• Question: do you believe in god

    Asked by anon-215223 to Laura, Kathryn, Ian, Chris, Bogdana, Alex on 14 Jun 2019.
    • Photo: Ian Cookson

      Ian Cookson answered on 14 Jun 2019:


      Yes, but not in the way religion tells us. I think if there’s an omnipotent being then they wouldn’t give you a load of rules to follow.

    • Photo: Kathryn Atherton

      Kathryn Atherton answered on 16 Jun 2019: last edited 16 Jun 2019 8:57 am


      No, I don’t. But neither do I believe in the absence of god.

      My hypothesis is the null hypothesis – that there is no god – but I would be willing to reject that, as I would any null hypothesis, in the presence of evidence to the contrary.

      I consider it vanishingly unlikely that a god akin to that proposed by any of the world’s major religions exists (but that is not to say that it is certain that none of these gods exist). However, I consider it more likely that we will one day find evidence for something that one could call god.

    • Photo: Bogdana Huma

      Bogdana Huma answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      I don’t personally, but I understand and respect others’ beliefs (friends and family members for instance) who do believe in god.

    • Photo: Alex Lloyd

      Alex Lloyd answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      I do, but I try to keep my personal beliefs separate from my work as much as possible.

    • Photo: Laura Fisk

      Laura Fisk answered on 17 Jun 2019:


      Yep, I think so. At least, I don’t assume I can know God doesn’t exist – who am I to say or know that?! But I’m not involved in any organised religion, but engage with God on a personal basis, moslty by trying to be the best person I can be and to help others as much as I can 🙂

    • Photo: Chris Fullwood

      Chris Fullwood answered on 18 Jun 2019:


      No, but I’m respectful of other people’s beliefs.

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