blue_guy said:
Maybe if you came up with a good answer, people would stop asking it. "a lot of things have happened in my life that I know God is there for me" is ReligiousCopoutArgument0751, it doesn't really explain why you believe in god at all.
And no, IRL I never ask people it. Can't be bothered with the following argument.
As I responded to another person,
They must know what happened, when either it's none of their business, or they just wouldn't care. I'm trying to say that the answer doesn't matter to them, the question "Why do you believe in God?" usually translates to, "You're a fucking idiot" and I'm getting tired of it.
I have felt the strength of God. I spend a week praying occasionally each day, I get a week of strength. If I don't, like if I say in my head that I can handle it without God, then it's like I've lost all of that strength, and I become sluggish. When I say THAT, people respond with "Placebo" but I just
know it's not. I've done things that I just normally couldn't do.
That's pretty much it. I doubt you'd like to hear my heartfelt stories where faith healed, because to most Atheists, it just bores them.