lililu

As an atheist, I'm asking because I honestly do not believe and have a hard time understanding why anyone else does. I'm not going to lie, I'm not expecting much more than trollage but maybe there will be one or two honest responses in there.

For those of you who do believe in a god, in a religion, what is the reason? Do you have logical arguments that convinced you? (I haven't seen many ones that last longer than a few seconds but I'll keep my mind open.) Does it fill an emotional need? Do you believe you've had an experience with a higher being, if so what/how? And so on. If you're going to cite the Bible, you should tell me why you believe that it is true without quoting itself to justify it (circular reasoning).

I'm not trying to rip apart belief or anything like that, I'm trying to genuinely understand. (And please don't try and convert me; that's remarkably rude and it's not going to happen.)

In a week and a half it'll have been a year since my guy and I started really dating. He means a ton to me and I want to take him on a date he'll really enjoy because he deserves it (and I have a feeling he's got a really nice treat in store for me). Now, he's not a big fan of sports - doesn't like them at all, actually - and he can't do roller coasters, so theme parks are out (which is a shame, because we have a lot of great ones out here). But I want to do something nicer than just a dinner at a fancy restaurant... so I don't know what to do. I should also note that I'm pretty broke, so I'd probably want to keep it at about $60 per person or less - that's actually a splurge for me lol. So, yeah. Any ideas?