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I've never really believed in religion or things like that, i just find it fun to believe in something. I'm a polytheistic pagan but its not that i believe in one thing or the other, instead I let science be my baseline belief and leave the possibility of there being an other worldly being open. There's no certainty in anything but certainly not in religion which was built purely to explain things we as humans could not yet comprehend. That being said, there's no proof anything except us and our universe is out there there's just no proof that there isn't either. What are we, as simple minded mortals on earth, supposed to believe in when our whole world is slowly crumbling around us? I'm interested to see what may change, or develop within these religious communities as our time here goes on.
If you are religious maybe you'd wanna talk and explain how you see things? I'd love to learn more about everyone's beliefs and how it affects how we act and behave!!
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chuddie
God is the divine creator, sustainer and lawgiver of the natural world. we can know He's true from our reason and His revelation on earth.
howtodie
Its not "who's god" its what do you think god is.
Brian
The knowledge of what is good and what isn’t is written in our hearts by the author of our existence. The Bible states this in other words. Though this is true selfishness, and distancing hardens hearts to this truth.
Religion is not what God wants from us. That would be like a marriage of meaningless rituals. Instead God wants us to live according to his intention for us. There are forces against this.
Our fallen world, our difficulties, and all manner of things that people use in order to say what kind of God would allow this, is due to free will; the gift of choice. Choose your path wisely.
not_ian
hey there! interesting takes on religion you have, always nice to see deep topics here on spacehey :]
i am a Christian, and i will share with you how i view things. to me, there is a God, an intelligent being who made the entire universe and its laws. He created everything, including the complex existence of every atom, particle made. by His wisdom, physics laws begun to exist to put order on the cosmos. as for todays beliefs, i believe He was the primary cause for the Big Bang, and the reason is simple. God is outside of the universe, which means that the laws of the cosmos do not affect Him, as He is eternal, time does not affect Him, and He is everywhere. only a being outside of the universe could create it like this.
my text is too long, but, atleast, i shared [i believe] a quick resume of why i believe there is a God. if you want, i can dive in more details.
That's really interesting! I grew up Christian but even then I never really got religion at all lolol, would you mind elaborating a bit more on the 'outside of the universe' thing? If he is not in our universe does that mean heaven or hell are just an alternate diminution? Don't get me wrong our galaxy is so complex and vast but how can one thing cause all of this, all the little tiny details like the Fibonacci spiral that is the base of all life? And if he really does have such power why not do better for the world and the people in it, where more often then not, the greedy and 'sinful' are the ones at the top?
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i grew up Christian too lolol. turned atheist and now am protestant.
first of all, my apologies. my poor english vocabulary messed up the idea of "outside the universe", so i will explain better, lol.
when i said that God is outside of the universe, i meant that, for the universe to be [created] it would need an intelligent being who is not affected by its laws. only a God that is eternal [means He is not affected by time - time is something that exists in our cosmos], omnipotent and all-knowing could create the universe [a quick disclaimer: God is outside of the universe and, at the same time, in all of the universe. an Omnipresent being - He is both transcendent (beyond creation) and immanent (present in it)].
one of the reasons i believe this is due to what we call the "fine-tuning of the universe", which explains that all the laws that rule the universe are too perfect in their own terms. in physics, we refer to certain numbers that appear in the equations describing the universe as fundamental constants. these values appear to be [extremely] finely tuned. if they were even slightly different, the universe would not have stars, planets, or complex chemistry - in other words, life would not exist.
so, in a quick-resume, the cosmos is extremely calibrated, showing the great possibility of having an intellectual being that designed it.
about the heaven or hell topic, we have many theories, but nothing concrete. it could be outside of the universe, could be spiritual, and maaany things. we can talk more about this if you want.
addressing your last question, about why a God so powerful like Him seems to not do better for humanity and the world. quoting C.S Lewis:
- "God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go wrong or right. Some people think they can imagine a creature which was free but had no possibility of going wrong, but I can't. If a thing is free to be good it's also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having" - Mere Christianity, a book i highly recommend if you want to dive in the topic.
this explains why there are sinful, greedy people at the top of the world, as humanity have free-will, we can live by our own terms if we want, which can lead to what we have nowadays.
but here comes the core of Christianity. this very God, all-mighty and Creator of everything, came to earth and suffered what >we< suffer, the greedy, powerful people of His time condemned Him and crucified Him, even if He did nothing wrong. He suffered from evil. but why did He come to earth, after all?
-> to save people from the sin. “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” [Romans 3:23].
sin is disobedience to God's will, which separates us from Him. Jesus came to save us from this. through His death and resurrection, Jesus bridges the gap caused by sin, offering humanity a path to reconciliation with God. God’s love is shown in sending Christ to suffer for humanity, offering forgiveness freely to all who believe - although salvation is freely offered, humans must exercise their free will to accept it.
it is the fact that Christ’s suffering reminds us that God is present in our own struggles and that ultimate justice and restoration come through Him.
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