Why are you faithful?

Question

In your religion, that is. what makes your religion so easy to accept? no proof exists. were u just taught to believe in god? ...

Answer 1

at a younger age, yeah, it was because i was "taught." at this age, 44, it's because logically there is no other explanation out there....the big bang...well, where did that come from? nobody has actually DISPROVEN the existence of God to me just yet. i practice wicca, which is a totally subjective and personal religion for me. i choose my "church" and my "altar" and my time for reverance to God and all that He has created. i believe because it is logical and makes sense. yes, i believe in Jesus Christ as well, based on facts that have been submitted that prove He existed as well. i can't cite the sources at the moment, but my desert years gave me the faith i needed. hope this helped! blessed be!

Answer 2

When you look at the big picture you have to realize that there is something greater than man here, and hopefully better.

To have faith is to believe without doubt that there is a creator one God, one son and one holy spirit. You either believe or you don't there usually is no in between unless you just like to go with the flow and don't really have an opinion on anything, but you can usually pick them out, the ones that just want to be popular and will agree with blindly with what you say because heaven forbid they think for themselves and take a chance of being rejected even if everyone in the room are strangers and will probably never have to see them again. Being popular is that important to some fools, but the one that is true, the one that is unwavering in the face of uncertainty will get the prize.

Answer 3

I now feel I don't need a religion since God was the one who was my teacher through life experiences, God as my protector, saved my life more times than a cat has, and God gave me proof, since his presence has came to me, and I felt what he said. Especially all that I been through, I had reason more than most to quit, But I trusted God, and in time was able to see the whole picture, gain knowledge and understanding, that's why I am faithful, it started with faith as small as a mustard seed, and the seed grew, to where nothing on this earth can take it from me.

Answer 4

As a Christian, I can give you some things to think about. The Torah and the Koran backs up some of the "stories" and prophise that are written in the bible. There are records from aintient Rome that are proof of Jesus's cruxifiction. Try reading Stroebel's books "Case for-". He was an athiest, who, later became a believer.
I find that my everyday life compel's my faith. That, and my near death experience....
I was hit by a car when I was about eight. When my body landed on the ground, I felt my brother moving me from the gravel to the grass. I later found out that I was proppelled five feet high into a cinderblock wall and had came to rest onto the gravelled drive. I could hear the sirens approaching and muffled voices around me. I felt myself being lifted again. But, this time I saw myself going above my brother as he was looking down at someone. I soon realized that that someone was me! I then looked upward towards the clouds. Next I was hearing voices and not sirens. Not words but music, very calming and pleasant. I was soon greeted by a person that I felt very familure with, but, didn't know. I remember saying that I wanted to stay. I was told that it wasn't time yet. One day I would be back, but I had something very important that I had to do. I was given that moment of peace and reasurring. Still I asked if I could stay. I felt a tug and a pull, as I heard her say "you must go back". Next I knew I was in an ambulance, near the hospital drive. A man in a white jacket was pushing on my chest, frantically saying "not now - not yet". He looked very pleased with my opened eyes!
What I have been taught befor then didn't matter. What has happened since, has guided me. Do I have faith? YES. I think that I'd be crazy by now without faith. Troughout my personal spiritual warfare, and that of my family, I have been given peace beyond measure. Faith in God, Jesus and his promise, have kept me strong. Many who know me, very well, know that my troubles have been great. Only God could have pulled me through those times. Even when I forgotten my visitation, I was brought back from the brink of hell.
Acceptance was a no brainer! Blindly, do I follow now! Joyfully do I talk with God, even when I am in pain.
Oh, befor I forget. The person I met in heaven was an aunt. She died when I was just a few month's old. She held me once in her arms. We had gathered for a family get together. While looking at old photo's I pulled out one and gave it to my mom. After seeing her odd look, I explained that she was the "lady" who told me I had to go back. The kitchen got real quiet as my mom said "imposible, she died while you were a baby".

Answer 5

To have faith in all that is seen and unseen is faith of the utmost faith! I never saw anything to prove otherwise but still had faith then one fine day when I had a very deep spiritual epiphany I started to see beautiful blue white lights and orange orbs with long tails start to follow me for over a twenty four hour period. If I had any reservations belief wise then I sure don't now! One should never doubt the beauty of the other world that awaits us when we leave here. The key to life is to have faith although nothing has ever been proven to you. I have seen the proof so my faith has shown itself to me but for many who have not and still have faith is amazing. Much more than myself. Do not ever doubt faith in a God above or you starve yourself of life itself.

Answer 6

But there are plenty of historical documents from Christian writers, to Jewish writers, to pagan Roman records that valid my Roman Catholic Faith.

The lineage of the Pope:

Peter - Pope Benedict XVI

First 10 with years of Office

1. St. Peter 33 - 67
2. St. Linus 67 - 76
3. St. Anacletus 76 - 88
4. St. Clement I 88 - 97
5. St. Evaristus 97 - 105
6. St. Alexander I 105 -115
7. St. Sixtus I 115 - 125
8. St. Telephorus 125 - 136
9. St. Hyginus 136 - 140
10. St. Pius I 140 - 55

Historical Fact of the Popes of the first 150 years.

Answer 7

Would you believe me if I say to you that my faith in God did not come so easy in my life? I had doubts about God's power and existence. So it was a battle between good and bad. I was not even a willing heart when a Christian will try to talk to me about Jesus. Who are they to tell me. I heard Jesus name all over the churches. I already knew about Jesus, and so I thought.

There's no way that proof about God does not exist. I will speak about my own experience. God did not force me to believe in Him. I never read a Bible in my life, I knew nothing about what they are saying of being saved. Until Jesus came to my life like a thief in the night. I felt His presence through His Holy Spirit and I knew in my heart it was Him. From then on, I knew that God exists. When He came to my life, I did not even have an incurable desease, what I had was PRIDE.

My life has changed and no one even had to convince me-- no one told me about the Gospel. I've accepted that Jesus is my Lord and Savior. God did not force me to read the Bible. I read it on my own and He "unlocked" His truth and wisdom for me to see.

Answer 8

Because I love God. He has answered so many prayers that I can't count them all. He is my rock when life seems so unsure. I can't imagine living without Him.

Being around other believers and worshipping and praising God together is what life is all about. I have all the proof I need.

Answer 9

Nope. I didn't believe and God sent someone to bring me back.

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 10

I was raised to believe in God, but it was my choice to accept Him as my Lord and Savior once I became an adult and saw the miracles He performed in my life. One may ask, "How can you believe in something that you can not see" And I answer, "I can not see the air I breathe, but I know it exists and without it I have no life" Without God- I have no life.