The reason I don't believe is because it doesn't make any sense, I stopped believing at age 7, the same time as I stopped believing in santa, that didn't make sense either. I didn't need proof, people who believe in a god class have a very different definition of proof than I do. Your justification is exactly why I don't believe; "in a way you will know" - all 'she / he' has to do is show everyone at once, just get on with it and stop messing about. The reason it doesn't happen? It can't happen.
You won't agree as you simply don't want to, you don't really question, if you did you would be on the outside looking in and see that religion is all just about whatever people want to believe. Maybe it's warmer on the inside, but I like it out here, my life has been good, I've made my own luck. Religion relies on people spreading the same story and convincing people that it's real. If I wanted to believe I'm sure I could see a miracle in many things.
It's really great that you and so many others get peace and happiness from your religion, I have no desire to take that away from anyone. There lies a big issue - I'm happy to live my life without telling others how to think, yet so many people with religion in their veins feel the need to preach to those who don't want to hear it. A christian would want me to believe everything they told me, yet wouldn't want to hear what a muslim had to tell them. Why? What makes one right and another wrong? They may agree on some elements but ultimately they believe in different things.
Religion is a great tool for so many, it gives people happiness, and allows them to be content that their loved ones have gone to a good place and that one day they will follow (if they are good of course). Religion was most likely invented by the village elders to keep the plebs in order. How convenient that an all-seeing being is watching their every move.
In many places religion is still used as a tool to control, from getting the congregation to continue to fund the church (and the wages and building costs of course) through to ISIS using their own version of Islam to justify their actions and control the people. The Vatican is no different to scientology, just the latter came along much more recently and isn't as believed, but both exist to tell people what to do and generate as much money as possible. Parents use it to keep their children in check - god is watching and all that.
If there was a god it would be so simple to convert the world and stop the decline of the church - just do one amazing thing. Any being that can create an entire world in 6 days could easily put on a bit of a show so there was no doubt they existed. Yet the news isn't full of miracles, it's full of hurt and misery, war, death, murder. Any 'being' that allows children to be raped and murdered when it could be stopped isn't worthy of being worshipped. I'm sure there is some despicable explanation as to why it can't be stopped but the same 'god' can do other stuff to show its he / she is real.
Hmmmmm....
However back to the plot and my biggest issue with religion. It creates hate. Any religion that tells people how to live their lives and tells people what to think of others is just wrong. It's a shame it can't just be about good and spreading love. Telling people that homosexuality is wrong is wrong in itself, and people use that as justification for their bigotry. Around the world religion is at the heart of so much unhappiness, war, aggression. For me it cancels out any of the good it does.
You don't need religion to be good. I helped people, I've spent years helping people, I set up a charity that helps people, thousands of people, it's changed lives, saved lives, made a huge difference. I've never charged anyone, and I've never taken a penny for myself. I've now moved on, I've retired I suppose. In some ways it was my religion but there was no god, and I never told anyone how to live, never tried to get anyone to join me, I helped without needing them to do anything.
I think evryone should live their lives as they see fit as long as they are not hurting anybody. What has it got to do with me who someone loves, what they believe, or what they have for breakfast? Just don't try and tell me what I can and can't do and think. Then we can all get along just fine!
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Huh? Heterosexual couples get married, live together, walk around holding hands, and that's fine - right? Yet you wouldn't like 2 guys or gals doing the same? Why? If the straight couple can then surely they are asking for people to accept them.
Your argument is incredibly flawed (not to mention very badly written) and simply shows your ignorance im afraid. And you do realise 'LGBT' isn't actually a club don't you?
I'm getting married next year, and I will tell the world (well, locally, around my village anyway!), why couldn't a gay couple do the same thing? I'm going to suggest you stop trying to justify your bigotry now and just find something else to do instead, it's making you look very silly.