Ok im not tryin to say my lifes horrible. but ive gone thru alot of tough sh*t. i mean i prayed. and i wanted to believe but i just couldnt. We are in a recession, we are suffering from global warming and war. and i alwaysed asked myself why isnt god helping us? also there is a fine line between science and religon.science has fossils and bones religon has a bible thats it. i just needed to know if anybody feels the way i do
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I want more than anything to have a relationship with God. I've prayed. I've gone to youth groups and bible studies, but i feel like i'm praying to a brick wall. I see friends and family who are so happy and love the Lord. Yet, i feel terribly alone and I've done everything possible to find peace.
I believe God saved me the other night when i was in a near death situation. I felt his presence. That is the only time I have ever felt anything from God. I feel like he doesn't hear me, he doesn't help me through my struggles, and he doesn't seem to be there.
When it comes to believing. It's something you either do or don't. You can't MAKE yourself believe anything. It just is or isn't. I think for me that's the most difficult part to accept. It's almost like i'm helpless. I believe there is a God in my mind, but in my heart I haven't been so convinced.
haa i wont hate on you becuz GOD SAYS YOU SHOULDNT!
Now I know that is not the nicest sound word, but just about everything these days is in rebellion toward God.
If not God himself, then the good book. The bible.
Even the government is in rebellion.
People will try and live the way they want and do everything in their power to try and prove why we "shouldnt follow the bible" and trying to prove "the bible is a story, its set up to control you etc!"
When we read the bible, and a good way to Know God is through this and visiting church to be taught more about him!! Then we can see that no harm comes from the bible. Not only has it given us rules (common sense) to live by in order to get the most fufillment out of our lives, it then goes to further teach you about God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit (who are actually 3 forms of one being - GOD, if you will..) and we grow closer to God.
Have you seen the famous picture of Jesus standing at a door with a lantern? The door however, does not have a handle. This means that Jesus will always BE WILLING to come into our lives, we just have to open the door (or our hearts) from the inside, a free will choice of our own, before he will come in. :)
Sorry to write and write and write but I saw a good service on one of the free God channels the other day and this reminded me of it, too bad I cannot type what I saw, it was fab for explaining!!
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How would you know joy if there was no sadness?
How could you appreciate life if there was no death ?
How could you see miracles if there was never tragedy?
How can you understand good if there was no bad to compare it too? You wouldn't even know things were good they would just "be".
Being is different than living and living is not about being.
To live is to feel and to feel you must have the ability to feel good which would be nothing without the contrast of having bad.
Look at how the planets move in harmony, how you have about a trillion chemical reactions in your body per section that you don't control that keeps you alive. You tell me all this stuff just occured out of no where, that there was no intellingence that created it. I don't understand that.
My childhood was HORRIBLE, I prayed for God to rescue me and nothing happend, but I survived and in hindsight maybe he did help. Maybe we are like ants to him and our lives look insignificant compared to what he sees and knows.
I don't know but I believe somehow, somewhere threre is more. I feel hopeful when I think there is more than what we know. Its depressing to think this is it, life is unfair and cruel and that's it. So for me a belief in God enriches my life and helps me get through tough days.
And if I am wrong and I die, it will be a mistake I never knew I made. So why not?
If atheism resonates with you, but you still want to be spiritual, it is possible. I attend a Buddhist temple and I'd say that about half the people there are atheist or agnostic. (Buddhism, like many other religions, does not require belief in a deity.)
There are many spiritual practices out there that atheists could use, if they felt so inclined: meditation, positive affirmations, yoga, mantras, centering prayers, etc.
Do some soul searching, compare the evidence--including your own personal experiences--and decide what you believe.
God is both good AND evil
not just good alone! it's a misunderstanding to think otherwice
sorry i steped waaaaaaaaaaay out of topic..got exited...
But my advice to you is to keep seeking out the truth for you personally. Don't shut yoursely off spiritually by convincing yourself that there is nothing more at work in this world than what we see in front of us, and that all you are is an atheist, because from what it sounds like you aren't atheist.
Keep seeking out the truth and it will be shown to you in the smallest of ways. We can all have moments of inspiration in our lives when we pay attention to our feelings, and you have to trust those emotions and those insights as guidance from a higher power.
There are also evil enticements which are very prevalent in the world today, but when you fight away those thoughts which you know are wrong it leads to a greater understanding of what is right and what is going to make you feel like you're doing what is right, and thus open your mind up more to a greater power.
And there is much truth in science, but science is an ever growing and expanding field and isn't always right about everything. But since the beginning of time when we became intelligen human beings there has been a belief in a higher power, this is something that has always been there for those who trust in it. Much of science can change from one day to the next.
Thanks for reading and I hope you will keep your mind open!
I'm still confused about how a human being's depiction of what she/he cannot explain (i.e. God) can be refuted...?
It is my opinion that the construct of atheism is yet another excuse for people who fear what they do not understand, as opposed to embracing it.
When arguing with other religions theist must be carefully not to discredit their own book ( because they all practicly preach the same unbelivable bullshit). But your entering a age of non-belivers that no longer have to fear death for having a brain and are more then willing to question and disprove the very excistance of and intelligent creator or any deity. Your welcome to disbelife of atheism, but I can tell you they belive in themselfs and it won't be long before churches are looked down upon as much as meth labs.
Religon; keeping the lemmings and sheep from thinking for over 10 000 years
I don't think it's wrong to believe in more than just science... but what I do think is wrong is religion. Corrupt, controlling, hypocritical religion.
Also, do not listen to mainstream Christendom. They do not even know what their own Bible actually teaches, much less what God's purpose for man is.
In any case, just keep an open mind. If atheism is wise to you, at least do not become one of those shrill atheists who feel the need to ridicule everyone who believes in a creator. Such people are as blind as the ones they speak out against.
Also try to read these books (THEY WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE! NOT JUST WITH GOD BUT A BETTER PERSON)
- Conversations with God by Neale Donald Walsch
- A Divine Revelation of Hell by Mary K. Baxter
If you want try out this website
http://www.centralchristian.com/henderson/media/
This church is one of the best church I have ever been to! The really get down to the point. They're not "Your going to hell," They are great people!!