Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

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dark_gh0st_b0y said:

Runa216 said:

yes they do, that's literally the entire foundational basis of every holy book in the history of humankind. that's the purpose of religion as a whole. 

the purpose of religion is not to understand God, it is a guidance from God on how to live and what to appreciate in the life given to us, a spiritual identity that benefits ourselves and guides us to help others

religion and priests exist to interpret God's guidance and give it to people, not understand God himself

at least in Christianity, this is very clear

Ecclesiastes 8:16-17

¹⁶ I tried to understand all that happens on earth. I saw how busy people are, working day and night and hardly ever sleeping. ¹⁷ I also saw all that God has done. Nobody can understand what God does here on earth. No matter how hard people try to understand it, they cannot. Even if wise people say they understand, they cannot; no one can really understand it.

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" data-hasqtip="0" aria-describedby="qtip-0">Isaiah 55:8-9

“For My thoughts are not your thoughts,
Nor are your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
“For as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.

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" data-hasqtip="1" aria-describedby="qtip-1">Job 36:26

“Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him;
The number of His years is unsearchable.

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" data-hasqtip="3" aria-describedby="qtip-3">Job 5:9

Who does great and unsearchable things,
Wonders without number.

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" data-hasqtip="4" aria-describedby="qtip-4">Job 11:7

“Can you discover the depths of God?
Can you discover the limits of the Almighty?

How can we derive guidance from something that we don't understand? And why take guidance from someone whose motivation we don't know? Why worship something we don't understand? Why even trust it?