Do you believe in God?

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I see. I am also interested to find out the answers!

So I'm an Aspie and here's some of my thoughts.

I believe in God. More then that, I believe I'm a Son of God and that we all have an eternal heritage. To ask me not to believe would be impossible because the threads of the gospel are so interwoven in my life that to take those away would unravel everything into nothing. To me, it's not religion, it's just a fact of life. But despite that, I think we all have freedom to view life how we will.

I believe in the Bible, but I don't believe that's all there is. When you think about how many separate accounts were used to create it, not to mention all the hands and translations it passed through just to get to the King James version, there's no way we can take it completely literally. That's not to discredit it. It's a key foundation stone in realizing the existence of God and his work among men, but the fact remains that at this time, it's too flawed to be followed as the letter of the law.

See? That's why prophets are important.

So I don't know why it has to be God versus Science. Everybody seems to think that the manifestation of science disproves God, but when you realize the probability of life forms forming by themselves and everything coming together in a productive environment as it has, it's difficult not to consider some kind of intelligent design.

(BTW: Intelligent Design is NOT carry the same definition as God. Intelligent Design IS NOT God. Rather, God is an Intelligent Designer. Everyone here should watch "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed" Really good documentary on the subject, very interesting. Has Ben Stein in it. Seriously, check it out.)

i'm an aspie and atheist/agnostic.

actually i'm surprised there's any theistic aspies...or at least that follow an organised religion...i just assumed the logical/scientific brain would irreconcilable with it.

I have aspergers. I also think that religion is ridiculous. Specifically the Abrahamic religions.

I also am an atheist I think the chance of the existence of a god is about the same as winning the lottery, there isn't a single shred of evidence for his/hers (whatever) existence it just doesn't make sense to me to believe in something so unlikely. Of course I'm willing to accept the possibility, it's the rational thing to do because obviously you can't completely rule it out until there is definitive evidence against it. That's where i think the problem lies in religion because it doesn't require any proof, it tends to be very easy for some people to believe in it because it is so easy. For example whenever something terrible happens "god moves in mysterious way's" when something great happens "oh lord it's a miracle" following this logic will keep your belief in just about anything it doesn't require hard data from the real world. An interesting thing is that different branches of Christianity seem to be reacting to science in different ways, the catholic church seems to have rejected the creation story in favor of evolution. While evangelists and witnesses hold on to the creation story, and defend it with surprising conviction.

It's everyone's right to believe in what they want, as long as the religious people of the world don't expect any special respect for their particular beliefs just because it's religious or force their views upon you

I am also glad that in the environment I live in, eastern religions predominate with all the Tao...

It's not a problem... It's natural.

I think the question on this poll is a little to wide ranging for my liking.

Belief in a God or Gods is often quite separate from religion. There are religions with no God at all, Buddhism for example.

I think many people identify with a religion because they have been brought up amongst people from that religion and taught about that religion. In Europe and America a large portion of people who don't particularly believe in God would say they are Christian because it is part of their culture. I think a lot of people who would say they believe in a God simply haven't given it much thought. It's natural to unquestioningly believe what your parents teach you, so with a Christian upbringing people will often just default to believing in God.

I was brought up a Christian myself, but was never comfortable with it as I did not seem to have a personal relationship with God that other people claimed to have. However, if asked if I was a Christian or if I believed in God I would probably have said yes throughout my childhood.

This all changed when I started to think about it. For me, the idea of God simply doesn't stand up to criticism. An omnipotent, omnipresent, loving, merciful God who refuses to demonstrate his existence but will send anyone who doesn't believe in him to burn in hell FOREVER and deserve it. The only 'evidence' is a very poorly written and very old book which is riddled with inconsistencies. I don't understand how this makes any sense to anyone?

Sorry, I seem to be ranting.

I think a survey separating God from religion and including a 'undecided' option may show quite different results, but I may be wrong.

Hey Dilbert, your point makes sense. I also think there is only Nature... I hope God can be shown to me. I need some enlightenment... if not I will just respect Nature.

So I should move on to another planet?