Are you God believer (Yes/No)?

[Rick O'Shez]

Yeah, that changes _everything_, don't you think?

Faith can work wonders.

 

[idav]

Hello everybody.this question to all members of RF whatever their faiths (theists or atheists)

I just want to know which more, the believers or disbelievers in God in RF community,how much percentage.

1- Do you believe there would be hereafter (hell/heaven)
2- Do you believe God will judge us for our deeds (good/evil) ?
3- Do you believe God sent messengers to humanity ?

I made a poll , so please VOTE
note: I intentionally don't add "I DON'T KNOW" option, to get specific/final decisions.

I vote theist but to your more specific questions would be not exactly.

There is an afterlife but probably not like a heaven hell scenario.
I believe in a sort of karma, not really a judgement but every action will have an equal reaction.
I think "sent" is a strong word. I believe god is and within everything but we clearly are not very good at articulating things from god or believers in god would all have the same answers.

 

[YmirGF]

1- Do you believe there would be hereafter (hell/heaven)

As a matter of fact, I do believe in so-called "afterlife". It's not like anything we have been told thus far. There is no heaven. There is no hell.

2- Do you believe God will judge us for our deeds (good/evil) ?

Nope. A micro-managing god is so pathetically passe.

3- Do you believe God sent messengers to humanity ?

I do believe in something similar to so-called "messengers" but not ones who whine and snivel about god(s) and say that god won't be happy with us if we choose to ignore a particular "messenger". That's not how the game works.

 

[buddhist]

Hello everybody.this question to all members of RF whatever their faiths (theists or atheists)

I just want to know which more, the believers or disbelievers in God in RF community,how much percentage.

1- Do you believe there would be hereafter (hell/heaven)
2- Do you believe God will judge us for our deeds (good/evil) ?
3- Do you believe God sent messengers to humanity ?

I made a poll , so please VOTE
note: I intentionally don't add "I DON'T KNOW" option, to get specific/final decisions.

Yes, I believe various "god-like" beings exists.
Yes, I believe there are heavens and hells.
No, I don't believe any particular god sits in judgment over us.
Yes, I believe various gods may have sent various messengers to humanity, for their selfish, delusional, and/or malevolent purposes.

 

[columbus]

Yes, I believe various gods may have sent various messengers to humanity, for their selfish purposes.

The selfish purposes of humanity, the messengers, or the gods?
Tom

 

[buddhist]

The selfish purposes of humanity, the messengers, or the gods?
Tom

The god's selfish purposes.

 

[columbus]

The god's selfish purposes.

I don't really see that.
I see the messengers doing it mainly for their own selfish purposes. What could be more self aggrandizing than convincing a group of people that God likes you better than anyone else and so God sends you, personally, Messages that are too important and holy to share with just anyone.
Tom

 

[buddhist]

I don't really see that.
I see the messengers doing it mainly for their own selfish purposes. What could be more self aggrandizing than convincing a group of people that God likes you better than anyone else and so God sends you, personally, Messages that are too important and holy to share with just anyone.
Tom

I don't doubt that there are also self-appointed "messengers" who do such deceptive deeds for their own selfish purposes as well.

 

[McBell]

I just want to know which more, the believers or disbelievers in God in RF community,how much percentage..

Unfortunately, your poll will not reveal the percentages correctly.

 

[columbus]

I don't doubt that there are also self-appointed "messengers" who do such deceptive deeds for their own selfish purposes as well.

I don't see how anyone can tell the difference between them.
If there were a God sending them, He could make it obvious to most or all of the rest of us.

But there is no such God, I have empirical evidence of that.
Tom

 

[buddhist]

I don't see how anyone can tell the difference between them.
If there were a God sending them, He could make it obvious to most or all of the rest of us.

But there is no such God, I have empirical evidence of that.
Tom

I agree; any god who delivers a message to a select few (e.g. an exclusive "prophet", exclusive groups of priests, or a specific people group(s), in a specific time in history) is definitely NOT an "Almighty, Eternal" god, but can possibly be a powerful but limited being deceptively posing as such.

*IF* there was such an "Almighty, Eternal" God, I cannot see how it's message could be anything but universal, equally accessible to all, simultaneously, throughout time and space. Interestingly, this is how the Buddha described the Dhamma.

 

[Godobeyer]

QUOTE="Mestemia, post: 4907532, member: 3566"]Unfortunately, your poll will not reveal the percentages correctly.[/QUOTE]
Anyway
Honestly I expect whom will vote Yes more than No.

 

[columbus]

I intentionally don't add "I DON'T KNOW" option, to get specific/final decisions.

Did you notice that there isn't a clear line? That your beliefs and @buddhist and @Rowan and mine(along with all the many others) make a sort of multidimensional spectrum, there are few clear answers to your OP title and questions?
Tom

 

[McBell]

Anyway
Honestly I expect whom will vote Yes more than No.

So long as you are aware your poll results will not be accurate.

 

[McBell]

Did you notice that there isn't a clear line? That your beliefs and @buddhist and @Rowan and mine(along with all the many others) make a sort of multidimensional spectrum, there are few clear answers to your OP title and questions?
Tom

The answers seem to be plenty clear... ...if one removes their rose coloured glasses

 

[columbus]

Interestingly, this is how the Buddha described the Dhamma.

Ah. I get it.
You know which is the correct prophet. The one who really knows the truth.
How nice.
Tom

 

[Godobeyer]

Did you notice that there isn't a clear line? That your beliefs and @buddhist and @Rowan and mine(along with all the many others) make a sort of multidimensional spectrum, there are few clear answers to your OP title and questions?
Tom

Hello @columbus

I just prefered to get one clear answser to this very serious question.

 

[Notanumber]

God is a contrivance used by control freaks and nothing more than that.

 

[McBell]

Hello @columbus

I just prefered to get one clear answser to this very serious question.

The only "clear" answer you will get is who voted what.

 

[columbus]

Hello @columbus

I just prefered to get one clear answser to this very serious question.

You'd rather have an answer that is clear, but wrong than the truth?
Tom