If you ask 100 people why they believe in god, you might initially get 100 different answers.
If you probe further, I believe you’ll discover that most believers believe in [tag]god[/tag] for two primary reasons:
…..just because, and
because they have to (fear & security)
Now that might appear to be an oversimplification of a serious matter and it may well be. It is my contention, based solely on personal experience, that most monotheist believers can be boiled down to either what William James, in his book A Will To Believe, called “a leap of faith” or what I flippantly refer to as “just because”.
President Bush and Every Other Politician is a Salaried Employee
Did you know that [tag]Politicians[/tag], once they are elected to office, are issued a secret “Carte Blanche” card that gives them permission to do whatever they want. Now I am just kidding but if you didn’t know better it would be very easy to assume that it was true based upon current attitudes, behaviors and news reports.