# Why do so many people still believe in God?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 17, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-still-believe-in-god/962965 "2022-04-17T20:24:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-still-believe-in-god/962965/701 "2024-02-13T00:23:37Z")

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Reminds me a little like, [no soap, radio.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_soap_radio)

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**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:** [February 13, 2024, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-still-believe-in-god/962965/702 "2024-02-13T21:40:07Z")

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> [@carrps](#):
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> Reminds me of Chico Marx’s line about “why a duck.”

Plus “why a fence.”

> [@Tibby](#):
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> Reminds me a little like, [no soap, radio.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_soap_radio)

_Laughs hysterically_

We did that one in Boy Scouts long before the TV show.

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**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-still-believe-in-god/962965/703 "2024-02-13T21:45:27Z")

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I tried it on this message board years ago. Nobody laughed, and I got scolded. 😠

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-still-believe-in-god/962965/704 "2024-03-21T20:03:16Z")

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> [@carrps](#):
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> Reminds me of Chico Marx’s line about “why a duck.”

Because that’s how the Romans got their water.

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