2006-10-02 06:17:27 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
In whome?
2006-10-02 06:18:42 · answer #1 · answered by DeDe 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes. I have searched for a long time for a religion I wanted to belong to. I finally decided after not much caring for any that I attended that perhaps God was not really anywhere. Many years later I picked up the bible and re-read it myself. highlighting thinks I questioned in one color and the answers in another color. And the passages that were particularly specific to me or moved me the most I highlighted in yet another (sometimes simply putting a dot of that color beside one of the other colors.) Anyway, the long and short of it is....i found out God does not reside in any particular church but in the hearts of the people who fill it (if they are following what they preach) and if all else failed I could stay at home and have God come into my living room and commune with me here either alone or with my family depending on time of day. I am a much happier person for it. And I understand a whole lot more and I appreciate a whole lot more.
2006-10-02 06:25:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Now I am having difficulty believing all the things that my upbringing and schools have taught about God. The reason is that, although I know how the life cycle in general, works, I can't understand what kind of God would make the most caring, proud, loving person go through the most needless torture and pain while dying. What kind of god does this??!!?? Very hard to have the faith I used to after seeing my Dad suffer so needlessly.
2006-10-02 06:21:11 · answer #3 · answered by *Larry P. he's for me* 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes..........when I tried to reconcile religion with reality.
I was atheist for a bit and that didn't work for me either.....so I set about finding spiritual Truth for myself.
Funny thing is, I found most people believe basically the same things it is when someone tries to add a personality to the concepts associated with God (love, life, hope, compassion, generosity, humility, etc...) that everyone argues.
Let the word G-O-D embody the concepts without trying to make a human out of it and all the arguments vanish.
2006-10-02 06:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by thewolfskoll 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I've felt worried in my mind about his existence. I want him to be there. I feel like he is. But what if he isn't? You see? There is no black and white answer. I do lean towards his existence though. Think about this: If we suddenly learned that God existed, then people would be in crisis worrying about the sins they had commited and the wrong things they had done in their lives. BUT ... If they found out that God definitly did not exist, then after this life, there would be nothing to go to. People would feel in a crisis over their lives ending. So maybe we have to keep seeking the answers until we decide how we really feel. Maybe not knowing the straight answer in black and white is for our protection. I truely don't know. Best wishes to you.
2006-10-02 06:49:07 · answer #5 · answered by Night Wind 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I did have trouble believing and understanding him, and then he reveled himself to me and gave me a life that only dreamed of. I even at one point in my life hated anything to do with "whatever god was", but then I met the Messiah, and all my anger, bitterness, frustration with this world, and feelings of shame disappeared. He is amazing beyond words. If you have any questions about him please feel free to contact me anytime. I pray that you to would be touched just as I was on your quest for the resolution of the eternal question, "is there a god?". I pray that you would find yourself in Him just as I did, and that you life would change forever wrapped in the presence of all things that are truth, love, and beauty found in my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
2006-10-02 06:27:07 · answer #6 · answered by Nico Suave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always. The worst is to believe and follow a religion.
The problem with believing in god is if you believe you will start feeling a sort of restriction in the way you think and behave.
The worse comes with religions which is a set of guideline to discipline your mind to think in their acceptable way and live according to the scriptures.
And us, the freethinkers, philosophers, poets, artists, those who not just love but need freedom, we feel sick and demoralised.
2006-10-02 06:26:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. But I have trouble in organized religion. There are so many questions about hell and damnation. Then you have the freaks who are convinced that the Bible says we are in our last days etc. My suggestion is to relax and have a Coke and watch television until some of this compulsive religion leaves your body LOL.
2006-10-02 06:29:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I have been walking with Him for 14 years now and I have had trouble only once and that was when my Grandpa died. But, other than that absolutely not problems believing. There is just too much that He has done. Too many miracles in my own life and those all around me
2006-10-02 06:19:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No. Not when I see the amazing things he has done.
The reason i say no..is because I have been raised in a Christian home, and I accepted Christ at the age of 6.
but others might have a problem with this.
When you see the Grand Canyon, or just watch a Thunder Storm. You'll know God created it!
2006-10-02 06:19:49 · answer #10 · answered by ixoyechirho 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes a lot of trouble. Imagine my surprise when lately I feel confident that some sort of 'God' does exist.
2006-10-02 06:20:27 · answer #11 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋