The universe is way cooler and more amazing than the prudish, thin-lipped bloke who's parcelled his people into groups and rated them in order of preference, who's not a fan of poofs, who sees behaviour not in all its complex beauty but in the dulls shades of "sin" and "virtue", who invented a great place like Heaven but acts like a bouncer at the gates, who is so desperately insecure that he demands everyone bang on about how much they adore him.

The universe, meanwhile, just magnificently, inconceivably is. It dwarfs us, yet it is made of us and we are made of it. We are all, as Dr Sagan said, star-stuff. And humans, with our unique capacity for self-reflection and morality, get to try and get our heads around it all. It's too cool.

It amazes me that some people think it's atheists who are without morals. Our deep, natural responsibility to co-operate seems inescapable to me. Aside from Foxy, all the Christians on this forum seem to do is instruct others on who to hate.

Anyway, I guess it's pretty obvious that, no, I don't believe in god.

Dear Infinite Sadness....

YES..I believe in God... for 2 reasons.

1/ SCRIPTURES -I find the evidence of the Scriptures, taken in totality, and in most cases in isolation from the rest.. to be persuasive to the point of irresistability. I read of a history of Gods dealings with a people.. who were not chosen for any essential goodness or merit they might have, but so that God might communicate his will to the world. Why didn't he just put some huge writing in the sky and announce it "I'm here"... beats the heck out of me.. I don't have a clue. Rather than dance around the philosphical mulberry bush hoping some berries will drop of into our mouths.. the end of the intellectual quest for the Almighty will always end at the same point.
"He is soveriegn..and will do as He sees fit with His Creation."
Does He know all things from the beginning ? Yep
Does He have the 'ability/power' to stop natural disasters in His created world? Yep
Do we then have the audacity and arrogance as the 'created' to question the why's and wherefores of the Creator's dealings with the world ? I sure hope NOT.
Should we hide behind flimsy excuses which in themselves are in fact an admission of belief in God, but then we reject Him? (Don't talk to me about GOD.. I've seen this or that atrocity/disaster kind of thing.)
The strange thing is.. the people expressing such ideas would not have such ill will toward God if they did not deep down believe in Him.

2/ EXPERIENCE. Jesus once healed a man born blind. His method is quite interesting if you think about it... but John 9 is the chapter. Why not read about it?
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=50&chapter=9&version=31

I've felt that healing power in my own body/life. "Instantly" from a fractured elbow.

CONCLUSION
On the basis of persuasive documentary evidence and person experience, I absolutely believe in God..and that He has revealed Himself in fullness and finality in Christ Jesus for our Salvation.

phoenix94: You are directly blaming God for all the bad things that happened in this world. It's his world , he can do whatever he likes.

If you have a fishtank, you are in a way "Their God", they rely on you to feed them and keep the tank clean. If one day you decide to throw a shark in with them, then they have no authority to question why you did that.

You have to accept things and learn that there is no evil in this world. There is simply a lack of goodness.

Different religions have different perspectives on God. If you choose to be an Atheist that's fine. But at least respect other people's beliefs.

No, I don't believe in the existence of any supernatural beings and I have never believed in any god in my life.

There are so many versions of God that everyone is an atheist to someone else's idea of what God is.

Gods seem to be disposable as well; throughout history all kinds of gods have appeared and disposed of later.
The same will probably happen with the most popular Gods of today if we wait long enough.

The reason I don't believe is because there is no evidence of the existence of any god.

If it makes some people happy to believe in supernatural beings, that's fine with me; let there be freedom of religion but also freedom from religion.

I'll start believing in a god when I'll see proper evidence for the existence of one.

The only thing that makes sense is the theory of evolution; creationism makes no sense whatsoever and is, in one word: laughable.

Having said all that, I have sometimes wished that I ever believed in a God, just so I'd know what it feels like to believe in a being so great; I've heard that there is a lot of comfort in faith when you need it.
Unfortunately for people who find comfort in believing; no matter how much comfort people are getting out of faith; it doesn't make the existence of any god a fact.

Careful what you say celivia, you might find BOAZ trying to convert you!

No I do not believe in any God.
I wonder at the devisions we men let God place between us nations, cultures and different races.
Is it not clear if God created us all we should all be his children?
Yet we find reason to hate those who are different in Gods name?