Im just curious as to what some of your personal beliefs are. That is for those of you who have nothing more.

Now I don't want people posting about their take on Christianity, or the way they percieve Judaism. What I want is for people who don't follow any religion to share what their beliefs are regarding God, life, death, etc...

Obviously, I'll give it a start.

I believe in God. Sort of. I will never tell anyone 'I believe in God' because I don't think I ever will believe that without a doubt a God exists. This is because there is no way for me to know, so I think its stupud to claim you know there is a God. It is equally stupid to claim you know there is no God.

Regarding God, if he does exist I don't think he cares about us. Its not that he 'doesn't care' but rather that he knows that our lives are meaningless so what we do or don't do doesn't really matter.

I don't think a heaven or hell exist. Tell me, why would a God create creatures, only to have them follow him or face an eternity of pain? That sounds pretty stupid. Thats like having a kid, knowing you will treat it like any other parent would treat their child if its a boy but if its a girl you will beat, molest and torture her. Some may say that he wants you to follow the right path, and heaven/hell are just two big reasons for following this path, but still, why create creatures so they can live freely for 80 or so years, then spend the rest of eternity in pain because the spent those 80 or so years living 'wrong'?

I also don't believe there is any sort of Devil or Satan, or whatever you want to call it. Some say good can't exist without evil, but I don't believe God is good. God is not evil either. God is neutral. I believe everything outside of our lives is neutral, no good, no evil.

I don't really believe anything in regards to what happens when we die, however there are a few thigns I hope. One being that we are in control of whether or not we live again [if we can ever live again]. I don't want to simply die and wake up alive again. I know I wouldn't know I died, but I want there to be something more to existance then life. I also hope there is more then just existance when it coems to death. While I believe everything will be neutral after we die, I hope we still have the ability to desire thigns and do things without living again. A few people have commented about how they would like death to be like the construct in The Matrix, and this is what Im getting at.

Thats just a bit of what I believe. So, what about you?

i believe in god, also believe he takes no active part in the progression of his creation, set it in motion and is allowing it to go as it goes.

i wouldn't say our lives are meaningles or that he thinks so, but rather that they're our lives. our lives to become something great or to fuck up.

i also believe we have a "soul" in a sense. explained better here http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu/hameroff/

there is no religious sense in my belief of god, my exploration of needing to why has led me from general relativity, to quantum physics, to superstrings, to m-theory, to timeless theory.

one thing i've found in my research is that most of the physicists that define our reality also have a belief in a god, or higher power. in the chaos we seem to experience lies an underlying order that is very elegant, intricate, and unbelievably simplistic.

i can't believe in accidents that come out perfectly.

there is a quest for a unified field theory, a theory of everything, that michiu kaku says will be as simple and easily understood as e=mc2, who hawking says if found then we will truly know the mind of god.

i believe in the Tao, even though i know nothing about the religion, nor follow its rituals, just its philosphies, thats the important part, isnt it

if you have quicktime check this out.

http://www.consciousness.arizona.edu...ies/movie.html

I believe in god, and that he simply set some conditions in motion and let things go on their own from there. I also believe in an independent spirituality, meaning to follow your own path. I also believe that science is very importantin becoming closer to god. Afterall, you are studying and understand the concepts and interactions of the universe that God created.

I believe in the existence of a God. I don't believe in Satan or a Hell.

I don't think God has any desire to intervene in our lives. I think he wants us to succeed on our own. As such, I also don't pray. I can succeed on my own merits and hard work.

I do think there's more to our physical world than we perceive most of the time, and that some rituals might open you up to that world. Do I think these rituals are 'sinful' or wrong? No, of course not.

Over all, I think all religions lead to a one God, monotheistic, polytheistic, or otherwise. I also don't believe that God 'punishes' athiests. We all go our seperate path through life. If God didn't want people to be Athiests he wouldn't have allowed them to.

I cannot know there is no God for the same reason I cannot know there is no pink unicorn living down the street from me.

However, the chance of the existence of either is so incredibly small that I can get away with telling a (small) lie and saying I know neither exists.

What I don't get is all these people who seem to be picking and choosing the aspects of religion they do and do not like. If you're willing to believe part of a holy book, you're pretty much obligated to believe it all - it's a package deal.

"If you're willing to believe part of a holy book, you're pretty much obligated to believe it all - it's a package deal."

bullshit.

if a friend tells you he went to los angeles and fucked all the raiderettes, it's quite easy to pick and choose the parts i believe.

if i read by arthur c. clarke that mentions an alien invasion of earth, does that mean it happened or that the earth doesn't exist.

how do you think people choose a religion, they are either born into it without question, or upon questioning grasp a belief system that more conforms to their already held beliefs.

"As such, I also don't pray."

i find it amazing how religion, christianity mostly can have two ideals so drastically opposite, ask and ye shall receive, yet god helps those who help themselves.

I never claimed there's a god and I'll never claim there isn't.

I do not believe that there's a "power" that helps us, or a power that is responsible for our problems. To my mind we are the masters of our life.

I believe that all living creatures have soul.

And it's up to a person to decide what way to follow. But I don't like when somebody is trying to persuade that there is/there is no god/spirits/etc.

I cant find it in me to believe in god.

Honestly, I dont know if there is or isnt a god but I believe that such a being can not exist.

I was supposed to be raised to believe in god, become a christian, all of that crap but I never could. I followed my own beliefs.

All I can say is that I believe... I dont know