I know since being on this forum it has helped me grasp what it is I do believe in, even if I cant catergorize it. I have found that not being able to define it has had more purpose than finding the meaning. I just wondered if being on this forum has stirred any questions in your faith?
2006-11-04 04:05:57 · 14 answers · asked by fryedaddy 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've come to understand why some people have a real *need* for God being in their lives. It goes beyond ..."this is what they've always known"....to this life we are living right now being so painful, if they had no afterlife to look forward to...well, they'd have no reason to live.
That's hard to realize about people, that their only chance for happiness lies in the heaven they hope to reach upon death. I have encountered more than one person here who feels that way...it's heartbreaking in the extreme.
Yet they go on, clinging to their beliefs, reaching out for hope, and it's not going to happen in this lifetime. Their faith keeps them afloat, a life raft on the water....bobbing, riding the waves, threatening to tip....yet remaining stable.
I have to wonder how life could have been so cruel to them......and for their sake, I hope they earn that afterlife.
2006-11-04 06:35:37 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
not realy and i cant catagorize or name my beleif either but there is a saftey in not taking sides anyway because just about all have had arguements from each group and if your willing to wait and learn then you will save yourself from the embarassment of being wrong by chooseing something wrong and you will have the time to study more religeons or to at least figure out what the arguements are about and maybe solve the case without violence but this "forum" having an effect on my faith?nah!!i already one solid choice while praying or talkin to myself whatever someone thinks but even if i am wrong in something god knows i prefure goodness and i said alot of other things between me and him to that effect of keeping my faith in the proper ways and goodness and i done know what i saw to help me beleive but i cant realy put my past dream in someone elses eyes for them to see everything so what i do question are the books and claims about god like what realy happend that they didnt write but as far as my faith in a good creater im sure of that
2006-11-04 12:52:20 · answer #2 · answered by freikeygee@sbcglobal.net 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Friend nothing on this site has encourage my faith or discourage my faith, I know before I even came to this site that My faith is On the solid Rock & Nothing can shake it.
2006-11-04 12:14:07 · answer #3 · answered by birdsflies 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My Faith in Jesus has not changed, but my faith in people has. I am sad at all the hate and bitterness I read in peoples answers. I think of how Jesus would have responded, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.
2006-11-04 12:20:47 · answer #4 · answered by Icie's_Girl 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've become cynical and a bit disillusioned. I live in a country where religion is virtually dead so it was a shock to come on here and realise that there are other countries where religion is still attempting to drag people back to the middle ages.
2006-11-04 12:09:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is a great time killer. I have heard some very logical arguments and some extremely idiotic ideas. Both have helped to cement my faith. or lack of.
2006-11-04 12:16:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frankly , while my personal faith is as strong as ever I am depressed over the lack of same in others.
2006-11-04 12:08:54 · answer #7 · answered by samssculptures 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
being here has made me realize that my ideas are not as far fetched as what they first appeared to be. so will stay with my Religious Belief System even if it is " customized " and therefore
" outside the box " for others to believe in.
2006-11-04 12:12:39 · answer #8 · answered by Marvin R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It opened my eyes to different religions. My faith isn't shaken by anything I see or read. I know whom I follow and it isn't man it is Jesus Christ.
I don't put people on peddle stools because I know how people are and are susceptible to failure.
2006-11-04 12:11:42 · answer #9 · answered by darlndanna 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have realized just how deceived the lot of Christians are. I've only grown stronger in my faith.
2006-11-04 12:08:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋