How many of you, In time of trouble, weakness, pain, tragedy, or illnes ( maybe fatal illness) has called on God to help. Be honest, even if you felt it was a mistake?
2006-10-15 11:30:04 · 28 answers · asked by i serve HIM 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
For Mac Momma, since you were the first to answer with a question for me. yes I have. Thank you for your answer.
2006-10-15 11:38:00 · update #1
5 years ago, I hit a wall head-on at 70 mph and was quite certain I was about to die. I never thought to call out to god.
Years before that, I had surgery and was told that there was a risk of dying on the table (there always is), but I never said a prayer or asked for help.
From perhaps 8-9 yrs old, up until 22, I was a strong agnostic/weak atheist. When I was 22, my closest friend in the world died in my arms. It was very sudden, unexpected and senseless. Three days later, I was standing outside the funeral home while all the family and guests were inside listening to some religious dude spout his claptrap. It was a perfect summer night. The sky was clear and full of stars. I stood under a big tree, overwhelmed with feelings of anguish and looked up into the sky. I thought, "I don't know how I am here, or why. I don't know why ANY of THIS is here. All I do know is that my friend is gone, and he shouldn't be. (This was 20 years ago, and I am crying as I write this.) I said silently, "now is your chance. If you want me to believe, this is your one and only chance to reveal yourself and explain to me why this has happened." I did not ask for help, or for my pain to be taken away, or anything selfish. All I wanted was understanding.
SILENCE.
That was my answer, and that has always been the same answer.
God is just an imaginary thing that people created so they wouldn't feel so scared and alone. Our strength comes from within, and from each other. Nothing has ever made me think otherwise, and nothing ever will.
2006-10-15 11:51:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a few (not many) times when I have been in a moment of tragedy or illness. I have never done it in times of trouble or weakness. I don't see the point of this. Whatever I said was done in a moment of desperation where I wanted someone, anyone, god or non-god to help me. And as always, "god" didn't answer at all or did anything productive for me. All this question can prove is the growing influence that religion has, even upon Atheists. Possibly in a society that has been completely Atheist and never heard of a god you'd find nobody calling god's name even in the worse moment.
2006-10-15 18:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by Alucard 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I might have, when I was a child. I became an Atheist after Confirmation, when I thought the whole thing through.
I've been through several troubled times since then (my brother nearly died), etc. But I never considered turning to God, since I am completely confident in my heart that God is a creation of Man.
2006-10-15 18:47:20 · answer #3 · answered by ThePeter 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't. Ever since my realization that gods do not exist, I have never called on any (one or more) for help.
I went through a near death experience. I was hospitalized for several weeks with the possibility of suffering from deadly seizures. The life of my unborn son was also at stake.
Never once did I ask God or any other myth for aid. It doesn't matter if I'm dying or living, happy or sad, in pleasure or pain... deities STILL won't exist.
2006-10-15 18:35:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never.
And I seriously doubt I ever will since I understand the world in a way that faith through an external God would never allow me.
The best thing I could possibly achieve through a faith in God is love and forgiveness. Theses are great and truly awesome, but they can never let you fully understand the true nature of reality.
2006-10-15 18:34:31 · answer #5 · answered by Bad Buddhist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I turned to God when I was diagnosed with bi-polar because I was made weak God strengthened me 2 Corinthians 12:9-10.
You cannot praise God unless he has helped you or delivered you through things.
It is in brokenness that God does his greatest work.
2006-10-15 18:54:41 · answer #6 · answered by encourager4God 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, to be honest, my answer will agree and disagree with you.
My idea of god is really the future me I am trying to become. When I feel I am in a time of stress or a time to change, I look to the future me, or a me that has surrendered to the environment completely and is fluid with the universe.
But, I'm not going to agree with you on your effort to prove a point.
2006-10-15 18:43:36 · answer #7 · answered by Corey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was once beaten into a coma that lasted for two days. I never called out to god.
2006-10-15 18:33:00 · answer #8 · answered by Wonder Weirdo 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I call upon the many, not the few. I call upon the God as well as the Goddess. He who is known by many names. She who is known by many names.
I am not a follower of any monotheistic religious construct.
2006-10-15 18:34:45 · answer #9 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not since I realised there is no God, it just doesn't mean anything ...it's like calling out Superman or Wonderwoman...useless and no point to it.
2006-10-15 18:50:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋