Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?

[IAmNotHere]

With the understanding of God meaning supreme being - No.

[Bob Kelso]

I have no need of fairy tales or a figure that acts like an imaginary NSA. So no.

[Keenhazard]

through instinct and as a rational being, No. These god related beliefs will be our future's historical mythology.

[T.J.]

Not anymore I don't.

[BoilerAtheist]

Do I believe in God?

Where do we get the idea of a deity? We must refer to religious literature to say that we would know of a deity. In reference to the Christian religion, one would refer to the Bible to say that they would know about God. The Christian faith is laid upon Christians by the Bible. If you ask one of the more "experienced" and more public atheists, they would be able to tell you that the Bible is VERY flawed. As a man of reason, I would not put all my water in a bucket full of holes. Any literate being can write a book. Hitler wrote a book. Hitler was a persuasive man who convinced millions of people to think as he did. With as many people who have walked this earth, there is a very high probability that there was someone, similar to Hitler, who could write a very convincing story that would catch on with the general public and eventually people started to believe that the story was true. With nobody truly knowing if any religious being exists, I fall to an analysis, similar to a statistician. As the probability is high for this hypothesis to be true, that would lead to the Bible being "man-made", thus falsifying the Bible being the "Word of God" and thus falsifying Christianity.

So, to answer the question if I believe in God? The odds are not in Gods' favor.

[Searching4truth]

Depends on what you call god. Basically, the universe possesses the ingredients to sustain life so I guess the universe is 'god' imo

[The Valkyrie]

No, I don't believe in any gods.

[saratbabu]

Since people tend to be very varied in their "Religious Views", the amount of atheists on this site is relatively unknown. I can't be bothered to go around and count the number of "none", "anti-theist", "are you kidding me?" responses, so I'd like to post this very simple poll.

It has two options. If you believe in some sort of God (doesn't matter if you are a Christian, a Deist, a Wiccan, etc) then answer "Yes". If you don't believe in God (and that includes people who don't think the question is relevant), answer "No".

I just want to keep things very simple; I don't want to cause a debate over terms; if you think you believe in God, answer in the positive. If you don't think you believe in God, answer in the negative. If you are unsure what you believe, don't answer at all.

You can discuss your votes below; in fact this is encouraged as it will keep the thread highlighted in search results and so more people will be able to vote. Hopefully we'll be able to get most of the active users within a few days.

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NO,THERE IS NO GOD

[zenblaster]

I do! He was a fantasy father of the holy trinity along with Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. I actually thought the three really existed until I was seven or eight years old.

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430 people voted no.