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Hi Im Gracie and Im 13. How do people know that God is real? I think I believe in God, but Im not sure. I pray sometimes, but when I do, I dnt feel anything. Its like Im talking to myself, and sometimes I feel a little weird. My dad says he believes in God but he's not really religous. he only goes to church because his girlfriend Katie makes him (shes SUPER religuous). Anyways I guess what I want to kno is, If you cant see him or hear him, how do you know he's there. If there is a God, will I go to hell because I wasnt sure that he was real? If God's real, do all the people that belive in other religions go to hell?? Its really confusing! (link)
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Sorry Gracie, there is no God. Let me tell you how this whole religious nonsense got started:
Man is basically a fearful, insecure creature whose primarily afraid of death. So man devised religion as a way to feel in some kind of control by having a series of beliefs that seem to explain the world around them, nature and their reason for being. It also usually tells people that if they follow certain precepts they will attain everlasting life in paradise after their days on earth are numbered.
Then religion gets co-opted by authoritarian elements in society in order to try to justify the political leaders' positions (go to Google and look up, "divine right of kings" as an example). Religion has always been imposed at the point of a sword or gun. History is clear on that. For example, Christianity wasn't chosen freely by europeans back in the fourth or fifth century, but rather, the likes of the Roman Emperor Constantine and the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne imposed it on the locals at the pain of death. Then from there the religion makes its way into the cultural orthodoxy of society.
So the sum of this is that religion is a happy bullshit story to allay people's fears about death, give them some kind of hope that one day the murderous and criminal in society will indeed be given some kind of retribution and that there is nothing they can do about who rules them because God ordained it so.
So when you get no response or feel nothing when you pray it is because there is nothing there. Your prayer is merely a wish for something to happen (or not happen) and little more. If you want to express your wishes in the form of a prayer, hey, go for it, do what makes you happy.
But all religions are hustles and are more about wealth and power than anything else. Religion has been on the wrong side of just about every major historical, philosophical and scientific question throughout the existence of mankind and the bureaucracies of those religions have usually been filled by little more than scoundrels.
When you get into college, read a book called, "Escape from Freedom" by Erich Fromme. Then you will understand more of what I am talking about here.
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Okay and I think your right. Religion just never made alot of sense to me. But I still kinda wish that I could pray about something and feel a whole lot better about it like Christians do. I dont know. Sometimes I believe sometimes I dont. Its just confusing But Thank you, your advice makes the most sense. :)
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