Do you believe in god?

[binchilling]

I'm asking because I'm genuinely curious, not to create an argument. I've seen a few things where trauma victims have poor faith and low belief in God. Do you believe

 

[whiteraven]

I believe in a spirit and energy that infuses everything. A man sitting up in a heaven who knows all and sees all? No.

 

[Survivor3]

I believe in a higher power and a universal consciousness.

 

[somerandomguy]

Nope.

 

[No More]

God no.

I believe in fate, in souls, in Mother Nature, in the power of the earth, in energy, in living beings, in the wider universe, in luck and love and chance and the power of positive force.

 

[Movingforward10]

Nope.

Organised religion has done a lot of damage.

 

[Friday]

Singular?

The Judeo/Christian/Islamic god? (3 down, 4 to go! <<< As there are "supposed" to be 7 incarnations of "the way / Islam / god" until the end of the world).

Sure.

As well as all the rest. (Thou shalt worship no other god BEFORE me, is not the same thing as "there is no god, but god", (very nirvana), it is priorities &/or jealousy &/or prerequisite. Fair. I can appreciate honesty. Duly noted.) The god of the Jews & Christians & Muslims wishes to be first, in all things, by their followers. As they did millennia earlier, in Egypt. And failed. But succeeded later. Learning? Is. Amongst both gods & men.

I've seen too much to not believe.
I've seen too much to believe blindly, or by the words of men.

Inshallah.
Amen.
Peace.
Fierceness.
Beauty.

 

[Tinyflame]

Yes. I go by what I've seen and experienced. I think I would call that Higher Power love, of all things and all beings equally and without conditions.

I don't think trauma influenced me either way. Except to say need and loss maybe made me more aware because of suffering and crisis. Kind of like saying one is closest to God not in pretty woords and just good times but more so rather when one feels they aren't there at all or has no words or hope.

 

[scout86]

That depends on what you mean by "God". I think human created religions are the attempt of humans to define something that's probably beyond our powers to define. So, I guess I believe in that "Something". I have ideas about it's nature, but it's a mystery. (Not a point of view many people find satisfying, I suppose.)

 

[BuildingSelf24]

I used to believe in God and spirituality until my symptoms got really bad and all the answers provided did absolutely nothing or made me feel worse.

Now I don’t know. I feel no connection to God or the universe. I don’t feel like my life has been touched by them in anyway. What I thought was God guiding me was really just different parts of me and emotional flashbacks. That’s not to say that it’s the same for others. I just know the religious/spiritual path doesn’t work for me.

 

[Dynamic]

Yes I do

 

[AngelKeeperJ]

I've seen too much to not believe.
I've seen too much to believe blindly, or by the words of men.

Well said!