Today i've had a discussion with my uncle about entrepreneurship and human behavior, reaching to the subject of the Soul. I believe our soul is connected with the everything(or God if you want to say), and these question came to my head. Do you believe in God? if true, why do you believe in God?
I used to, because I was brought up that way, and lived out my belief in a very concrete way by working for a time as a cross-cultural missionary. But I don't believe in God anymore, having at length reexamined the rationales I thought I had sufficiently examined while an undergraduate for either believing in God or not. (There is, of course, also the issue of WHAT to believe about God, as not all self-described believers in God believe in the same thing.) I have still have immense respect for persons who act out their beliefs at personal cost, but now I advise everyone in general to test their beliefs on all subjects against reality. Many of the online sources I read regularly to find interesting, thought-provoking articles for HN come from sites that have the point of view that people ought to spend more effort and care on examining their beliefs for truthfulness.
Diplomatic business savvy response:<p>"I believe there is something more to life than what we perceive in our day-day experience."<p>*Then get quiet,<p>and leave the rest to questioners imagination.<p>End.
Isn't it such that we can never know for sure one way or another? Maybe a better question to ask is: how would you conduct your life differently if you did or did not believe in "God."
Ah my very favorite philosophical rabbit hole. I'm afraid I can't begin to answer this outside of a cozy pub and without a constant stream well crafted beer.