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Personally no, I am atheist 

 

But what do you think? Do you believe in god?



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Yup



Atheist. So, no.



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yes i believe in god



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I believe in a thing called love.



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yes, I do...



Yeah!



ohhh another rehash thread. :)

original here = http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=2873
If you read through this thread you'll realize that these threads never end well. Too many people enjoy trying to force their beliefs, and atheism is a belief system as well, on others.

My answer from the 4th page.

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I will just jump into the middle of this....

Raised Christian.
Wife's family is Muslim (Palestinian).

Shortly after turning 18 I began to research beliefs and figure out what makes sense to me. This is the attitude I wish all people did instead of blindly following someone else's ideas, but that is another topic all together.

First off I made a few conclusions that I thought of as more logical.
1. Existence and life are too complex to be caused solely by a series of randomization and chances. Therefor I believe in a God.

2. If there is a God, it would not be constrained to anything. The ability to create everything must conclude that God is everything and is absolutely without limitations.

3. Therefore God would never be human or any other figure / viewable / solid entity.

This automatically cut out a lot of belief systems.

I began reading a lot of material due to my original major at the University in Theology since I am very interested in Theology. I have read and studied:
- KJV Bible
- Catholic Bible
- NRSV Bible (Best one in my opinion)
- TaNaKh
- Qur'an
- Hindu Vedas
- Various writings of Buddha
- Various writings and books of religious works not accepted by above groups like the Gospel of Judas, etc.
- Studied history of religion classes from many viewpoints.

This lead me to have full skepticism in all organized religions for a few years. Until I read the Qur'an. This answered nearly all of my ideas and and for the next 6 years I was a fully practicing Muslim. This was greatly applauded by my wife's family and she too agreed with my overall conclusions. However, I never fully agreed with some of the interpretations by the Muslim mass. Example, No where does the Qur'an state women should be fully covered in any form. Just the private areas, same as men.

However I always told myself that if I found issues with the Qur'an itself, such as human tampering, then I would not hold Islam as the only choice. Then about 3 years ago in my continued studies and reevaluation I began to see things at a higher level than any religious work detailed. One common theme could be seen in all of these teachings that made it all that more clearer and a much more sense. None of them were 100% perfect or the 'only' path.

Pretty much my belief in God can be characterized in one passage of the Qur'an.

"Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in The God and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve." Q-002.062

Basically anyone who believes in God, the Day of Judgment, and is a good person will get rewarded by God. The implies that no specific path or organized religion is required. I still consider myself Muslim by definition. "One who submits to the will of God".
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11/20/09 04:25 makingmusic476 Warning Other (Your avatar is borderline NSFW. Please keep it for as long as possible.)

Every time see myself in a mirror, I think: "Only God could pull this off."