Why do so many people in this day and age have such a superstitious view of God?

Question

How does God "give you knowledge"? Is this why so many people believe that a man-made book can be the 'word of God'? Though compiled of many separate books and writings, both historical and parable, over many years, then after severe editing and fierce debate over which books to keep in or out, it sill ends up somehow as the 'word of God'?

People say that books like the Bible or Q'uran 'speak to them'. I know exactly what they mean. In high school, the "Lord of the Rings" spoke to me. I read it three times. Unfortunately, (and I even knew this at the time) real life is more like "the Lord of the Flies" than "the Lord of the Rings".

Then there are the prophecies. As with Nostradamus and Astrology, if you make hundreds of predictions some are bound to come out true. It's the law of averages, especially when the prophecies tend to be vague and interpreted through symbolism.

I believe in God but God does not miraculously bestow actual 'knowledge' on you. Now if you believe in certain moral principles, then you can acquire a certain spiritual inner wisdom but that's different.

This wisdom can protect you from self-destructive behaviour but how can belief in God protect you from physical outside forces beyond your control? Now we are back to another irrational and superstitious view of God:
1.An example of God protecting 'us' from physical harm was this: an individual misses the bus and the bus crashes. This is an example of God protecting 'us'. I emphasised the word 'us' because God didn't do a very good job of protecting the other people on the bus, did he?

2. Another example of God protecting the individual but no one else: a while back there was a large plane crash. A baby was the lone survivor. Of course, the media describes this as a "miracle" because it is good copy.
First off- why is it not considered a 'miracle' if two or more people survive unless they are close friends or are related? This is irrational.
Secondly- it wasn't very miraculous for everyone else (other babies included) on the plane who died horribly in this accident, was it?
Again, this is a common but superstitious and irrational view of God.

Of course, this is not nearly as nonsensical as literal interpretation of the Bible, such as Adam and Eve or Noah's Ark.

Why can't one believe in God without abandoning all reason and logic?

It seems that to some, that is what God is all about. The more supernatural, the more fantastic, the more incredible, the better. It's as if God and the unreal are synonymous, rather than God and the real.

Answer 1

God does magic. How else do you explain all the magic in bible?

Answer 2

God is not bound by our laws of science. He is the Beginning and the End. He is the Alpha and the Omega. He always was and always will be. Also, in the end, it does not matter if we were good or bad because we will never be good enough to get to heaven except by accepting Jesus the Christ as our Lord and Savior. I believe in God because I feel as if He lead me to Himself and I listened. One day I felt the urge to read the the Holy Bible. I had never really been interested in reading the Bible before. Within a year I had read the entire thing. I loved reading it. The more I read, the more I began to love God and His Son. Also, I take offense to people say that to believe in God I and everyone else must be stupid. I have an IQ of 130, scored a 26 on the ACT, and have a 4.0 GPA. I can think for myself and chose God and Jesus' free gift of salvation.

Answer 3

God does give us revelations and knowledge. You're confused about what knowledge He's talking about. The knowledge He speaks of is the difference between life and death. "My people perish for lack of knowledge." Satan tries to blind us to the truth because he knows in the truth we will find abundant blessings.

Answer 4

***Why can't one believe in God without abandoning all reason and logic?***



Because, the complete lack of any evidence of a god can only lead a logical and reasonable intellect to conclude that there is no such creature.



"The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason." --Ben Franklin

Answer 5

Why do you think you have all the answers if God does not speak to you and why should anyone take your version any more serious than anyone elses?

Answer 6

I love your thought out discussion. Thanks for posting it.



I don't believe in a one God concept. Heck, even those who wrote the bible intro didn't believe that there was only one God, however, that translation was changed during the middle ages. I believe we occasionally get help (spiritual guidance?) from unknown beings.

Answer 7

In all ages, and in every different society, people have had different ways of rationalising or spiritualising the way things happen, and probably always will,.

Answer 8

我這樣聰明的騾子。

Answer 9

It is better to read any other nonsense than your long winded mass of meaning less confusion.

Answer 10

私は変よ！

Answer 11

Since there is no God, we do not have to be concerned.