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Message: <blockquote data-quote="IcedEarth" data-source="post: 6617885" data-attributes="member: 265362">Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile  world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of  injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and  volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of  a God that gives him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and  consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people  become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief  in a God gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will  hear them explain that they believe in a particular God because they prayed in  time of need and their prayer was answered. All this supports the Buddha's  teaching that the God-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha  taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly  and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with  irrational belief but with rational understanding. The second reason the Buddhists do not believe in a Creator-God is  because there does not seem to be any evidence to support this idea. There are  numerous religions, all claiming that they alone have God's words preserved in  their holy book, that they alone understand God's nature, that their God exists  and that the Gods of other religions do not. Some claim that God is masculine,  some that she is feminine and others that it is neuter. They are all satisfied  that there is ample evidence to prove the existence of their God but they laugh  in disbelief at the evidence other religions use to prove the existence of  another God. For centuries, men have prayed to God for protection from war, from  natural calamities and disease. Yet till today, these prayers remain unanswered.  This is not surprising.  Even less surprising is that so many different  religions having spent so many centuries trying to prove the existence of their  God there remains no real, substantial or irrefutable evidence. The third reason the Buddhists  do not believe in a  Creator-God is  that the belief is not necessary. Some claim that the belief in a God is  necessary in order to explain the origin on the universe. But this is not so.  Science has very convincingly explained how the universe came into being without  having to introduce the God-idea. Some claim that belief in God is necessary to  have a happy, meaningful life. Again we can see that this is not so. There are  millions of atheists and free-thinkers, not to mention many Buddhists, who live  useful, happy and meaningful lives without belief in a God. Some claim that  belief in God's power is necessary because humans, being weak, do not have the  strength to help themselves. Once again, the evidence indicates the opposite.  One often hears of people who have overcome great disabilities and handicaps,  enormous odds and difficulties, through their own inner resources, through their  own efforts and without belief in a God. Some claim that God is necessary in  order to give man salvation. But this argument only holds good if you accept the  theological concept of salvation and there is no reason nor any other reasonable  basis to accept such a concept.  Based on his own experience, the Buddha saw that each human being had the  capacity to purify the mind, develop infinite love and compassion and perfect  understanding. He shifted attention from the heavens to the heart and encouraged  us to find solutions to our problems through self-understanding.<a href="http://www.parami.org/buddhistanswers/what_about_god.htm" target="_blank">http://www.parami.org/buddhistanswers/what_about_god.htm</a></blockquote>

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