Do you Believe in God?
OffTopicSince it is Sunday I thought it an appropriate time to ask this question. I have always operated under the belief that the vast majority of people believe in God. Notice I didn’t specify or define God but just generally that there is a higher power. Recently I came across this web site which while not very scientific I found the results shocking. The site (link below) asks a simple question, Yes or No, do you believe in God. You can click on their logo to vote.
Given the current state of the world I guess the results should not surprise me. But nearly 50% of the world doesn’t believe!? This makes me wonder what they believe? From my experience most activities fortify my belief. A Martial Arts blog may seem a strange place for this discussion but to me the Martial Arts are steeped in belief in a higher order even though it is left to the individual to pursue. Where do you weigh in? Post a comment…
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“God” has been a major excuse for many of the wars, strife, and murders that have been committed in history. And it still continues.
For all the non-believers out there – I will not force my beliefs upon you but I will pray that your eyes are opened and you find your own personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Yes.
Note that the link is an unscientific survey since respondants are “self selected”, only those who click through, etc. It’s not random.
Most U.S. survey’s peg the number closer to 90% in “some sort of diety”, and still well over 50% if you just do “Christian”
I don’t believe in God even though I was raised a Christain and have a Christain Family. I am infact a Buddhist and have followed Buddhism for the last 5 years.
So in answer to your question… no
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I have to answer your question with a question: Why do you blame the state of the world on lack of god belief? Especially when you call said God a higher a power? Most religions REQUIRE belief in a specific deity, adherence to specific rules, all usually to avoid some sort of eternal punishment. So belief is fuzzy “higher power” would not be much good for fixing the current state of the world.
Personally I think humans have screwed some things up in the world up and they also have the power to fix them. Belief or lack thereof will not fix it nor will it make it any worse.
To paraphrase Bruce Lee when he was asked that question I’ll say this: No I do not. I believe in sleep.
~BCP