Reply #43: I would have asked the question [View All]

[neebob]

Why do you believe in God? and somehow imagined you had, until I read your post a second time. That's why I had to delete one of my replies below.

You started out with a pretty bold statement. Sure, I believed in God because my parents did, and I think a lot of other people believe for that same reason, even if they won't admit it. But you didn't give them any wiggle room, dividing them into three groups - doot, doot, doot.

I'm surprised you're not getting more indignant responses.

Some people never knew their parents. Some had parents who believed but effectively encouraged their kids to think for themselves and really did let them decide. Others had parents who didn't believe in God - maybe they had friends or a role model who introduced them to a particular way of believing, maybe they had a transformational experience, maybe they went looking. Some people are just seekers, without ever being abused or toxified.

The three groups you've specified are too limiting.