50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God


 * For the widely circulated e-mail, see 50 reasons to believe in God.

50 Reasons People Give for Believing in a God is a book by Guy P. Harrison.

Outline
The following list comes from the table of contents:
 * 1) My god is obvious.
 * 2) Almost everybody on Earth is religious.
 * 3) Faith is a good thing.
 * 4) Archaeological discoveries prove that my god exists.
 * 5) Only my god can make me feel significant.
 * 6) Atheism is just another religion.
 * 7) Evolution is bad.
 * 8) Our world is too beautiful to be an accident.
 * 9) My god created the universe.
 * 10) Believing in my god makes me happy.
 * 11) Better safe than sorry.
 * 12) A sacred book proves my god is real.
 * 13) Divine justice proves my god is real.
 * 14) My god answers prayers.
 * 15) I would rather worship my god than the devil.
 * 16) My god heals sick people.
 * 17) Anything is better than being an atheist.
 * 18) My god made the human body.
 * 19) My god sacrificed his only son for me.
 * 20) Atheists are jerks who think they know everything.
 * 21) I don't lose anything by believing in my god.
 * 22) I didn't come from a monkey.
 * 23) I don't want to go to hell.
 * 24) I feel my god when I pray.
 * 25) I need my god to protect me.
 * 26) I want eternal life.
 * 27) Without my god we would have no sense of right and wrong.
 * 28) My god makes me feel like I am part of something bigger than myself.
 * 29) My religion makes more sense than all the others.
 * 30) My god changes lives.
 * 31) Intelligent design proves my god is real.
 * 32) Millions of people can't be wrong about my religion.
 * 33) Miracles prove my god is real.
 * 34) Religion is beautiful.
 * 35) Some very smart people believe in my god.
 * 36) Ancient prophecies prove my god exists.
 * 37) No one has ever disproved the existence of my god.
 * 38) People have gone to heaven and returned.
 * 39) Religion brings people together.
 * 40) My god inspires people.
 * 41) Science can't explain everything.
 * 42) Society would fall apart without religion.
 * 43) My religion is so old, it must be true.
 * 44) Someone I trust told me that my god is real.
 * 45) Atheism is a negative and empty philosophy.
 * 46) Believing in a god doesn't hurt anyone.
 * 47) The earth is perfectly tuned to support life.
 * 48) Believing is natural so my god must be real.
 * 49) The end is near.
 * 50) I am afraid of not believing.