Why are you a Theist?

[Joel]

Alright, so I felt I should start this thread as the opposite end of the spectrum to the: "Why are you atheist?" thread.

Be as in depth as you like.

Why are you still a Theist?

[Nine]

Well I was minding my own business wandering around Solitude taking a break from murdering bandits and dragons. Next thing I know some crazy dude wanders up to me and starts blathering on about his master and told me to go see him in the palace and gave me a hip bone telling me its what I needed to go in. So I figure I better go find this master and tell him his lunatic friend is running round giving people bits of corpse. I go inside walk down the hall and next thing I know I'm in another realm meeting Sheogorath the Mad God himself!

He ended up giving me The Wabbajack and and fancy set of clothing

[Tonus]

That's one of the more fun quests in that game.

[Joel]

giving people bits of corpse

Sounds like Catholicism.

[Simon Moon]

I am going to answer this, even though I am no longer a theist.

When I was a theist, it was because I was brought up to believe in a certain god and religion. I sincerely believed, and I sincerely searched for 'God'. I had every expectation i would become an even stronger believer.

But I also grew up in a family that was quite skeptical. When someone in the family would bring up some sort of woo, my parents, and other members of my extended family, would subject it to the most rigorous skepticism possible. It didn't take me long to figure out they weren't applying the same level of rigor to their own beliefs.

I soon decided that I was going to prove that my beliefs were justified. Of course, it didn't turn out that way.

[Something completely different]

[Brian37]

Come on theists, don't we have some regular believers here that want to pipe in? We won't give you cooties, or go on genocidal rampages. Why, please tell us, why as an adult you still have an invisible friend.

[CleanShavenJesus]

When I was a theist, I believed because I was raised super Catholic, and I liked the idea of there being a God and a heaven and whatnot.

Now I'm perfectly fine with reality.

[Brian37]

When I was a theist, I believed because I was raised super Catholic, and I liked the idea of there being a God and a heaven and whatnot.

Now I'm perfectly fine with reality.

WHAT? Then how can others lead you off the cliff? What is the matter with sky diving without a parachute? Yee of little faith.

[jstrodel]

Because I love God, more than I have ever loved any female, because I am closer to God than I am to any person, because I see the world clearly through God, because God completes me and apart from God I am not really anything, my thoughts and intentions are not directed towards anything.

Without God, everything like like an internet meme, there is really nothing to say, nothing to do, so you are just trying to be sarcastic or offensive because you are afraid to say something deep because you are scared you will be pretentious or something like that because you aren't a deep person, you are just trying to be cool or sarcastic.

I never feel like that now. I feel as if every one of my intentions is directed towards love and wisdom and holiness. I used to feel like my whole life was just cynicism and everything was a joke because I was afraid to actually care about something. The deepest thought or consideration I had would be based following some some kind of political propaganda.

I don't feel like that now.