Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

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Baldeagle8 said:

Flilix said:

Rejection of religion was not a cause of these regimes, but rather a consequence. Because they were so totalitarian, there was simply no place for a God anymore. The people were supposed to worship the great leader, and no one else. The dictator basically replaced God. That's why these regimes tend to be so similar to ultra-religious societies: both are based on blindly following an authority, and limiting the freedom of thought of the people (directly or indirectly).

But isn't that what humans tend to do anyways? You see it now in American politics. You have a good amount of people on the right "worship" Trump, and on the left worship government. It seems to be a human trait to worship an ideal, in whatever form that may be. 

This is the greatest thing about the Catholic Church. The division of powers. "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's". If we follow men, we are following flawed and imperfect guides. That's why we need God as an unnegotiable source of morality. Otherwise, there are no boundries or limits and things get really bad really fast.

I think that people aren't aware of the real social consequences of rejection of God.

 

@Flilix - you are wrong. These are all Marxist regimes, and as we know, rejection of God is the very foundation of Marxism and Marx's materialism. It's not a by-product. It's the starting point.