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Poll: Do you believe in god?
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View Poll Results: Do you believe in god
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YES
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49.83% |
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Maybe
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7.32% |
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Originally posted by Dollas n Diamonds
oh Sammy,
you're not surprised the majority of a forum full of gays having a Yes majority?
i'm sure some of them are trolling but anyway
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I wasn't being sarcastic or anything. There are lots of Americans on ATRL though, and the US is a largely religious country. Even if they're gay they say that the bible doesn't explicitly say that homosexuality is forbidden (which I agree with), or at least it says other things (like eating shellfish or wearing mixed fabrics or some other bs like that is also forbidden) and nobody takes that seriously, so why do they take the bit about laying with another man seriously? Even though I don't believe in God and I think the bible is just a storybook, it's incredibly ridiculous to pick and choose the parts of the bible that people think apply to what's wrong and what's right and what's just stupid and should be ignored (like the mixed fabrics part - what in the world?)
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Originally posted by Homogenic
There are things like love and kindness. Things that cannot be positioned or explained by science. This is what God (and religion) is about. Actually, I don't really like to talk about religion, but , for example, how some religious people express their hate against homosexual people? This is not right. That's why I believe in God, but don't like to think about Him from the religion angle.
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They can though, they're just the cause of chemicals in the body reacting due to a particular stimulus (an attractive person, a helpful gesture, etc.) Nothing hard to understand about that.
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no, and all different kinds of religiouns are huge crazy sects for me.
i believe in energy and the power of the universe, if you send out good energy you get good back etc.
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Member Since: 3/15/2013
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I have personally experienced some very spiritual moments (not on the spot while praying obviously) so yeah, I definitely believe in GOD
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I'm a Christian, but I don't give a **** about God.
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Yes, but I'm not a fan of organized religion, churches, etc. tbh. I feel like your relationship with God is personal.
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No, theres no proof so in my mind believing in god is like believeing in like unicorns or Santa etc
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Originally posted by Sam Jay
I don't have anything against people who believe in God, I just find them very gullible and - really - it's almost like a childlike quality, like never growing up from believing in Santa or the Tooth Fairy or Unicorns. The idea of God is in the same category as those for me. It's just something that man has invented to give something an explanation that doesn't really have a solid one, i.e. the creation of the Earth and the human race.
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Your posts about god and religion are always ao ignorant.
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Originally posted by Sam Jay
I don't have anything against people who believe in God, I just find them very gullible and - really - it's almost like a childlike quality, like never growing up from believing in Santa or the Tooth Fairy or Unicorns. The idea of God is in the same category as those for me. It's just something that man has invented to give something an explanation that doesn't really have a solid one, i.e. the creation of the Earth and the human race.
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I kinda agree with all of this. I stopped believing in God when I was 6 years old, so basically when I learnt there was no such thing as magic or anything we refer to as 'supernatural' ie. not real.
Edit: not that this is my only basis for not believing in it lol
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Originally posted by Sam Jay
I don't have anything against people who believe in God, I just find them very gullible and - really - it's almost like a childlike quality, like never growing up from believing in Santa or the Tooth Fairy or Unicorns. The idea of God is in the same category as those for me. It's just something that man has invented to give something an explanation that doesn't really have a solid one, i.e. the creation of the Earth and the human race.
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!!!!!! Exactly.
Basically, the unknown scares people and I think religion was formed as sort of a security blanket (and also for organization but that's a different story). A way to explain the unexplained. It's way more comforting for people to think that something bad happened because "It's gods will" or someone died because "They're going to a better place." than to just say "because life sucks and that's the way it is."
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Originally posted by Sam Jay
I wasn't being sarcastic or anything. There are lots of Americans on ATRL though, and the US is a largely religious country. Even if they're gay they say that the bible doesn't explicitly say that homosexuality is forbidden (which I agree with), or at least it says other things (like eating shellfish or wearing mixed fabrics or some other bs like that is also forbidden) and nobody takes that seriously, so why do they take the bit about laying with another man seriously? Even though I don't believe in God and I think the bible is just a storybook, it's incredibly ridiculous to pick and choose the parts of the bible that people think apply to what's wrong and what's right and what's just stupid and should be ignored (like the mixed fabrics part - what in the world?)
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Well I did forget about Merica her power i still didn't think so man of the gays would be down with that 
That is what it say though although i don't believe it either obviously (mistranslation mixed with misinterpretation with a hint of corruption)
I don't know about the mixed fabrics honestly but the reason for the majority of Leviticus's laws are for health reasons, to differentiate themselves as a nation from the others around it (dont know why that was important but slay i guess) and preparation for war i.e always making babies and not wasting them...
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Not some bearded man perched up on a cloud somewhere but something bigger than us, possibly. I mean we are on a spinning ball of dirt flying through an ever expanding universe, so why can't something else be other there.
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Yes. Not in the biblical way but I do believe there is a higher power, some sort of god.
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Originally posted by ♚ PRiNCE HiGH ♚
I have personally experienced some very spiritual moments (not on the spot while praying obviously) so yeah, I definitely believe in GOD
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So have i 
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Originally posted by Niksan555
I'm a Christian, but I don't give a **** about God.
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how does that work 
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Originally posted by ♚ PRiNCE HiGH ♚
I have personally experienced some very spiritual moments (not on the spot while praying obviously) so yeah, I definitely believe in GOD
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Tbh this is why I said maybe I remember during 9/11 my uncle works like 10 blocks from the towers and I started to freak the fawk out but something inside me when he's fine and idk I just immediately felt calm and he was fine 
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Originally posted by Sam Jay
They can though, they're just the cause of chemicals in the body reacting due to a particular stimulus (an attractive person, a helpful gesture, etc.) Nothing hard to understand about that.
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Chemicals? That's like so shallow, isn't it? But still, I don't want to seem a fanatic. These are your beliefs, I have nothing against that.
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Originally posted by Aatthew
Yes, but I'm not a fan of organized religion, churches, etc. tbh. I feel like your relationship with God is personal.
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I feel exactly the same way.
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