(June 13, 2014 at 5:08 pm)ChildOfReason Wrote: This is a question that has been bouncing around these forums for a loooooong time, and so far, the only "answers" we get are things like "Well, why do you believe that the sun will rise?".
Because of this, I think three basic parameters need to be set for this question.
1. No answering it with another question. That doesn't add anything to the conversation
2. No tautologies. Tautological statements get the argument nowhere.
3. Don't go to the Bible, Torah, Qur'an, or any scripture of any sort as your reason. All that does is throw you in a circular argument and make you look like an idiot.
Let the games begin.
**EDIT**
4. Don't say silly things like "I feel god's presence". Say things that can act as proof to other people that don't "feel god". It wouldn't make sense that God would select some people to "feel him", because that just makes it unfair.
Americans believe in God because of our cultural and ancestral ties to the English. After all, the Englishman John Wycliffe wrote the Bible which made the fairy tale accessible to all. It also helps to explain England's involvement in the Middle East.
