# Why do so many people still believe in God? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-still-believe-in-god/962965 **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") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 212
### Author: ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode) #### Post date: [April 22, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-still-believe-in-god/962965/212 "2022-04-22T19:05:54Z")
I’m back on break so a few things **RitterSport** please stay. **EverythingMadeEasier** I agree you seem to have a number of erroneous assumptions. I believe in a G-d who keeps covenant with me and who I see in my daily life. I believe because what I have experienced has been proof enough for me. I don’t believe in homeopathy, ghosts, psychic phenomena etc. An atheist friend once told me ‘You are so smart, sceptical and rational. I can’t wrap my head around you being a theist’. Being a theist or an atheist concerns belief in deities only. You also seem not to know much of Randi- who you claim to emulate. ETA- On review, I misspelled skeptic. I feel my points still stand --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-people-still-believe-in-god/962965)._