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Religion, why do you believe?

Religion, Why do you believe?

  • Family background

    Votes: 9 37.5%

  • Fear

    Votes: 3 12.5%

  • Ignorance

    Votes: 3 12.5%

  • Hope

    Votes: 15 62.5%

  • My DNA

    Votes: 3 12.5%

  • I live in the USA and it's the done thing

    Votes: 1 4.2%
  • Total voters
    24
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because I believe there is someoone who loves me and who wants me to be happy.
 

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Beyong all of what humans do, no matter what it is, no matter how wrong or how right, God seems to be my biggest focal point at several points in my life. If a Scifi writer or movie maker like Stephen King can write books and direct movies that have very close implications to truth (on some things) then even if the concept of their being a God to you is not exactly there, the concept of what he does is not often seen by most. Because what he does is misunderstood or not known, often people blame God for the horrible things that happen in this world.

A few hard core resons I believe still even though I'm gay are these reasons:

When I was younger (17) I was very strong in faith in believing in God (The Hebrew God Jehovah and the Christian Son of God, Jesus). I went to visit my grandma in the hospital who recently suffered many strokes and I was compelled to get on my knees and pray. I prayed for her healing because after her first stroke, she couldn't even speak. Then after her other strokes...she pretty much lost a lot of her memory too. After I prayed I had to leave with my mom to go home. The very next day, my grandma was speaking in full understandable sentences after 5 years of not being able to. So yes, this is just one example but it is the biggest example I have of why I believe in Jesus.
 
I am a P.K. (Preacher's Kid), from a long line of clergy (including my Uncles and Cousins). And, though I am the "Black Sheep", only male, on my Dad's side, that did not go into the Family "Biz", I've studied most of the Religions here on our Planet.

I think it all boils down to a quote, that I can not, unfortunately, attribute. It goes like this:

"We are ALL Spiritual creatures, enjoying a Temporary, Physical, existence."

So ... no matter what ...

Keep smilin'!! :kiss:(*8*)
Chaz ;)
 
I can't remove myself from my belief in God anymore than I can remove my attraction to men.

Whether or not I was born with both of those traits or was taught (environment) my brain cannot release itself of either.

That is my answer (for me).
 
JustMe891 said:
Right you lot, just why do you believe? :twisted:
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Sorry guys the poll was supposed to be 'tonge in cheek' I don't believe myself but I can understand people using religion as a crutch, and if it helps them get through this sometimes crappy life of ours, that great! :twisted:
 
Good thing the poll was supposed to be tongue in cheek; there's no answer even close to mine.



Actually, I believe because I chose the red pill. :p




At least, I believe I chose the red pill.... :lol:
 
Why do I believe? It gives me hope that there's someone out there looking out for me, trying to find me to make me happy. That's why I believe. Plus if I don't believe in a higher power, for me it seems hopeless.
 
Ambrocious said:
Beyong all of what humans do, no matter what it is, no matter how wrong or how right, God seems to be my biggest focal point at several points in my life. If a Scifi writer or movie maker like Stephen King can write books and direct movies that have very close implications to truth (on some things) then even if the concept of their being a God to you is not exactly there, the concept of what he does is not often seen by most. Because what he does is misunderstood or not known, often people blame God for the horrible things that happen in this world.

A few hard core resons I believe still even though I'm gay are these reasons:

When I was younger (17) I was very strong in faith in believing in God (The Hebrew God Jehovah and the Christian Son of God, Jesus). I went to visit my grandma in the hospital who recently suffered many strokes and I was compelled to get on my knees and pray. I prayed for her healing because after her first stroke, she couldn't even speak. Then after her other strokes...she pretty much lost a lot of her memory too. After I prayed I had to leave with my mom to go home. The very next day, my grandma was speaking in full understandable sentences after 5 years of not being able to. So yes, this is just one example but it is the biggest example I have of why I believe in Jesus.
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Now that's what I'm talking about Ambrocious!!!....Praise GOD to the highest!!!....When my mom passed away three years ago the 26th of June I wanted to jump off the nearest bridge but my faith keep me holding on because deep down I knew God had something up his sleeve when he call my mother home..I could see it then but he knew that I would be OK without her here to guide and would grow into the man I am today!!...
 
Frankly I find the belief in an omnipotent, omnipresent God that listens to you absurd, childish and dictatorial. Laughable. Such a god is a terrifying thought and vaguely fascist.
 
I must have missed the options:

1) I don't believe in a God

or

2) I believe in a Creator, however don't feel any of the Organized Religions are truly representative of the true Creator.
 
It provides me with hope. Actually, once I started accepting my sexuality (I didn't say 'accepted' for a reason, because unfortunately, I'm still in the process of coming to terms with it) I actually felt closer to God than when I had NO acceptence of being gay.
 
I'm having a hard time figuring out what "hope" means?? I always hear this coming from religious people but what does it mean??? Could someone explain?
 
Whatever we may say we believe, whether about God or anything else has no real significance unless it shapes our very lives.

Perhaps a better question would be:What has shaped your life? Or: What is your only comfort both in life and in death? --that, by the way is the first question in a 16th century catechism.

I, like many of you I'm sure, find myself saying that I believe but I remember being advised never to say that unless I had made what I say I believe my own.

Often I prefer saying, "I hope" or, "I trust" or even, "I'd like to believe" when it's something I wish were true.

I believe love is better than hate or indifference; I believe that hope is usually more productive than despair;I believe that forgiveness is better than getting even; and I believe it is better to stand for something as a guard against the danger of falling for anything.
 
I don't believe in any definitive God exactly. I just believe that there's someone good out there watching over us. I think that way mostly because of Newton's Law of Motion: For every force, there is an equal and opposite force.

I believe in A god because of all the bad things that happen in this world. I'm an intelligent human being so I don't believe all the crap that's in the bible, but I do believe that those stories are there to teach us life lessons if we choose to listen.

Mostly, I truly believe that if we were created by an all powerful being, then he or she intended gay people to exist. In my opinion, it's just another difference in the world. I don't believe that I choose to be this way, because I believe we have no choice over who we fall in love with. Our hearts decide for us, not our brains. Love is not a conscious decision, and I don't believe I am a sinner just because the person I am in love with is of the same gender. I'm just me, and if I was created in the image of God, then he must be a little gay too.
 
inthecloset said:
I'm just me, and if I was created in the image of God, then he must be a little gay too.
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That makes me think of what a Christian professor once said in answer to the question, "Do you expect us to believe that God is really male?":

"Absolutely not", he replied. "Whatever He is includes both male and female, so it is greater than either of those; since He is God, He almost certainly is more than the two combined as well. Yet whatever that is, when compared to 'male' and 'female', I expect you to believe that of those two, God is more appropriately -- however insufficiently -- described by 'he'."
 
I don't believe in any particular God, and I certainly don't believe any of the religions or mythologies that refer to such an entity are accurate (having studied mythology and religion extensively, it is quite clear to me that they are products and reflections of humanity, not the other way around). However, I accept the possibility of a creator or creators; it's just one of many. I'm simply not arrogant enough to proclaim that I am intimately aware of what it is, and certainly not what it thinks, demands, etc.
 
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