Part of the problem with the question "Do you believe in god?" is the follow-up question, "Which one?"
How DOES one define god exactly? Does it have to be all-powerful? Does it have to have created the universe? Does it have to be non-material? Is it simply ANY being powerful enough to destroy us, therefore we should do what it says? Is it the source of moral authority? Does it have to be all those things? Only some of them? What is god EXACTLY that I might believe in him?
The answers to this question vary widely from person to person, which to me is part of the evidence that none of these people have anything objective to draw from; nobody can really agree on what god is supposed to be like, or what one even is. God is one of the poorest words in all human language; it carries such weight but lacks any real meaning.
How DOES one define god exactly? Does it have to be all-powerful? Does it have to have created the universe? Does it have to be non-material? Is it simply ANY being powerful enough to destroy us, therefore we should do what it says? Is it the source of moral authority? Does it have to be all those things? Only some of them? What is god EXACTLY that I might believe in him?
The answers to this question vary widely from person to person, which to me is part of the evidence that none of these people have anything objective to draw from; nobody can really agree on what god is supposed to be like, or what one even is. God is one of the poorest words in all human language; it carries such weight but lacks any real meaning.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
