It seems to me a belief in God is a universal human trait. I cannot think of any culture now or at any time in history that did not believe in God. Since this is a universal trait I can't help but believe there must be truth in the belief. Can anyone identify a culture at any time in history that had no belief in a supreme being?

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"Since this is a universal trait I can't help but believe there must be truth in the belief."

>>>Why? Up until the 1400s, it was a universal belief that the earth was flat. There have been hundreds of universal beliefs.

(before you get your jockeys in a twist, I believe in God. I just don't believe in religion)

I was going to say Liberals, but they worship Bill Clinton as their God.

Seriously, I do believe it is a universal trait. Communism tries to remove that element, but it cannot remove it from one's heart and mind.

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Actually, that is not true. Who was it in Egypt that by measuring the angle of the sun at two locations was able to determine the circumference of the Earth very closely over 2000 years ago?. The belief in a flat earth was not a universal belief.

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>>>Alright. Let's try "the earth is the center of the universe." Or, "neocons have the best interest of the USA at heart."

Neither of those are universally accepted beliefs. Most cultures outside of Christian Western Civilization did not believe that the earth was the center of the universe. The believe in an earth centric universe was a result of Christian philosphy and certainly would not have been widely accepted elsewhere. And obviously there are a large number of people in the Surrendercratic Party who do not believe anything is remotely good about the neocons (if we could even arrive at a standard definition of the term "neocon"

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The mroe people belive in something the more credible it is?


Bigfoot
Nessy
Aliens
9/11 coverup
JFK
Elvis lives? LMAO

Righhhhhttt

What in the world are you ranting about? None of these are "universal beliefs". Are you attempting to equate a belief in these things by a small fringe group with a belief in a Supreme Being? A belief that is shared by 100% of the worlds cultures?

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There is no god in Bhuddism. There are many people around the world who do not believe in gods, myself included. So your definition of "universal" is rather odd.

Number 1 I did not have a definition of universal. I did mean it to mean eveyone however and did ask the question if there were any cultures that did not believe in a God. If Buddhism does not believe in God why is it considered a religion? Can a religion have as its reason for existance something other than God? Perhaps I should have stated my initial question differently and asked are there any cultures that do not believe in a religion.

Number 2
You are in and of yourself not a culture. I asked if there were any CULTURES that did not believe in God which I have since modified to mean religions or system of worship of something greater than ourselves

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