Religion, Why do you believe what you believe? Options

[Spectatrix]

Some discussion about Christianity has popped up in a few threads lately, so I thought I'd start this one. This is NOT a thread for bashing another person's beliefs.

Basically, I'm curious as to what people believe in terms of religion/spirituality and why. Looking at religions from an outside perspective, it seems to me that most would seem inspiring in some ways, but not necessarily true. What has led you to believe that your religion is true and that the stories (in the Bible, Koran, Torah, Baghavad Gita, etc. etc.) aren't just inspirational fiction?

What have you experienced or what research have you done that has convinced you one way or the other?

[THECHICKEN]

Dislike religion (people saying they are absolutely right when they are going off faith which by definition has no proof...) but i think theres a good chance of a god existing. Shit seems to always happen in a way that seems .... well a little planned but not logically.

Anyway, i like to make my ideas of god based on a sample of good common sense from all the religions. Like islam for example, their view on the after life seems more logical than christian (slow redemption from learning your mistakes vs. endless hell). Would a "loving" god punish for all eternity something it truely loves? I would think redemption would be possible.

If god is all knowing, then everything would seem to just be a test. Then again god could have made "free will" so that he trully would allow us to make decisions. OR the third possibility being a mix of preordaining an end, just not the certain path. Or god is just a more powerful natural being who created us... not a "mystical" thing.

Or no god...


Screw it, ill make it simple: Undecided