why do people believe in God and why do so many people serve God?

[Lama!]

Lately there are lots of discussions going on, concerning a belief. But why do millions of people believe of in a god and why do so many people serve that god?
My idea is as following:

What if there is no god. You do believe or you don't. There is no evidence for and there is no evidence against that. Still people do believe that there is a god or even more gods. That's since the hunters and foragers, maybe before that. Why? Why do people want to believe that there is something power fulls above us? Is that a manner to slide problems away, to find comfort? Why we always think there are gods for?


PS:Sorry for my English I hope you will understand. And I am a non-believer for those who didn't noticed that

[Sid]

Well I believe in God just becuase I dont have a single reason for not believing in God. As some of the questions asked by you Lama, there are more other things like presence of air around us which we dont feel yet it is there, isn't it? For me, God is great and will always be.

[rmholla]

I don't believe in god because there is not one shred of credible evidence to support that God exists.

That's the same reason I don't believe in fairies, talking donkeys, and bright pink unicorns.

[penelope]

I believe in God and the people who serve him. there is no reason for me not to believe in him. God's creation is a hard evidence of God's existence. God's love for us is unconditonal. He forgives those sinners and non-believers.

"I have no reason not to believe in God."

Do you have any reason not to believe in Zeus? Do you have any reason not to believe in dragons living in the core of Jupiter? How is it possible to prove the non-existence of anything which actually doesn't exist? The burden of proof is on those making the positive assertion that God exists.

Moreover, if God exists, why go through the trouble to completely erase his involvement in the universe? Why would God give man the capacity to understand His universe and then hide Himself from all observation? And don't say it's part of the divine plan, because ascribing the known to the invisible proves nothing. Why does prayer not appear to work? There are a million problems with the concept of a creator that religion can't even begin to answer.

I'm an atheist primarily because of the complete absence of evidence. To finally answer your question, so many people believe in god (or are religious) because that is what their family and society expects of them and teaches them. Religion is also a comforting way to deal with issues that are scary or difficult to think about (such as our purpose in the universe, death of body and mind). Note that neither of these have any relation to truth.