1. Do you believe that there is there a supreme being who can read your thoughts at any time?

2. What conversation or text convinced you to believe that?

3. How does that affect your behavior?

1. Yes, we're all part of a spiritual union and all of our thoughts are part of a universal spirit which is God.

2. More of an intuition, aided by various religious texts

3. It makes me more compassionate and less judgmental

1 i believe there is a supreme being
i am unsure if he can read our thoughts at any time
he is a creator. when you create a program with artificial intelligence and you create evolution it is possible the system passed you by and you may not have full creative control sometimes

2 - the world is too amazing. i do not believe it can be all an accident
sex is a great example

3 - it mostly doesnt. i pray sometimes i suppose

Do you believe there is a supreme being who can regulate your body temperature at any time?

No.

If there is no supreme being regulating my body temperature then I'm doubtful there's one reading my thoughts.

Text?

Any medical science text on 'body temperature'.

Any female can read mine. Works well enough. They're superior to males.

Being neither and both helps.

I got better **** to do, humanity. Body painting for instance.

Surprisingly little. Although I'm missing a few centuries. Good thing I can restock them with female soldiers.

where'd you go, m8? no hu? you left your water. Grok?

1. No
2. No text convinced me. I just have a brain.
3. Not at all.

No

Observation, background probabilities derived from that, the nature of the universe being incompatible with the claims of all religions. So I guess non fiction books, science, etc.

It is not something I am certain of; there are many possible realities where our thoughts could be read. I imagine the readers would take little interest in the content of our thoughts, however, for various reasons.
I have a free mind and think what I like and explore what I like. I consider thoughts and wishes and prayers utterly worthless. Consequently I believe that only actions matter, since no one but me is listening to my thoughts and feelings.

I believe this attitude creates a more moral life, since to feel good about myself or my role in the world, or to help someone, or to effect a change I want to see, I actually have to do something real, not merely entreat a supernatural being.

There is a being that can read my thoughts, but alas it is only me. And even though I can certainly be arrogant, I haven't really considered crossing the line into worship.

It's an interesting poll and a very interesting perspective on "supreme being" though. I didn't really consider how impactful such a belief could be, but when you do it really makes you think. Kudos.

#1 Nope

#2 I haven't believed it since I was old enough to think on the matter at all. I was 4 when the concept of god was pitched to me and it sounded like BS. Of course, I grew up in horrible circumstances and saw things as child that no one at all should ever see, so for me it was very easy to call BS because from my point of view it flat out didn't make sense. Why would a supreme being allow all these awful things if they were really a good guy?, etc etc. My viewpoint has evolved since and I'm 100% convinced today that there's no such thing.

#3 I believe everything has an explanation or answer, and that it can be solved. I don't spend my time waiting for an imaginary being to take care of my problems. I take action instead of leaving my life in the hands of fate. I do everything I can to make this life as good as possible and be a good person because I believe you only get one shot, so don't waste it. Probably affects me in far more ways, but this is what I've got off the top of my head.

I think there are two stages of belief in a supreme being. The first is the infantile stage, where you think there is a God who is your own personal God and who either supports you or judges you. Maybe he listens into your thoughts and "knows when you're being naughty." Most religious children probably know this. This is the stage the OP is talking about.

At the mature stage, God isn't listening to your thoughts or judging you, because by now you're humble enough to realize that you aren't all that important to God or anyone else. It's really the difference between narcissism and humility. And any good religious book will say that you can't know God until you are humble.

Unless your definition of 'God' is in-between a woman's legs.

Confidence, in this case, trumps humility.

Confidence, yes. Arrogance, no. Humble AND confident gets the pussy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxHclz4md70

1. Yes.

2. I would not attribute that belief to any single text or conversation.

3. My belief in God is the single most important factor in all of my decisions. The specific attribute of God knowing my thoughts probably only influences the way that I pray.

So do you think people are convicted and sent to burn in eternal hell for thought crimes? Or don't you believe in hell? I can't remember what your stance is on hell.

I remember as a kid, fretting that my thoughts weren't my own and were being subjected to a higher power. It was the most unnerving aspects about believing in god. I couldn't help but have perverted thoughts about my first real crush in 5th grade. I actually worried about if I was going to hell for trying to imagine what my hot English teacher looked like without her clothes on lol.

It's bad enough to think that you're constantly being watched by a supreme dictator, but to have your thoughts monitored as well? I think it was Christopher Hitchens who said that's worse than living in North Korea. At least in North Korea you can get out of it by dying. But that's just when the fun begins if you're a Christian.

When you think about it objectively, it's really a twisted system you're believing in if you truly think you're being watched and having your thoughts read 24/7. Luckily, there's not an ounce of truth to it! lol.

That's a pretty big leap from what I said. How did you get from my statement to that?

Don't know, but Hell as described in Christian doctrine seems like an awfully extreme consequence for just about any transgression. I do not think it likely.

How do you know?

Also there's no mention of hell by Jesus, who is the person Christians follow, so it's really a non-issue for me.

I am willing to bet that you've never thought to use Google to verify this claim.

No, but I've read Tolstoy's Gospel in Brief, which might be slightly more authoritative than some dude on the internet.

One could imagine a world in which Google might take one to a link directly to a passage in the Bible. Or that claims might easily be verified directly so that you would not need to rely on "some dude" on the internet or even Tolstoy's commentary.

But such things require a level of independent thought and consideration, which you apparently lack.

Edit 2: Can you cite Tolstoy?

Link removed. I'm not going to bother trying to find out the copyright status of the translation I found on the internet. But I found it using Google, so you can, too.

If that were to exist, I'd imagine that the verification criteria would have to be very loose.

I wasn't implying anything. Just asking. I used to worry about this when I was a believer. I'd have to stop myself from thinking bad stuff, even questioning if there was a god, because I thought it blasphemous, and blasphemers go to hell. Or so I thought.

That's a good view to have, but how to you continue to be a Christian while rejecting the doctrine? I couldn't do that. Or are you not a Christian? Sorry, I've been gone for a while and don't remember.

Sorry, I was feeling bold. I think there's an overwhelmingly likely chance that there's not an ounce of truth to it. Better?