D. Wiggs i agree wiht you 100%
everything you have said in this thread i have thought about or said to someone else.. just not as well as you put it.
really to discuss belief in god is like a camaro guy tellin a mustang guy, camaros are better or vice vers. or why one band is better than another. its all personal opinion and it all depends on your background how oyu were brought up, how much you even think about it. your life from the time you were born till now has every affect on if you are a believer in god. if your parents were atheist and enstilled it in you then most likely you would be to, if your parents were christian and enstilled it in you then most likely you would be too.
it stems from your maker. but for how long. what started this.
myself i belive that god and faith was created from fear as d wiggs stated. fear is the ultimate way to controll a mass quantity of people.
take the news... every commercial for the 6 o clock news or whatever is something like this "coming up at 6 on 10tv news, unsafe grocerey stores.. what you should know about your local shopping place"
things of that nature scare people into watching tv to find out why, what, where.
i watch the news and alot of shit on there is retarded shit they say to try to scare you, get you more aware. its rediculous.
another way to look at it is terrorism. how many times did george bush come on tv and make speeches that scared the shit out of all these ignorant americans . about what we need to do because we could be underattack. he is still doing it years later. he used fear to keep him in office.