God is real. True or False

[Heep]

This is all I'm going to say...I don't want to get into this again, it went on for about a month a long time ago in the philosphy forum, and that's probably where this thread will go in a few minutes....but....MBTN: "Where did God come from? Who created God?"

I have no idea. Nobody does. So, my question is similar. Where did the little exploding speck or whatever was the first evolution thing come from? Who created it?

[kris]

Man, you guys all suck. I didnt want this in the philosophy forum. I didnt want this to be a religion discusion.

[MBTN]

How many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop!? We may never know!

[JD@af]

Me being the pompous ass that I am, I am going to open a close thread in order to get my two cents in here.

This argument has occurred in at least two other threads historically in this forum. It has been batted back and forth over and over and over again. That being said, my personal philosophy is that organized religions have gone too far in my opinion in assigning details to "the unknown," details that should not be because we as mere mortals have been too presumptuous in claiming to have knowledge about them. I do believe in what some call "God," but to me it is an intangible force that oversees all, indeed works in mysterious ways, and cannot be characterized as most religions would have us believe. That I believe in. I usually refer to is as "fate," but by my understanding, it does not differ by definition from what others call God.

I won't touch the evolution/creation argument, save to say that I am an "evolutionist," but yet that there are things that cannot be explained, and that I can personally say that by accepting this and believing in it, I feel more at peace with the world. Believing in something like this gives one inner strength, and confidence, because belief gives direction and cause when worldly motivations fail to do so. For this reason, spirituality and religion play an important role that has been lost to so many, sadly. Believing in something, without even knowing what that something is, is a good thing. It has just been mismarketed for so long that many have lost the faith.