In the process of seeing things from a different perspective and very grateful to even be considered worthy enough to be given a chance to learn from my recent experinces.....
2007-01-31 17:36:14 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
When realizing that life can be taken away in a split second you realize that God has that power to do so. I graduated in 2004 from High School and so far about 15% of my class is already dead. For some reasons not known of.
God has His ways of testing some people. I believe that life now, has brought me close to him and realize that my life is very precious.
2007-01-31 17:43:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I was molested for an entire year when I was 11. It was after no one believed me and no one came to the rescue that I wised up and realized I had to learn how to rely on and save myself or I'd continue to be a victim. After getting a taste of intillectual freedom and finding strength in myself - I began questioning my *faith*. When I was about 13, I realized Christianity had too many flaws for my liking and it wasn't for me. My view of God transformed dramatically. I became an Atheist. But then I realized I still believed in a Divine force due to several personal experiences. I finally converted to Paganism, which is where I've been for the last 20 years or so. My view of God now doesn't include something external and intangible as it did when I was a child. In this journey I found strength, happiness, and now I love my life and have a deeper relationship with the divine. So in the end - a very negative experience turned my life around (in all aspects including the spiritual) for the better and yielded a positive result.
2007-02-01 01:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by swordarkeereon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply too many things that do not make logical or reasonable sense to me. I am a person who needs logic in my answers to accept them. It is who I am. I will not appologize for it. I often used to fear even asking the questions because I was terrified God would strike me down. I feared it so much I just tried not to even think about things like that at all. I figured it was better to just avoid the issue all together. I have since come to reason that if God was the one who gave me this brain then he will have to deal with my questions and the fact that I think some things are illogical and nonsensical. I am not atheist but I can tell you that I think the bible is a bunch of bs and it only makes me believe less and less in God. If he wrote this for us to believe then he made a mistake because he did just the opposite for alot of people.
2007-02-01 02:24:23 · answer #3 · answered by CelticFairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as a child I believed in a god who healed the sick and fed the hunger , helped the homeless and didn't allow children to get hurt or sick. I have grown up and see that these things happen. I know that God does still care and loves us, I just don't understand why all the suffering of the children. I don't even try to pretend to understand. I will let God show me in his own time. I used to trust Doctors TOO. But that is out the window.
2007-02-01 01:44:12 · answer #4 · answered by freesample1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Catholic School. Went for 4 years - was always quiet, but one day a friend of mine wanted me to stand by her in glee club and pulled me over to her -and without me even saying a word, the nun came and slapped me across the face for it. I walked out and went home and told my mom who took me back to school and asked the nun why she hit me and the nun said she didn't - the red hand print on my face said otherwise.
Combine that with the fact that when I asked questions concerning religion to the parish priest and another nun - they would never answer. The priest even told me he didn't have time for me!
From that point on, I became more aware! The do as I say, not as I do mentality, the hypocrisy - just a huge let down for me.
I do see things from a new perspective and I do believe! (I just don't believe in what people tell me to believe in) Blessed be
2007-02-01 01:56:48 · answer #5 · answered by Elke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say it's been just one event for me. It's been the culmination of a lot of things that have changed my view on life over the past few years, and has made me see how much I need God, even when it's hard to follow Him.
2007-02-01 01:39:31 · answer #6 · answered by mighty_power7 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was raised with the Christian religion in my home, and it was like second nature to me. I never once stopped and considered if I wanted to be one, because I was one, and that was all I knew.
Now that I'm older, I choose to be one, because of all of the things that I have seen. There is too much beauty in nature. Too much attention to detail. Too much of a longing in people for something more. At the same time, there is so much anger in the world, which proves to me that evil is a real force, and not just something that men have created.
My life experiences have brought me closer to God, and make me want to know him even more personally. I know there are great things in store for me if only I will listen.
2007-02-01 01:41:55 · answer #7 · answered by hopewriter 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Life happened and for some strange reason reality and God didn't fit. Your question should be how many people realized their mortality and found God. The after life insurance policy.
2007-02-01 01:46:10 · answer #8 · answered by truckercub1275 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge from books I have read how thousands of things were stolen by the Christian faith and used as their own belief. Compare the birth date and events of the birth of Mithras to the birth of Jesus in the infancy gospel of Thomas for further information.
2007-02-01 01:46:58 · answer #9 · answered by zeroartmac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to believe God when I was a child. But as I grew up, I realized that magic sky fairies and outdated stories didn't explain life anymore. There was no single event. I just matured mentally.
2007-02-01 01:43:30 · answer #10 · answered by Subconsciousless 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋