Why do you believe in any God and in any holy book?

Can only speak for the Bible and Christianity. Receiving the Holy Spirit confirmed what I already believed. When I was old enough to entertain such philosophical thoughts, I never bought the notion of everything being created from nothing. I guess believing in a divine Creator was the first step on my journey towards becoming a Christian.

I believe in God because he has showed me his presence in my life. I cannot explain to you how he did so. You will understand when he shows you, too, his presence. He will do it when it is the right time for you.

Just a piece of advice: Stay away from religions and 'holy' books. They poison your soul.

The Jews are the most fascinating people on this planet. Their journey is inspirational. Almost 2000 years without a homeland. Scattered and persecuted all across the planet. As a people, they are still going strong to this day. Despite everything they've been through, they managed to get their homeland back in 1947.

The ancient Sumerians are gone. The ancient Egyptians are gone. The Philistines are gone. The Greeks are gone. The Hittites are gone. The mighty empire of Roman is gone. Nazi Germany is over with - Hitler did not win.

The Jews are still here. Why and how are the Jews still here, keeping to their old religious traditions? After centuries of persecution, why are the Jews still here? Refusing to go away and fade away like the others that I just listed?

When I began to seriously study the Torah, I was brought through the entire Old Testament. Then, into the New Testament. It makes sense that the Son of God would be a Jew, honestly.

Every religion has a god and a book. But I know for a fact that mine are the only ones that are true!

Pretty much what the bible says is how I feel about it: " The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands."

I literally study mathematics, physics and see the immense complexity of laws that govern all, the mathematics and formulas and systems and patterns that we are still discovering and some are so complex only a few specialists can even begin to grasp the math that governs the Earth, motion, planets, stars and the universe. We are still discovering the complex, hidden systems in everything, even the oxygenation systems on the planet, the streams and hidden patterns of warm and cool water streams in the oceans. The immense perfection of flight and birds, the shape of the wing, hollow, light weight bones, aerodynamic shape and feathers...in every fowl. The way they can build a perfect nest with no coaching or training, better than any human could do with a collection of twigs. The immense information in every DNA strand, radar in bats, sonar in dolphins, the way humans are the one and only creature that can understand language, learn math and reason on the level we do. Only one creature upon the entire Earth can do this.

I can just sit and wonder at this amazing Earth and all the life and color and beauty in it, the complexity of the human eye, the human ear, the spark of romantic love, the vastness of the universe.....things unimaginable the size of stars and the distances they are. I am in awe because I know an unfathomable creator thought it up and put it all in place.

And likewise it also says this about those that deny God: "The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

They look at all creation and say all this matter in the universe just got there somehow...they don't bother considering where did all of this infinite matter just spring forth from and then life just sprang out of it....from nothing.

I don't believe in a "god". There is no proof that a "god" exists.

Same reason so many people believe in Socialism or racial superiority.
It's scary to accept how insignificant we are in the Universe. It takes real strength of character to accept that there is just one life and it's your responsibility to live it well. Most humans need to be a part of "something greater".

It sounds pretty dumb, but basically (and I'm speaking for myself only) God chooses to let you feel God's presence, kind of the way you sense when a person enters a room you're occupying.

I've felt God's presence throughout my entire life and continue to carry that feeling without any kind of coercion from my family and friends. I attended church a couple times a year between the ages 4-6; and far from converting me, it really turned me off institutionalized religion. My family aren't church-goers - I only went with my grandmother because she was left to babysit me. My closest friends growing up were Muslim, Buddhist and agnostic, which has resulted in some pretty interesting conversations, but I've never had any doubt.

I consider myself a Christian and I follow the bible - although I do think it's an imperfect book that requires context and interpretation in the reading of it.