God is a question, not an answer

I don't know why people get so worked up about this kind of topic. Either you believe or don't believe. You accept all the teachings, or some, or none. Some people need concrete proof, others rely on faith. A person can't be forced to believe what's not in their nature. But can be forced to behave against their nature.
Some have a mind which accepts the existence of the non-material, others haven't.
My religious belief includes trying to adhere to a certain code of behaviour, but then this applies to many atheists as well.

For some people God is a question and for some an answer. It depends entirely on the individual person. Everyone is different, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. I think religion is a private matter and each to his own. I can't see what there is to discuss particularly as no one can ever definitely know one way or the other until we're dead!!

elegran, yes. Exactly.

niggly, what you say in your lasr sentence is essentially what I meant when I said I didn't care about the existence or otherwise of god: it's all speculation so, like, shrug!

"So, like, shrug!" is my motto

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niggleynellie

That's it, in a nutshell.

As Dave Allen was known to say, 'May your god go with you.'

Well, quite!