# Am I the only person on the Internet who believes in God? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [September 24, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944 "2010-09-24T23:41:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/201 "2010-09-28T17:56:43Z")
> [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > Ha, well Atheists have no evidence of God because their not **looking** for evidence of God–there looking for evidence of Atheism. You’ll notice when you have loads of people all looking for the same thing–be it there or not–they’ll find it. Are you not aware that there is exactly zero evidence for God? You do know that’s the case, right? > [@](#): > > People have sometimes asked me why I believe in something that is so clearly wrong. Because–well–I have all the evidence I need. No, you’ve decided that you don’t need evidence. > [@](#): > > Now I’m not a Christian because my parents were. I’m not a Christian because I read some fancy words in the bible and thought they were cool and so dedicated my life to them. No, you see, I’m a Christian because I prayed to a spiritual being and called him Christ, and he answered me. Not in audible words or a personal messege, but spiritually. That’s more likely you self-deluding than an actual supernatural experience. You do know that people can delude themselves. right? > [@](#): > > Now I know that you think I’m a crazy schizophrenic…but I just don’t care, because I know I’m not. And with the majority of the worlds population telling us they also have spiritually talked to another being on some level, I take that as dang good evidence–even if not for Christianity, certainly for the existence of a spiritual presence interacting with our world. I don’t think you’re schizophrenic, I think that you’re deluding yourself with a comfortable lie. You want the easy road where you don’t have to sweat the hard questions. And if that lets you have some joy in the short time we’re given, cool. But as I said earlier, it’s not something laudable. > [@](#): > > I think some of the best evidence for Christianity you can find is the historically accepted story of the disciples. Now lets just pretend for the sake of argument that, sure, Christ was another doomsday nut, claiming to be the savior, and got a nice little cult following. Not only was this nut then executed, but these diciples–of whom, out of those who had seen Jesus after they claimed he rose, was much more then 12–then proceeded to go off and die horrible deaths for an idea they knew was false, and for a God they would have known to be false. Now us humans have been known to do some crazy things, but no where else in history are you going to find people who actively made something up themselves, convinced themselves, and then all went to torturous deaths for the sake of their lie. You will find people who fulfill the first two–but never the third. If they were lied to by others, then thats a different story, but again, never the actualy decievers themselves. Are you aware that the disciples didn’t write the new testament? Are you aware that they’re self-contradictory and aren’t first hand accounts? > [@](#): > > I think one of the best ways to describe Christianity is applying it to a well known story…Whorton hears a Who. Childish example..yea..but it get the point across quite well. Of course, because wanting a father-figure who will make everything all right is inherently childish. > [@](#): > > Now if you take whorton as the Christian, and the whos as God, you’ll see somewhat the prediciment we’re in. Now you could line up every single animal in Whortons world and have them tell him hes wrong and stupid and crazy…yet he knew he wasn’t..he knew he heard them..and he absolutly **knew** that they were there. They could provide all sorts of evidence that he was wrong, such as the fact that this has never happened, and thats not the way things work, and that their are no little people in flowers, but it would have been the same. He knew he was right. And because we Christians know that this \*\*is \*\*true, you can find all throughout history Christians who absolutly would not recant what they knew to be true, even if they be presented with a torturous and horrible death. Because they had deluded themselves. Just like the 911 attackers. Just like suicide bombers. Just like Joan d’Arc… although she might have actually been nuts. Being willing to die for a stupid belief isn’t at all rare. Branch Davidians were. Jim Jones’ followers were. Heaven’s Gate were. There is no evidence aside from your self-serving wishful thinking. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/202 "2010-09-28T18:00:17Z")
> [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > You’ll notice when you have loads of people all looking for the same thing–be it there or not–they’ll find it. That’s called a _delusion_. Are you \*sure \*you’re arguing in favor of religion … ? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/203 "2010-09-28T18:01:07Z")
> [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > People have sometimes asked me why I believe in something that is so clearly wrong. Because–well–I have all the evidence I need. Now I’m not a Christian because my parents were. I’m not a Christian because I read some fancy words in the bible and thought they were cool and so dedicated my life to them. No, you see, I’m a Christian because I prayed to a spiritual being and called him Christ, and he answered me. You prayed to a spiritual being and just happened to call him “Christ”-it had absolutely nothing to do with the Bible or your religious upbringing. _Riiiiight._ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/204 "2010-09-28T18:07:22Z")
> [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > People have sometimes asked me why I believe in something that is so clearly wrong. Because–well–I have all the evidence I need. Now I’m not a Christian because my parents were. I’m not a Christian because I read some fancy words in the bible and thought they were cool and so dedicated my life to them. No, you see, I’m a Christian because I prayed to a spiritual being and called him Christ, and he answered me. Not in audible words or a personal messege, but spiritually. Now I know that you think I’m a crazy schizophrenic…but I just don’t care, because I know I’m not. And with the majority of the worlds population telling us they also have spiritually talked to another being on some level, I take that as dang good evidence–even if not for Christianity, certainly for the existence of a spiritual presence interacting with our world. So, what did God tell you? Anything exceptional, or just that you are a worthy person, the kind of thing that can be found in any self-help book and that atheists have no trouble believing without chats with imaginary beings. When God tells you the cure for AIDS, or if P = NP, (he’ll know what I’m talking about) then I might accept your evidence a bit more readily. Cite that most of the world thinks God chats with them? Different from the write-only conversations that constitute prayer. Most of the world also believes in very different gods - why is that? > [@](#): > > I think some of the best evidence for Christianity you can find is the historically accepted story of the disciples. Now lets just pretend for the sake of argument that, sure, Christ was another doomsday nut, claiming to be the savior, and got a nice little cult following. Not only was this nut then executed, but these diciples–of whom, out of those who had seen Jesus after they claimed he rose, was much more then 12–then proceeded to go off and die horrible deaths for an idea they knew was false, and for a God they would have known to be false. Now us humans have been known to do some crazy things, but no where else in history are you going to find people who actively made something up themselves, convinced themselves, and then all went to torturous deaths for the sake of their lie. You will find people who fulfill the first two–but never the third. If they were lied to by others, then thats a different story, but again, never the actualy decievers themselves. Yawn - lord liar and lunatic again. Those people who killed themselves to meet their maker hiding in the Hale-Bopp comet - they must be right. The leader, the guy who made it up, killed himself also. Perhaps the disciples didn’t know they were going to get caught? In any case, the hisrtoricity of a lot of that is very fuzzy. But I ask you this - my ancestors were living right where Jesus supposedly returned from the dead and treated the whole thing with a big shrug. In fact, Christianity prospered directly proportional to the distance from the events. Sounds like the people most likely to know the truth of the events didn’t see anything worth noting. > [@](#): > > I think one of the best ways to describe Christianity is applying it to a well known story…Whorton hears a Who. Childish example..yea..but it get the point across quite well. > > Now if you take whorton as the Christian, and the whos as God, you’ll see somewhat the prediciment we’re in. Now you could line up every single animal in Whortons world and have them tell him hes wrong and stupid and crazy…yet he knew he wasn’t..he knew he heard them..and he absolutly **knew** that they were there. They could provide all sorts of evidence that he was wrong, such as the fact that this has never happened, and thats not the way things work, and that their are no little people in flowers, but it would have been the same. He knew he was right. And because we Christians know that this \*\*is \*\*true, you can find all throughout history Christians who absolutly would not recant what they knew to be true, even if they be presented with a torturous and horrible death. Horton could produce a microscope to see the Whos. Where is yours. You’ve had 2000 years to provide evidence, and so far nothing but good feelings. If the rest of humanity worked that way we’d still be in caves. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/205 "2010-09-28T18:09:29Z")
> [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > No, you see, I’m a Christian because I prayed to a spiritual being and called him Christ, and he answered me. Not in audible words or a personal messege, but spiritually. It’s this sort of arrogance that lies at the heart of religion. You put entirely too much stock in your personal experience. We are all flawed creatures, with fallible senses and brains ill-suited to rational thought. Teasing out the truth about the world around us begins with a robust skepticism about our own mental capabilities, and a humble acknowledgment of our vast capacity for error. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/206 "2010-09-28T18:17:47Z")
> [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > No, you see, I’m a Christian because I prayed to a spiritual being and called him Christ, and he answered me. Not in audible words or a personal messege, but spiritually. Now I know that you think I’m a crazy schizophrenic…but I just don’t care, because I know I’m not. And with the majority of the worlds population telling us they also have spiritually talked to another being on some level, I take that as dang good evidence–even if not for Christianity, certainly for the existence of a spiritual presence interacting with our world. My mom has you beat. She was telling me last night how one time she really really needed a tape player with a counter on it for a birthday party, but couldn’t find one in any store she looked at. So, naturally enough, she prayed - and the word “Sears” popped into her mind. She went directly there, and found a tape player with the counter she needed. Pretty compelling-sounding, isn’t it? Of course, it’s not like she hadn’t heard of Sears before that moment. And she certainly tucked a way in her brain a list of stores she’d already checked. So methinks maybe my mom has trained her subconscious to kick into gear for her when she meditates. That, or she has a real speaking connection to God and you _ **don’t** _. I suppose that’s possible too - I mean, she’s Mormon, and they’re not wrong about anything, right? ---
**Author:** ![Hold\_Fast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58f4c7/32.png) [@Hold\_Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hold_Fast)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/207 "2010-09-28T18:32:14Z")
> [@Uzi](#): > > > [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > > > I think some of the best evidence for Christianity you can find is the historically accepted story of the disciples. > > So, you have evidence for Christianity. No one disputes that Christianity or Christians are real. You have no evidence that it had anything to do with a god or that any god was involved in your stories. Looks like someone fell in a Coy pond. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/208 "2010-09-28T18:40:06Z")
> [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > > [@Uzi](#): > > > > So, you have evidence for Christianity. No one disputes that Christianity or Christians are real. You have no evidence that it had anything to do with a god or that any god was involved in your stories. > > Looks like someone fell in a Coy pond. Koi? Regardless: 😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/209 "2010-09-28T18:42:38Z")
I think some one else fell in a What The Fuck Are You Talking About patch. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/210 "2010-09-28T18:56:14Z")
It’s an _Office_ reference, I think. In any case, if Hold Fast is comfortable in his beliefs, fine. I figure he has as much right to ridicule us for our logic as we have for ridiculing him for his delusions. I look forward to seeing the influence of people like him diminish in my lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/211 "2010-09-28T19:08:45Z")
> [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > This is the great hypocrity of the majority of atheists(and some theists) on straight dope. I’ve found thats its very difficult to have some real anti-ignorance arguments on here because of the very fact that we have so many atheists claiming extreme ignorance on the theist side, and in doing so, become the most ignorant of the bunch. > > They just can’t\*\* possibly \*\*imagine how **anyone** could be so _stupid_ as to believe something that has been “proven” wrong **so** many times…in name, religion and an Existence of God. > > It bears the same phenomenon of the Japanese Army during WWII. These soldiers that were so doctrinated with honor and ethical morality that when they began to expand into the world and see the un-moral people around them, they themselves began to treat these people as extremely immoral, inferiors–and thus you get such events like the Rape of Nanking. Ah, yes, several old standards. The argument from popularity, which ignores the fact that the majority has been wrong about a great many things that most believed. Reality isn’t a matter that’s up for vote. The claim that atheists are monsters. And pretending that evidence and logic aren’t on the side of atheism. > [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > Adversly, I would hope that an idea–religion–that I would say over 70% of everyone who has ever existed(and thats a conservative measure) has believed in, would be given the same respect and weight that atheism should recieve. No, it shouldn’t. There’s no evidence for it, and the claims of religion are logically contradictory (both compared to other religions, and internally) and contradict known physical laws. There’s no reason that the claims of religion should be taken even as seriously as claims that Darth Vader or Sauron are real people. > [@Lobohan](#): > > Religion hasn’t been proven wrong. It simply has no evidence for it. It’s been “proven wrong” as well as anything outside of pure mathematics ever is. Even where not logically contradictory - and thus literally impossible - the claims of religion violate physical law and the different claims of different religion contradict each other. The evidence against religion is such that very few people would hesitate to call it impossible and ridiculous if it was most anything else; religion simply gets a special pass. Suddenly when it comes to religion we aren’t supposed to call it “proven wrong” no matter how illogical and glaringly contradictory to reality it is; we are supposed to come up with some mathematical proof that all religion no matter how vaguely defined is impossible. And if we can’t, we are supposed to pretend it is just as rational and respectable as any other belief. > [@jsgoddess](#): > > One thing I wonder about (and would start a poll on if I weren’t so lazy), what is the difference, if any, between how believers and atheists would feel upon learning they were wrong? Terror and despair, in both cases. In the case of believers because they are so dependent on their fantasy, and because that’s how they really do usually seem to respond when they do start to figure out it’s all fantasy. In the case of atheists, because it means they and the universe are forever under the dominion of an omnipotent monster, an invincible megalomaniacal torturer and mass murderer. One who can read your mind, so you can’t even fake approving of him. And yes, I know that comment presumes that we are talking about the Abrahamic God; but let’s face it, that’s what this argument really is all about. Not some generic undefined God who only turns up in debates like this, and not some god that few or no people in America worship. This is about the god of Christians/Muslims/Jews, especially Christians. That after all is where the very idea of a “God”, singular and nameless comes from. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/212 "2010-09-28T20:02:22Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > It is just that on the SDMB, some of the atheists say out loud what they are thinking, and we find out why they are hated and distrusted. > > Regards, > Shodan Tell you what, Shodan. You judge atheists by the Der Trihs standard, and I’ll judge theists by the kanicbird standard. Deal? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/213 "2010-09-28T20:05:52Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > > [@Shodan](#): > > > > It is just that on the SDMB, some of the atheists say out loud what they are thinking, and we find out why they are hated and distrusted. > > > > Regards, > > Shodan > > Tell you what, Shodan. You judge atheists by the Der Trihs standard, and I’ll judge theists by the kanicbird standard. Deal? While we’re at it, how about judging conservatives by the Shodan standard? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/214 "2010-09-28T20:32:07Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > > [@Lemur866](#): > > > > Tell you what, Shodan. You judge atheists by the Der Trihs standard, and I’ll judge theists by the kanicbird standard. Deal? > > While we’re at it, how about judging conservatives by the Shodan standard? Can we use the Starving Artist standard? It’s funner. ---
**Author:** ![Algher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Algher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algher)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/215 "2010-09-28T20:36:50Z")
I think I will stick with not judging, lest I be judged. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/216 "2010-09-28T21:27:57Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Another of the problems with atheists is that they tend to try to argue against positions that haven’t been taken. See above - I say “some”, you misrepresent this as an allegation that he is totally representative. You may actually mean this, or you may be weaselling. I don’t know. Weaselling is all you do. **Bosstone** already explained why I interpreted your statement the way you made it to apply to all atheists - and be honest, that’s how you meant it, right? Or do you really only despise some atheists? Besides that, the idea that atheists have some sort of special dedication to making straw man fallacies is just silly. > [@](#): > > Because of the misrepresentation, as you just demonstrated.I’m sure he does. Birds of a feather and all that. Yeah, me and Der Trihs are practically the same poster. > [@](#): > > Perhaps you don’t notice the times he makes outrageous claims about how all Christians are evil and hate women and the rest of his horseshit schtick. You swallow it, despite the fact that not even once has he backed up this drivel with anything like a credible cite. It’s always some article he claims to remember reading that, funnily enough, doesn’t exist online. I have no idea who you think I am, but I don’t agree with him on those issues and I never have. I’m unwilling to commit to those sorts of generalizations and I’ve actually criticized him pretty heavily when he has done it. But even so, even if his views are extremely, how does that make him untrustworthy? He presents his case in a forthright manner and he’s consistent. In terms of debate, he’s generally crazier yet much more honest and forthright than you are, you’re constantly weaseling. Call **Der Trihs** what you will - extreme, living in a black and white world, whatever, but I don’t know why untrustworthy is the key characteristic you’ve decided to focus on with him. He’s one of the most honest and consistent (if crazy) posters on the board. > [@](#): > > > [@SenorBeef](#): > > > > The idea that anything said in this thread would confirm to you that atheists should be “distrusted” shows you to be a bad judge of character. > > I tend to distrust people who make false and malicious accusations against me. I’m funny that way. > > Regards, > Shodan Are you trying to make the universe collapse in on itself? You say you distrust me (collectively) with no evidence of untrustworthiness to back it up, and I respond by saying that you have no reason to generalize us like that and hence you are a poor judge of character. And your response is that because I called you a poor judge of character after you’d already rushed to judgement - that’s what created the original judgement that preceeded it? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/217 "2010-09-28T21:38:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > > [@Hold\_Fast](#): > > > > People have sometimes asked me why I believe in something that is so clearly wrong. Because–well–I have all the evidence I need. Now I’m not a Christian because my parents were. I’m not a Christian because I read some fancy words in the bible and thought they were cool and so dedicated my life to them. No, you see, I’m a Christian because I prayed to a spiritual being and called him Christ, and he answered me. > > You prayed to a spiritual being and just happened to call him “Christ”-it had absolutely nothing to do with the Bible or your religious upbringing. > > _Riiiiight._ I’m curious if his deity would be offended if he started referring to it and praying to it as “Kalador”, and if so, how would he know? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/218 "2010-09-28T21:41:04Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > **Am I the only person on the Internet who believes in God?** > This isn’t Pit worthy, but not Mundane. Seems like everytime I mention God in a post (in general, not just SDMB) people make comments with the underlying attitude,“Ain’t that precious, you believe in some Invisible Guy in the Sky.” I have asked the moderators if they could move this thread to General Questions because it has a factual answer: No. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/219 "2010-09-28T21:57:55Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > > [@Czarcasm](#): > > > > You prayed to a spiritual being and just happened to call him “Christ”-it had absolutely nothing to do with the Bible or your religious upbringing. > > > > _Riiiiight._ > > I’m curious if his deity would be offended if he started referring to it and praying to it as “Kalador”, and if so, how would he know? He would be instantly killed, just like all the people who call their god “Shiva”. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > > [@etv78](#): > > > > **Am I the only person on the Internet who believes in God?** > > This isn’t Pit worthy, but not Mundane. Seems like everytime I mention God in a post (in general, not just SDMB) people make comments with the underlying attitude,“Ain’t that precious, you believe in some Invisible Guy in the Sky.” > > I have asked the moderators if they could move this thread to General Questions because it has a factual answer: No. That ship has well and _truly_ sailed. ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944/220 "2010-09-28T22:14:23Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have asked the moderators if they could move this thread to General Questions because it has a factual answer: No. With the second post, I might add. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-the-only-person-on-the-internet-who-believes-in-god/554944.md?page=12)