Dr. Giganto

[quote:post_uid0="Reilly"]God? GOD? No.

Even if a God does exist it doesnt change anything. Our fate? What the f*ck? Our God decides our fate (APPARENTLY) so whats the point in praying? If we pray, do we get a yellow umbrella, and if we dont, we get a yellow umbrella, because God decided so. Thats really whats never made sense to me (And it was described, VERY poorly, its been a while since I last really talked about religion) that nothing changes nomatter what, things just, happen, nothing happens for a reason, nothing, not even 1 thing. If you meet your future wife at the end of a really shitty day she's only going to be your wife because you like her and get to know her, meanwhile there are tons of other women that could form the same bond with you in the right situation. Thats why not many people are special, if you think your girlfriend is speeeshal its only because you connected with her better than any other girl in your area, if you lived halfway across the globe you'd find another 'speeeshal' girl.

Thats my daily dose of positive thinking, where were we again? Oh yeah, nowt God.[/quote:post_uid0]
Just because someone believes in God doesnt necessarily mean that they believe our lives are pre-determined. Dont you think its possible that if God exists, he/she/it could have created everything and just observes what goes on without being directly involved.

Now, if you dont believe in God, thats fine, I respect that. But if thats your only reason for being atheist, then your thinking is a little short-sighted.

Also, one interesting argument i heard justifying why people should believe in God is based on game theory, which was developed by John Nash, who won a Nobel Prize, and was the subject of the movie A Beautiful Mind. The argument was:

Let's say you dont believe in God. Then, there are two possibilities: either God exists, or he doesnt. If God exists, and you dont beleive in him, when you die you go to hell (a negative outcome). If God doesnt exist, then nothing happens to you when you die (a neutral outcome).

Now, if you do believe, and God exists, then you go to heaven when you die (a positive outcome). And if he doesnt exist, then nothing happens after you die (a neutral outcome, with the only downfall being that you believed in something that didnt really exist).

And the conclusion is that, given those options, the logical choice would be to believe in God, because the results in the afterlife are either positive or neutral, whereas if you dont believe, the results are either negative or neutral. Although, if anyone believes for this reason only, then its a little silly. But, i just thought it was an interesting way to look at it (probably because i'm a dork, and a fan of Nash's work)