Do you believe in God, that good will win over evil, and in Heaven and Hell?

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Do you believe in God? Do you believe that the Devil exists? Do you believe that good will win over evil? Do you believe in Heaven and Hell? Do you believe in Angels?

On the surface, I'd say no to all of the above but I've had proof there is something out there after we die.

I had a dream when I was very young. I was standing in a very long line. I was about 5-years-old in my dream. Everyone in line was happy. No one was impatient. The line was so long that I couldn't see what was at the head of the line but I knew it was a line that I needed to be in and wait my turn.

As I neared the front of the line, I saw an old man with grey hair and a grey beard dressed in a long robe. Somehow I knew it was God. He was seated at an easel and was drawing everyone's picture. I was honored that God was drawing my picture. I was so happy and so at peace to be standing in that line. I couldn't wait to see my picture.

Yet, as soon as he finished and he invited me to look, I was gone. I was falling and falling on my way to Earth. I as afraid and unhappy. I didn't want to leave Heaven but I had no say. That's how I was born.

It sounds preposterous but I remembered the dream as if it really happened. Then, one day, I was watching a variety show and a man was telling about the dream that he had, the same dream that I had. That got me to thinking that maybe what I dreamt wasn't a dream. Maybe others have had the same dream.

My second experience, was a near death experience. I was 8-years-old and my 15-year-old cousin was trying to drown me in a pond in February and he nearly did. Never had I been as frightened. Never had I been as cold. Why was he trying to drown me? Afraid I'd tell, you can only imagine what he did to me. I didn't speak for years after that incident.

Yet, the thing that I remember was thinking that I was going to die. I remember my mother telling me not to go near the pond and not to walk on the ice on the pond. The pond was fairly deep, about 20 feet and I couldn't swim.

As soon as I thought I was going to die, I saw the Virgin Mary underwear. As soon as I saw her she said, "Don't worry. It's not your time to go."

As soon as she said that, I saw my cousin's hand reaching down for me. Weird, so weird.

The last time was when I totaled my car. I swerved to avoid the car in front of me who had jammed on his brakes and drove in a wall. If you're going to hit anything, don't hit a pole or a tree. Hit a wall. Had I hit a pole or a tree, I would have been dead but the wall dissipated the energy across the front of the car. Even though I was wearing my seatbelt, I hit the steering wheel so hard that I had the impression of the Ford logo tattooed on my tits that lasted six months before it faded.

Suddenly, everything happened in slow motion and whatever I had in the car, I watched pass by my head and sail through the windshield. Suddenly, totally at peace, I saw the bright light and there were people there that I knew were dead. I was happy to die. I wanted to die. I had never felt so relaxed and so happy. Then, I had the thought that I didn't want to die and as soon as I did, I returned to being conscious and climbed out of the car.

Yet, instead of being happy, I was sad that I wasn't dead. I was pissed that I crashed my car. Nonetheless for the next two years, I had a completely different outlook on life. Nothing was that important. Nothing bothered me. I was so relaxed.

Has anyone had similar experiences as proof that there is a God? Who knows, maybe it was nothing more than a massive chemical release of Dopamine in my brain but it makes me wonder if there really isn't something waiting for us after we die. What do you think?



 
I'm not a religious person. I lost that sense of religion after enduring and surviving such an emotionally, physically, and sexually abusive childhood.

Yet, even after having survived through the unthinkable and even after I've had years of psychological therapy, as if bitten by a vampire, here I am writing erotica on a porn board. Go figure.

Nonetheless having survived my incestuous whore of a mother and the sexually abusive men in my family, I still like believing that there is something out there, a higher power, and something better than what we have on Earth.

I truly believe with all that happens in the world and what most of us are living through now is Hell. Except for a very few of the super rich who live a charmed life, the rest of us are struggling day-to-day living a life that's empty, unfulfilling, unjust, and unfair.

Maybe God is nothing more than an alien. Maybe God is us having already gone to deep space as fast than the speed of light and returned back in time to visit. I don't know. I don't have any answers, just questions.

Is there a God? Is there a Devil? Are there Angels, good Angels and bad Angels? Is there a Heaven and a Hell?

What do you think? You don't have to be a Bible thumper to believe in God just as you don't have to be evil, a witch, or a warlock to believe in the Devil.

Only after having lived a hard life, harder than most, I'd like to believe there's a reward and/or a higher power for believing that there is something more out there. Surely, those of you who have survived war when your buddy next to you was killed believe in God or do you believe that you were just lucky?

Even though I'm not a religious person, I'm a good person. Other than to look deep into myself, there are no answers. Sure, I can read the Bible, the greatest book of fiction on Earth or I can just have faith and believe while hoping there is a God and a Heaven.

For sure, even though most of us are good people, we walk among monsters. Maybe because that's all the news that the networks report but seemingly there is more evil happening every day around the world than there are good things to report. It would be nice to have someone invisible following behind us, in the way of a Guardian Angel, and protecting us.

Who am I to complain when there are worse out there than me, people who never had a chance at life? I wonder if those who were born without hope and/or with severe physical afflictions believe in God when God gave them nothing but unfortunate circumstances and death.

I have no control what happens to me but I don't want to die if there's nothing, absolutely nothing but dark quiet. Maybe in the way it was before we were born, it will be again after we die. I don't know. Do you have any answers? Do you have your own questions? Post them here.

 
I'm no Christian but I'm certain God is real. Richard Feynman, a physicist and atheist, asked HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS WITHOUT A CAUSE FOR IT? And there's a tremendous amount of cause & effect out there.

I discovered these examples of God at work:

When I apply myself to my purpose I prevail. God gives each of us a purpose and the means to do the work.

God places challenges in our path all the time. A Slurpee cup on the path, or a Hitler, are challenges.

Ninety percent of my problems are caused by my narcissism.
 
I'm no Christian but I'm certain God is real. Richard Feynman, a physicist and atheist, asked HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS WITHOUT A CAUSE FOR IT? And there's a tremendous amount of cause & effect out there.

I discovered these examples of God at work:

When I apply myself to my purpose I prevail. God gives each of us a purpose and the means to do the work.

God places challenges in our path all the time. A Slurpee cup on the path, or a Hitler, are challenges.

Ninety percent of my problems are caused by my narcissism.

That's against the rules of physics for a scientist to believe in God, isn't it?

Perhaps, somethings have no explanation. Perhaps, somethings are beyond us to understand. Perhaps, with us such a tiny speck of dust in the universe, we're better off not knowing everything. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

Yet, pardon me for disagreeing with you about God giving us each a purpose and the means to do the work, but I seriously doubt that God wants me to write erotica.

"Saint Peter, did you get it?"

Archangel Michael looked over Saint Peter's shoulder while reading SusanJillParker's latest erotica story about Jesus and Mother Mary.

"I did," said Saint Peter. "Here, instead of looking over my should and reading SJP's latest incest story, take my tablet. Moses is done using it."

"Thank you," said Saint Michael.

"They'll be a special place in Heaven when SusanJillParker arrives. Hey? What in the Hell are you doing up here?"

Saint Michael put down the tablet to take up his sword.

"Relax. I'm not here for trouble. I heard you have SusanJillParker's latest erotic story. I love mother and son incest stories, especially the one she's writing where Jesus and Mother Mary where--"

"Begone with you Devil," said Saint Michael.

"Okay, okay. I'm leaving. Now that I know it's posted, I'll read it online. The AH Mod is a friend of mine, if you know what I mean," said the Devil giving Saint Peter a wink.
 
No. It will all end in Gotterdammerung.

Depending on your belief, that means when the Gods die in a climatic last battle with evil, OR, the Gods wither away (Twilight of the Gods) because no one believes in them anymore.

Either way, the universe starts again with a clean sheet.
 
No. It will all end in Gotterdammerung.

Depending on your belief, that means when the Gods die in a climatic last battle with evil, OR, the Gods wither away (Twilight of the Gods) because no one believes in them anymore.

Either way, the universe starts again with a clean sheet.

Gotterdammerung? Where is that? England, Germany, or Amsterdam?

Wait, the universe starts with a clean slate? There goes your 401K and there goes all of my credit card balances.

"Yeah!"

Actually, there goes me too.
 
honesty

I'm no Christian but I'm certain God is real. Richard Feynman, a physicist and atheist, asked HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS WITHOUT A CAUSE FOR IT? And there's a tremendous amount of cause & effect out there.

I discovered these examples of God at work:

When I apply myself to my purpose I prevail. God gives each of us a purpose and the means to do the work.

God places challenges in our path all the time. A Slurpee cup on the path, or a Hitler, are challenges.

Ninety percent of my problems are caused by my narcissism.

Thank you. You are very honest to say yourv beliefs here. So many will try to marginalize them.

Yes, I believe in God. I have studied the philosophical proofs of the great minds and iI see the miracle of His created works around me always.
 
Thank you. You are very honest to say yourv beliefs here. So many will try to marginalize them.

Yes, I believe in God. I have studied the philosophical proofs of the great minds and iI see the miracle of His created works around me always.

"Good morning Daddy. How are you today?"
 
That's against the rules of physics for a scientist to believe in God, isn't it?

Perhaps, somethings have no explanation. Perhaps, somethings are beyond us to understand. Perhaps, with us such a tiny speck of dust in the universe, we're better off not knowing everything. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.

Yet, pardon me for disagreeing with you about God giving us each a purpose and the means to do the work, but I seriously doubt that God wants me to write erotica.

"Saint Peter, did you get it?"

Archangel Michael looked over Saint Peter's shoulder while reading SusanJillParker's latest erotica story about Jesus and Mother Mary.

"I did," said Saint Peter. "Here, instead of looking over my should and reading SJP's latest incest story, take my tablet. Moses is done using it."

"Thank you," said Saint Michael.

"They'll be a special place in Heaven when SusanJillParker arrives. Hey? What in the Hell are you doing up here?"

Saint Michael put down the tablet to take up his sword.

"Relax. I'm not here for trouble. I heard you have SusanJillParker's latest erotic story. I love mother and son incest stories, especially the one she's writing where Jesus and Mother Mary where--"

"Begone with you Devil," said Saint Michael.

"Okay, okay. I'm leaving. Now that I know it's posted, I'll read it online. The AH Mod is a friend of mine, if you know what I mean," said the Devil giving Saint Peter a wink.

My construct works for me. I got into grad school with no bachelors degree. The dean of the grad school tossed me out a few times but I kept making A's, and he finally gave up, and I graduated...going to school full time and working full time. My final GPA was 3.65....for like 180 hours of grad school courses. I got an MA in psychology at the same time. I'd rather be an engineer, but couldn't get all the courses I needed for a BSE. So I jumped ship into Rehab, and the state then made a MA in psychology a requirement, too. Today both disciplines are combined in one department...its called Department of Rehabilitation and Psychotherapy.

My GATB scores recommended research physician, petroleum engineer, landscape architect but God wanted me in rehab.

My IQ is 85, but my GRE score is highish. Psychology required a 1200 to get in.
 
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.......As soon as I thought I was going to die, I saw the Virgin Mary underwear. As soon as I saw her she said, "Don't worry. It's not your time to go.".......

I want to hear more about this Virgin Mary underwear. That sounds kinky.

I believe in God and The Devil. I don't know that they are individuals, they may be more like forces in the universe, but I believe they exist. And I believe in free will, so I don't think we can assume that good will conquer evil. That is up to us.
 
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Virgin Mary underwear... Yeah, don't ever edit that out.

It stands the usefulness test.

And Johnson - six lines? I am constantly amazed at your ability to turn what multitudes of scribes have written endlessly about for centuries into a pithy and yet utterly meaningful six lines.
 
As far as addressing the OP's main item - it seems to me the only thing that stands in the way of people acknowledging 'God' as existing, is this relentlessly persisting (tautology? Not sure...) idea among people that one ought to be able to locate 'His' number, contact Him directly, and ask for stuff, and have the stuff turn up very promptly.

We don't only want 'proof,' we want 'stuff' given to us.

And those who say, oh no, I don't want stuff, are just being contrary in order to seem 'nice' or 'philosophical' to themselves and maybe to others.

If this could be done (getting God to reliably give out stuff without all these religious pre-conditions and rules), then pretty much no one, regardless of the philosophical or logical arguments, would ever dispute God's existence.

I don't think there's many people on this Earth who have moved into this position with God, though. Not even the Dalai Lama - I have heard him try to beg off 'asking God for stuff.'

The narcissism thing rings true to me. For the most part, God is quite a shadowy figure, but he's dealing with the universal gold standard in narcissistic, living entities and intelligent beings when dealing with a lot of human beings.

Wouldn't you try to hide from such a-holes as what most humans are?

It's all very well for scientists and putative atheists to say there is no evidence for the existence of God - but fuck me, who's doing the asking and the seeking? People who build bombs and so on and all that goes along with that and with the modern era claptrap of self-justification parading around as 'political thinking?'

'Surely God - a good god - could just clap His hands and MAKE us understand what we should do?!' (Richard Dawkins says this kind of thing a lot).

Oh but surely not, Richard!

Human beings are endowed with a very special agency, that of intelligent free will, and free will is dependent on truth; but not just mechanical, physics truth only, but also psychological truth, and a lot of other kinds of categories of truth as well, and the day when a scientist or an atheist will be honest enough to look at their own psychology, is the day, maybe, when 'God' will disclose themselves.

Is there a God?

Who's asking?
 
As far as addressing the OP's main item - it seems to me the only thing that stands in the way of people acknowledging 'God' as existing, is this relentlessly persisting (tautology? Not sure...) idea among people that one ought to be able to locate 'His' number, contact Him directly, and ask for stuff, and have the stuff turn up very promptly.

We don't only want 'proof,' we want 'stuff' given to us.

And those who say, oh no, I don't want stuff, are just being contrary in order to seem 'nice' or 'philosophical' to themselves and maybe to others.

If this could be done (getting God to reliably give out stuff without all these religious pre-conditions and rules), then pretty much no one, regardless of the philosophical or logical arguments, would ever dispute God's existence.

I don't think there's many people on this Earth who have moved into this position with God, though. Not even the Dalai Lama - I have heard him try to beg off 'asking God for stuff.'

The narcissism thing rings true to me. For the most part, God is quite a shadowy figure, but he's dealing with the universal gold standard in narcissistic, living entities and intelligent beings when dealing with a lot of human beings.

Wouldn't you try to hide from such a-holes as what most humans are?

It's all very well for scientists and putative atheists to say there is no evidence for the existence of God - but fuck me, who's doing the asking and the seeking? People who build bombs and so on and all that goes along with that and with the modern era claptrap of self-justification parading around as 'political thinking?'

'Surely God - a good god - could just clap His hands and MAKE us understand what we should do?!' (Richard Dawkins says this kind of thing a lot).

Oh but surely not, Richard!

Human beings are endowed with a very special agency, that of intelligent free will, and free will is dependent on truth; but not just mechanical, physics truth only, but also psychological truth, and a lot of other kinds of categories of truth as well, and the day when a scientist or an atheist will be honest enough to look at their own psychology, is the day, maybe, when 'God' will disclose themselves.

Is there a God?

Who's asking?

"Okay. Okay. You caught me. I did ask God for a new Mustang GT, orange with black strips, black wheels, six speed, and Recaro seats."

I've been asking the same thing for a few years now. Hedging my bet, I've asked Santa for the same thing too at Christmas. Still no Mustang in my driveway or under my tree.

I need to try writing to some billionaires and include a cheesecake photo of me wearing nothing but two Mustang bumper stickers strategically placed.

"Dear God...

Dear Santa...

Dear Mr. Zuckerberg...

Dear Oprah..."

Being that Oprah is a closet lesbian, she may be my best bet.

 
No, no, and no. I believe that eventually entropy will win out over order, if that counts for anything, but that's about all.

Ever since I was young, I haven't felt that there was any proof of a god, and quite a bit of proof against all the gods that people talk about. Is it possible there's a god? Of course. But a lot of things are possible, and I don't see the need to incorporate them into my belief system.
 
No, no, and no. I believe that eventually entropy will win out over order, if that counts for anything, but that's about all.

Ever since I was young, I haven't felt that there was any proof of a god, and quite a bit of proof against all the gods that people talk about. Is it possible there's a god? Of course. But a lot of things are possible, and I don't see the need to incorporate them into my belief system.
Probably not; I wish it to be so; no
As the previous post suggested, the question "Do you believe in God" seems often to mean "Do you believe in revealed religion", often, a particular revelation. I'm quite confident that all scriptures were written by someone, or were the accumulated effort of many, and the reasons for the first writing might not be very different from the reason I and others write and post on this site - because we humans like to express ourselves! Who can know for certain the motivation for any piece of writing, even our own!
 
Op

Yes. I do believe in God.

I attend church.

Its a UCC. The most liberal Christian denomination.

I do not believe the Bible inerrant. I do not believe in Jonah or Noah.

What do I believe? I believe in keeping an open mind.
 
I believe nothing & no one.
Religion is a mechanism for controlling the masses.
Lottery is a mechanism for controlling the masses.
MLB, NBA, NFL is a mechanism for controlling the masses.
Media is a mechanism for controlling the masses.

RED PILL OR BLUE PILL?
 
Religion served its purpose much like the trade unions did in the early days.
Unions helped make workers be treated as human beings, shame they lost their way since inception.
Religion tried to explain the unknown just like scientists attempt it today, it is after just story time. Main difference is scientists normally have repeatable tests, religion has anecdotal evidence at best. Then religion was used to create some rules for people to live together without total anarchy occuring. It is a real shame people get involved in controling religions and making dafter rules as they go along.
Now I do believe in good and evil, they are shown in the way humans treat each other.
Gods, heaven and hell are very useful scapegoats.

Now back to my bowl of worms, oyster sauce this time...yummy except need that epidural as allergic to seafood. Who wouldn't be they live in same place they poop in.
 
Yes, I believe in God. And Jesus. And most everything in the Bible. I also have no problem, when appropriate, inserting religion and spirituality into my stories here. Each time I have, it's been well received.

I also believe the biggest problem with religion is it got organized and turned into a business. I do attend church almost every week, but spend more time working on my spirituality than I do my religion.

This ties it all up much better than I can:

Religion-is-for-people.jpg


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Yeah, yeah. Demand a recount, JBJ. :)

It might go lower.

But all of us are the GO TO GUYS for one thing or another. What folks come to you for reveals more about you than any test. People have noses for your real value. No one has ever come to me for a song or for me to tap dance. I get all the stopped up toilets and rabid wild animals.
 
Religion served its purpose much like the trade unions did in the early days.
Unions helped make workers be treated as human beings, shame they lost their way since inception.
Religion tried to explain the unknown just like scientists attempt it today, it is after just story time. Main difference is scientists normally have repeatable tests, religion has anecdotal evidence at best. Then religion was used to create some rules for people to live together without total anarchy occuring. It is a real shame people get involved in controling religions and making dafter rules as they go along.
Now I do believe in good and evil, they are shown in the way humans treat each other.
Gods, heaven and hell are very useful scapegoats.

Now back to my bowl of worms, oyster sauce this time...yummy except need that epidural as allergic to seafood. Who wouldn't be they live in same place they poop in.

I'm guessing you never had a union card.
 
I believe in the Good and the Evil...I will not go into detail about my personal dealings with both. We are living the end days of humanity...as WE know it. Of course history repeats itself and I am pretty sure this question has been asked, answered, pondered, proven, disproven, fought for and fought against. So I am here to enjoy and hate the ride. It is what it is.
 
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