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Do you believe in the existence of a God? Do you believe God does not exist? Do you believe it can even be known (Agnosticism)? What has led you to believe this way?
I don't believe in God or gods or anything similar. I am convinced that God or gods or anything similar do not exist. However, I know that it can not be known for absolute sure (i.e. just because I say it is so and am convinced it is so does not make it so).
Many things have led me to think this way. Most of it has been just from a lot of thinking, a lot of watching, and a lot of listening to people (those who believe in higher powers and those who do not). Religion and the existence of God, gods or other similar things make perfect sense to me as a means of explaining what is around us when we can not immediately come up with an actual answer. It appears to be something that humans are good at doing and I only very slightly envy those who can believe in God, gods or <fill in the blank> (only slightly).
If so, do you believe in a Personal God (Christianity, Judaism) or a Peripheral God (Deism, Pantheism)? Do you believe in the Big Bang Theory, or some other scientific set-of ideas that may explain the beginning of our Universe? What has led you to believe this way?
I don't believe in personal gods or peripheral gods. I'm not sure that I would say that I "believe" in a Big Bang Theory or any other scientific set of ideas that may or may not explain the beginning of our universe. However, I do think that they are a step in the right direction. Whether or not I think that the universe can be explained is a different story. We are always looking for a "why" and something inside tells me that there isn't always a "why" and there may not even always be a specific "how" and we, as human beings, may have to just come to terms with that. But, that being said, I'm pretty much certain that we never will.
What has led me to my semi-beliefs is.... again... I guess just looking around, listening, seeing.. trying to understand and really being fairly convinced that gods make as much sense as the tooth fairy and so the question of their existence falls into the same category. For myself. I am interested in the hows and whys of religion but they do nothing for me personally.
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