God exists.
I am, and have been for years, under the impression that there is no God. Over the years, I have seen, heard about, or read about more reasons NOT to believe than to believe in God. Perfect example--9/11. If there was a God, he would not let his people do this to each other. This goes for the Holocaust as well. Why would God want this many people to be mercilessly killed? As a young child, of course, I believed in God, because I was told there was a God and I was raised to believe that. Technically speaking, I am Jewish, and I should believe that we are God's chosen people and that he is merciful and all of that. At this point, I think that it's all absolute crap. There is no reason to; there is no life changing event that I've experienced that makes me believe, or even want to believe, what everyone tells me to. I stopped believing when I was younger, and never looked back. I think the time I really decided I didn't believe in God was in third grade, when my great grandmother was dying of Alzheimer's. She had done nothing wrong, and if there was a God, he would have saved her, along with anyone else with that terrible disease. I could think of no reason for her life to be taken away, and to this day I still can't. I refuse to believe that a God would allow such a horrible thing to happen to anyone, and to allow someone to die in such a terrible way. That just wouldn't happen, and it has led me to believe that there is no God.
I think that your idea of God not exisisting is very interesting and to an extent I agree with you. I think that you are right, if there was a God then he would have saved the many people that perished in the Holocaust or would save people that die from horrible diseases. However, I would like to think that there is some sort of higher power that does indeed save some. Everyone has different events in their lives that prove or disprove their theory about God. I am somewhere in the middle. I would like to think that babies who are born premature and are expected to die, but unexpectedly live, are a blessing from a higher power. Or, when my grandfather survived cancer this past fall but was in cruicial condition. I don't know if I thank God, or luck for that.
ReplyDeleteI understand as to why you believe there is no God and at many times I question the very same things. It almost does not seem logical to believe in it when the world around you contridicts it. I want to believe that there is some outside force watching over us, but sometimes believeing just gives you hope to help you carry on whether you need it or not. But the one thing that is always consistant and reliable is science and that is something I believe entirely in because it is something that I can percieve through my own senses.
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