Why Is Anybody Convinced There Is A God?

Why Is Anybody Convinced There Is A God? Aug 20, 2017 18:50:10 GMT

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Post by rachelcarson1953 on Aug 20, 2017 18:50:10 GMT

Aug 20, 2017 18:35:19 GMT rachelcarson1953 said:

Aug 20, 2017 5:02:07 GMT Toasted Cheese said:

Any belief is all a construct and product of the mind. It is not real. We can convince ourselves of anything, but at the end of the day it is all mind games. The notion of God being a separate superior entity is only limiting anyway.

Agreed.

And by that same token, the idea of physical existence is just as completely absurd. Look at our lives and what we do to ourselves and each other. It's all a naïve projection of mental phenomena, be it external or internal.

Sorry to quote myself, but the edit function just wasn't working right.

I wanted to add, there is NO convincing evidence of a god, the people who believe there is one, believe it because they want to. For whatever reason they want to: to feel better, to feel that they as individuals matter, because they were indoctrinated as children, to gain control over others, because they fear death... It is used for many purposes. Doesn't mean a god actually exists.

What does exist is natural law. We see it play out on a daily basis. There is ample evidence. It is why I don't believe in a god in the sense of an entity that put all this into motion. Natural law suffices. There is no personal connection to any one individual.

I question why we as humans have evolved with this need to believe in a personal god. And, in the face of so much evidence of how the world really works from science, why do we cling to that need to believe?