hehe.
Damn.
I watched my mom dissolve into mental illness over a decade...She has basically thrown away her life by just being full of hate, laziness and misery. But oddly, it drove me out into the world where I got to see that she wasn't "normal." That's why I do believe in God, she caused lots of horrible things to happen but I was rescued from ending up like her.
I've had moments where my faith was tested, but now everything makes sense. It's hard to explain to people but I don't fear anymore.





i believe in blade.![]()
I do believe in God. I don't believe that our bodies, our minds, and souls were created by a big bang. I don't believe that the beauty of nature just popped out of nowhere. I'm not too sure about the details of my "religion", I just know that I pray to God...I have faith in him (and he does see me through when I need him the most).
Nope, no God here. Many reasons, none of which matter. Just a devout atheist over here.
I believe in the blue magic man in my pocket. He created the universe. Prove me wrong.![]()
Ya know, I was raised Christian. I do believe in Jesus. I can't say that I don't, because I would feel wrong rejecting him.
If you wanna know the truth, I'm at the point in my life right now where I am just getting to really know my spirituality. So I'm confused about a lot of things concerning Christianity. It's just hard for me to believe that anyone knows the real truth about things...know what I mean?
Although I do believe in Christ, I don't go to church. I'm not one of the "hypocritical Christians" (not saying all of them are hypocritical) that are talked about so much. I don't judge. I am open-minded.
I just trust my heart and I try to let God take the wheel, and I believe that will lead me to a promising afterlife.
I'll stop thread-jacking after this, but what do you think the afterlife will be like ? If you could imagine going to heaven, what would it be like ? I really wanna know, even if its just your vaguest feelings or glimpses or dreams or hopes. For me...I don't feel like I will ever meet the ones I love again. I won't ever meet the people that I hold dear to me, or the idols that I grew up wanting to meet. There's also something in me that doesn't want to let go, like I'm holding on to some things in this life. What do you think you will see in heaven, or the afterlife ?




I don't believe in God, but if anyone has any evidence of His existence I'd be happy to re-evaluate my decision.
Evidence against:
1) Too many mistakes and historical inaccuracies in the documents of the popular religions, combined with the insistence of fundamentalists of those religions on the documents being inerrant.
2) The Problem of Evil suggests that the God described by the popular religions does not exist.
3) Science does a better job of explaining and modeling the world and the universe as we see it, than does the popular religions. Agreed, science is not 100% accurate, but it's better than the alternatives. (In fact, disproving something in science is a feature, not a flaw; whereas the claims of the popular religions are either not falsifiable or the religion would fall apart if they were disproven).
4) God as creator of the universe just creates more questions - who or what created God?
5) Arguments based on personal experience are also suspect (in my view) because of the many ways in which our senses can be fooled, and the many demonstrated and repeatable ways in which our brains can be induced into experiencing so-called "transcendent feelings".
6) Finally, it just infuriates some people that I don't believe in God, and atheism puts me in the same category as some really cool people, like James Randi or Penn Gillette or Richard Dawkins, and puts me in the minority of my country and the world. This might be the most important reason for me.
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You know what? I have no clue. So...I bought a book a while ago called "Crossing the Threshold of Eternity: What the Dying can Teach the Living" by Robert L. Wise. The author basically studied death and people dying, and wrote this book. I'm so curious to know what happens to us after death.
I haven't started reading yet, but the intro is promising..."However, as Doctor Wise discovered, by stopping and listening to the dying, we can get beyond our morbid fears of death..." which is exactly what I need.
It's supposed to be a book that gives a very positive look on death. I'm excited to start reading it...so I can let you know how it is as soon as I start if you want.
^^^ Madcap, that is fucked up!
(He was also laughing at me when I told him, "There's this ghost that keeps appearing to me...It's pretty WACK!")
Believe what you want. Less Afterlife for you means more for me, baby! Ha ha!
Hey, at least i finally get to crash.



I'm Wiccan I believe in may gods/goddesses...
Weirdly, Madcap reminded me of a cool story a woman in Mexico told me-
One day she was at home alone crying because her husband was away in the States working, and she missed him.
She said she heard a voice out of nowhere tell her, Why are you crying?
Then she didn't feel lonely anymore. She didn't know what the source of that voice was.....
???? Who knows, really.
I met this woman in 2003. She died in 2005. Everyone called her La Guera.
I'll tell you if I see her again- it seems to be happening to me more often....The oddest visitors at the most unexpected times....& NO Madcap, they're not ZOMBIES!
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