Why do others quistion my faith?

Question

I have recieved the Holy Ghost, I have had a devine healing from God. 5 years ago I was diagnosed with advanced uterine cancer. I had prayer and believed. When I went back to the doctor for more tests the cancer was gone and left no trace of ever being there. Even my doctor had to admit that it was infact a miracle. My oldest daughter had meningicocal meningitus January of last year and nearly died, the Lord healed her of this, she also had 50 lb of her sister land on top of her chest from 4 ft above she lost concisness and went into convulsions she made it through that with no evidence it ever happend. With all the gifts the Lord has given me, why in the world would anyone want me to quision my faith in God. My faith is strong and I shall not be moved. I dont say this for anyone to to acuse me of trying to convert anyone. But people on here ask all the time for proof of God nad here is my proof.

Answer 1

Don't worry about what other people say. You know what you know. You don't have to prove anything to a bunch of joyless nincompoops.

Answer 2

I would say that is an amazing series of coincidence but not proof. The reason I say it is not proof of God is because a multitude of religions have proofs of miracles.

I have heard of people who have been diagnosed with cancer and then it is gone. This does not mean god exists, it just means that current technology is not sufficient to explain it.


Regardless I can see why you would believe it is proof because it happened to you. I worked in a nursing home for several years with very devout people. Not once did I witness a miracle from God.

Answer 3

As I have often said, God is experitial. We experience God and that's the only proof we have. I believe in God because of my experiences. Hindu teachings even make it clear that each of us will experience God differently and that we shouldn't attack each other over such matters. Those who don't believe in God may just not have had any experience of God. While there are certainly those who, like their theist counterparts, often feel somehow obligated to make us all atheist in a sense, thankfully the vast majority of Atheists are a lot like people of other religions (Christian, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Jainism, etc) and simply live and let live.

People will always question other people's faith. I'm a Hindu and it is rare that when I meet other people that they aren't trying to convince me that I'm in the wrong religion or that my beliefs are false, etc. Like you, I have experienced God and Hinduism relates those experiences far better for me than other religions (trust me I've actually explored other religions and I have friends of other religions so it isn't as if I just accepted some religion at random or anything like that).

I think those who are questioning your faith are those that are like I encounter. Whatever experience they have had they cannot figure out why you have chosen a different expression of that experience. Or for those who have had no experience or define the experience from a more atheistic perspective rather than a theistic perspective they may be simply inquiring just to gain some understanding about your experience and perspective (which you so wonderfully stated here).

God's big enough for all of us to experience, even if each of us in our own individual and unique way perceive these experiences differently. We should just respect one another, theist and atheist. Some question out of genuine interest and intrigue others question to try to convert. The best thing to do is not to get offended or hurt, but to learn to become more aware of why the questioner is inquiring in the first place.

Peace be with you.

Answer 4

All i can say is amen to your testimony. That's the God i know! No matter how many times people question your faith you shouldn't let that sway your belief because we know what our God can do and what he has done and what we have yet to see him do. So God bless you and may you continue to walk with Christ. I liked the fact that you stood on your faith because the bible says in Hebrew11;1 faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Reading your answer that's what you stood on.

Answer 5

The people who ask you, they arent you. They are someone else.
They dont know or experience God as you do.
Is that surprising?

If they dont know you, and they dont understand your beliefs or experiences, they can not be asking for or about them. Jesus said "we can only tell about things we have seen, or talk about what we know". They dont know you, your faith, or your God therefore they can not be questioning them.

Although they are speaking questions, there are many unspoken ideas behind them. Its very healthy to ask "what is the question behind the question?" every time you are ever asked a question.

They are tacitly admitting their experience, and expressing their opinion, understanding, and beliefs. Until they see God in their experience they cant tell about him, and until they understand God in their mind they can not discuss him. They are, at best, speaking about something that is a vague idea, something they learned about second-hand, and not first-hand.

When you understand what the question behind the question is, if there is a question at all there.. you can speak directly to it. That helps save you from the longer much less productive route of answering the directly asked question.

Answer 6

Why do you bother with doctors? Seems the good lord has taken a personal interest in you and your loved ones.

Answer 7

I am glad that you are happy with your beliefs. But, you do not need to constantly bring them up to other people.

Say, you are a cancer survivor, your daughter got well. etc.,. You do not need to go into this long spiel.

Answer 8

There are miracles with out ever having "God" involved.

Answer 9

If God is so good, why did these diseases afflict you and your family in the first place?

Answer 10

Your doctor is either catholic or was just pulling your leg for kicks.