Do you ever wish you believed in the bible?

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I'm agnostic, and I was never raised religiously, but sometimes, I kind of wish that I believed in God and some things from the bible just because I feel like I'd feel safer and more positive. It's true, I've found other ways before to feel this way without believing in God and such, but I do find the bible interesting, and I feel like I wouldn't mind it if I could have faith in it, but there's just no way that I can at this point, sadly. I think that I am going to read it though for entertainment. I've read some of it before. I wish there was a way that I could believe. Anything that anyone could try to get me to have faith would only result in me lying to myself, because I'd be lying if I said I truly felt like it's all true. After all, I am agnostic, and I'm extremely reliant on evidence rather than faith most of the time, so maybe I'm just not meant to believe in the bible. I do believe that somehow things are all planned to end up a certain way no matter what in order for other things to happen, so it's kind of like I believe in God, but I don't really.

I know what you're saying, having faith is probably pretty comforting to be that have it. Do I wish I had this faith, I dunno probably not as much as I just wish certain things were certifiably true.

I wish that faith and prayer would be demonstrated on a daily basis to actually regenerate lost and crippled limbs, restore missing eyes and organs, and resurrect the dead.

But no, it is all only hearsay and rumor; and a lot of amputees will have to go on living with prosthetics, pain, and condescending attitudes from clueless religious people.

From my standpoint, I wouldn't mind it if there was a Heaven to go to after one leaves one's earthly existence.

Good luck in your study of the Bible, Serena.

For poetry, I recommend the King James version. For clarity, I would recommend one which is written in 20th-21st century English.

I wish I believed in reincarnation. Now that would be cool.

I was raised christian. After a while I realized that I was just imitating those around me. I didn't feel a special connection to god like all the others did. I realized that for me to believe in something I had to feel a faith in it. So I left.

I think it's that I wish that there was proof more than I wish I had faith. That's it.

Go ahead and read the bible...if you find things in it you find useful to apply to your life, go ahead and do that...there are a lot of stories that reflect decent morals, though you might also find a lot of horrid things as well that you would not agree with. But nothing should stop you from taking what you find useful out of a religion/ideology to apply to your life without becoming a full on bible thumping christian for instance.

I would like for there to be something to believe in. I think the closest thing to a religious experience that I've had was watching Star Wars in 1977.

Nope. If the bible is true then whether you believe in it or not we are all under the thrall of a particularly vindictive, vain, petulant murderous tyrant.

However would I like to believe in the cherry picked nice bits about wonderful and peaceful afterlife, of course I would, one would have to be nuts not to. Unfortunately to believe in this requires the believer not think to hard or closely at the concept. For me the cat is well and truly out of the bag and has been for most of my life.

I console myself when I think about the fact that I will die, with the thought of how darn lucky I am to have had this life. Mind you if I had not had this life then I would have no idea what I was missing, so the point is somewhat mute. What I find bizarre is the death wish some religious people have as they are in a hurry to get to heaven

I feel like it would be nice if i could believe in Christianity. I would fit in a little better but it doesn't stop me from believing in God or liking church. I just can't actually believe in what it teaches.

I do.
and that's even being aware of how much of a thug the christian god is and how little sense the whole thing would make assuming everything is determined anyway.. i don't think free will fits into even theological worldviews.
We'd be like ants in a pointless experiment done for the creator's entertainment.
Okay, maybe I don't.
I do like the justice aspect of it though, and if god existed, maybe i'd at least have a friend to talk to.
It might also give a sense of belonging.. and something to fight for.

I believe in the Quran, which corrects a lot of the stuff the Bible got wrong. So no.

"Believing in the Bible" literally?

Like you mean: believing that talking snakes, guys living to be 900 years, and that the sun stood still in the sky, actually happened?

Not sure what the appeal of that would be. That would mean that the world was even crazier, and more unpredictable than it is.

No. I don't ever wish the bible was real. The stories are ridiculous.