Religion

[Alf W]

Surely it's do you believe in God or 'a god'?

[VectraMan]

Surely it's do you believe in God or 'a god'?

You can't believe in "a god" because that means you acknowledge there's more than one, and if that's the case you must believe in multiple gods, even if you only worship one of them. If you think there's only one, then you'd just say you believe in "God".

[Alf W]

You might believe there is only one god called called 'Colin' in which case you'd believe in a god.

[Project Monkey]

Can we have a definition for 'God' please? I'd like to know what it is before I sign up.

[SpontaneousOrder]

Can we have a definition for 'God' please? I'd like to know what it is before I sign up.

It's dog backwards.

[tractor]

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Religious people are less open to truth, what is right from wrong, unable to reason. Some might say that's being less smart or intelligent, which would go some way to explain all the fighting in the world. Think about it, if followers of religion are smart why are they always fighting?

Your answer to the following riddle can predict whether you are a believer in religion or a disbeliever:

Q: If a baseball and bat cost $110, and the bat costs $100 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost?

A: If you answered $10 you are inclined to believe in religion. If you answered $5 you are inclined to disbelieve.



Religion and Reason | Psychology Today

The explanation ignores the fact that people tend to use mouth before putting brain in gear. I read this post and immediately thought $10 and then, again almost immediately thought 'that cannot be right' and questioned my own answer. I found the truth is less than 30 secs of course. Believers are still searching for the truth until the day they die!

[Whorty]

There is only one god. He used to wear the number 9 'old gold and black' shirt of the mighty Wolves - Steve Bull is his name

[SpontaneousOrder]

To describe someone's beliefs as 'ridiculous' seems very arrogant - people who believe in nothing are probably still a tiny minority of the world's population.

By your own reasoning, then, you couldn't describe anyone's belief in anything at all as ridiculous.

So do you not think that it's ridiculous for someone to believe that cats really do play piano when no one is looking? Serious question.

[d000hg]

By your own reasoning, then, you couldn't describe anyone's belief in anything at all as ridiculous.

So do you not think that it's ridiculous for someone to believe that cats really do play piano when no one is looking? Serious question.

Whether that cat plays when not being watched or only for an audience, I cannot answer.

[darmstadt]

Could always use a bit of violence to get people to believe in 'God':