Do you believe in God/a higher power?

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Not religion. I have no time for organised religion and the associated man made rules.

But do you believe in 'something'?

For context, my grandad was a CofE vicar but my parent rebelled against it and we were brought up broadly l in the religion (eg we celebrated main religious festivals like Easter and Christmas) but not as practising Christians and without a particular belief in God.

As an adult, I have friends of different faiths and none and it's something we have discussed from time to time. It's also something I used to discuss with my grandma who had a very strong belief in God but also believed the Bible until she became older when she still had a strong faith but admitted she thought the Bible was largely nonsense!

I suppose I've always felt that there is 'something' but I refer to it as the universe. I don't know, I always feel that there has been 'something' looking out for me.

That doesn't mean bad things have never happened because they have and religion/belief doesn't protect anyone from that. And it doesn't mean my life is anywhere near perfect because it's not. But the universe has always seemed to 'step in' when needed.

I don't know. I'm going through a tough time at the moment but I have a feeling everything will turn out to be OK because it always does.

Nope

No.

No.

Yes. You should do an alpha course. Ask questions. 👍

I really wished I did when my DM died, but nope.

100 percent

No

I don't believe in anything

I also find it a little arrogant of people to think the universe is looking out for them, why are they so special? That universe clearly doesn't look out for other people 🙄
Its just random.

I'm sorry to hear that you're having a tough time.

No, I do not believe in a higher power. I believe in myself (kind of. I lack confidence, but I know I'm always here for myself). People have tried to convince me that there's a higher power, but I need proof, and no one has been able to provide me with that. So no, I do not.

It's fine if other people do

I believe that what we call “god” is a projection of all that’s good in humanity - the striving for good.

Yep 👍 believer here.

No.

Yes I do

Nope. The idea of someone out there watching over billions of people and animals is nonsense if you think about it.

Yes I believe in God and that there is life after death.

Yes.

I’d like to think so but I think the answer is almost certainly no

I do however find it hard to accept that when we/any living things die that that’s the absolute end. It probably is but I find that hard to accept. It would be utterly bonkers however for humans but not all living things to go to “heaven” or some such other place though. As humans, I don’t think we’re remotely “special”. Quite the opposite!

With you on that. I prefer the stoics.

Nope, most definitely not.

I don't think there's anything special about me. I've been through some truly horrendous times and, on the surface, its looked and felt like no fucker gave a shit about me because they didn't.

But, like the last fairy stepping in at Sleeping Beautiy's christening, it could have been so much worse.

But I do also know other people have experienced the 'so much worse'. So I take your point.

I don't know. It's why I asked.

No.

In fact I think that everything in the world that is bad is because of human belief in a higher power.

Why should our planet be any more special than all the others? And why should we, Homo sapiens, be any more special than all the other species we share the planet with?

Why would anyone want to ‘look out’ for us? What makes us so special? What’s in it for them?

No. Never have. I do believe that we haven't even scratched the surface of how the world works, how we are interconnected with nature and how we are getting further and further away from this connection.
All religions have been made up and most have been developed to control people even though not all religious people obviously are in it for this reason.
I think religious rituals are soothing for some people and letting the church (or other institutions) rule part of their lives mean they feel a sense of security.

I don’t believe in god but I do believe that the Universe is fucking amazing and the power and energy it holds is immense, that by extension, the way nature works is awesome and is what puts us here and gives us our place on the planet.
I believe that we as humans choose what we do with that and have the choice to respect it and eachother or fuck it up.

So I suppose that science and nature is the higher power that I believe in and I try and respect that through how I engage with it and also how I relate to other people.

I believe that organised religion is a man made tool to control people and is usually based on male ego.