Poll: do you believe in God?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At this moment, no. But i wish there were someone up there looking out for us. Just dont believe it. For me it's troubling how much bad stuffhappems to inncocent people. So i couldnt believe in an altruistic god. I might believe at times in a life force that connects us, but i think of it more as metaphysics. Not something to worship or fight about. Innocent pure children die every day, whether in Syria from being hassed, or in America from cancer or horrific abuse. To praise god at the same time to me feels sick or at least completely disconnected from reality.

Sometimes this stuff gets to me too. What really becomes upsetting is when I actually read more closely about supposed "saints" and find them deeply flawed humans. The Vatican recently canonized Father Serra from Spanish missions in colonial California, and he was a sadistic, brutal slavemaster over native California Indians who were forced into labor and died by the thousands. And then I wonder...okay, the church is a fallible human institution so it can make mistakes. But how can a benevolent God let a notorious sinner like that man become canonized as a saint?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At this moment, no. But i wish there were someone up there looking out for us. Just dont believe it. For me it's troubling how much bad stuffhappems to inncocent people. So i couldnt believe in an altruistic god. I might believe at times in a life force that connects us, but i think of it more as metaphysics. Not something to worship or fight about. Innocent pure children die every day, whether in Syria from being hassed, or in America from cancer or horrific abuse. To praise god at the same time to me feels sick or at least completely disconnected from reality.

Sometimes this stuff gets to me too. What really becomes upsetting is when I actually read more closely about supposed "saints" and find them deeply flawed humans. The Vatican recently canonized Father Serra from Spanish missions in colonial California, and he was a sadistic, brutal slavemaster over native California Indians who were forced into labor and died by the thousands. And then I wonder...okay, the church is a fallible human institution so it can make mistakes. But how can a benevolent God let a notorious sinner like that man become canonized as a saint?!

Believers might say God didn't do that, people did. Or God doesn't control those kinds of kinds or God works in mysterious ways. Non-believers think it all makes more sense if there is no God controlling good and evil.