I spent a good portion of my life ignoring and avoiding at all costs certain questions that I had about religion/death/etc because I was not ready to deal with what I feared the answers might be. Now that I have finally decided to ask myself the "hard" questions, my anxiety has virtually disappeared, and I feel much more at peace with myself and the world around me.
Has anyone else had a similar experience?
2007-09-04 05:39:43 · 27 answers · asked by Linz ♥ VT 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Good question.
I used to be like that. I couldnt see it, but now that I look back, I realize.
2007-09-04 05:45:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, when I was into christianity I would avoid asking myself some questions, because I was afraid that what I had been believing and living for "could" be a lie. I was not ready to see that I was living under a huge delusion. Now that I have studied and asked myself the difficult questions, I find that the answer was quite a relief to me emotionally and physically. I guess there is some truth in the saying, "The truth will set you free."
2007-09-04 05:47:55 · answer #2 · answered by GlitterSno75 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No not really. There are questions I simply don't think of--which can be a little worrisome. It is important for me to question and keep questioning things. I wouldn't back off out of fear. There have been times I've gotten angry with the results, but the truth isn't the truth because you want it to be--it simply is. So, you have to accept that. I'd rather confront questions, but I understand how it can sometimes be uncomfortable to do.
2007-09-04 05:46:36 · answer #3 · answered by Todd 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Knowing is always better than not knowing, isn't it? Sometimes the truth isn't as safe and comfortable as we'd like but it has the virtue of being real. And, on some level, we always know when what we've been told isn't real, don't we? That's why so many people have to go back every Sunday and be told over and over again just to keep the illusion alive.
2007-09-04 06:39:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Linz,
the basic answer to your question is "yes", there are questions I avoid but not because they necessarily scare me. Questions that are emotionally charged or have the potential ability to become emotionally charged are ones that I tend to stay away from.
For example, I have tended to stay away from your religious questions because most people hold their beliefs on their sleeves as opposed to rational and/or objective considerations. Call me a "chicken" but I did manage to read nearly all of your questions and likely 80% of the responses you gained in the process. I did this because I wanted to learn something.
Now, go to my profile and answer the question (if you will) that I posed last evening on OSU, Michigan, and my perspective as a Southern Cal Trojan.
Best to you!
Gerry
2007-09-04 06:01:14 · answer #5 · answered by Gerry 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Life has forced me to face some of those issues... and in so doing I also found the hollowness of many religious folk, and who was really a friend and who wasn't. It's amazing (and somewhat sad) that forcing the issue of mortality turns one into a pariah with people who should have a better perspective. Oh well...
2007-09-04 06:05:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
in basic terms get in a motor vehicle with a chum or maybe previously you enter that haunted living house start up guffawing very stressful and loud :) (solid for the nerves besides :P) and proceed guffawing all way long for my section the final thank you to not be scared (or to be much less scared) it worked the final for me, and that i'm scared as hell too >.< lolz and you are able to assume somebody on the tip of the living house (some living human beings freaking out others) in basic terms scream and snicker each and all the time, ultimate thank you to deal with your nerves solid success hun
2016-11-14 04:18:38 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of the questions here ... well, not scare but, shall we say ... repel me. And it's certainly not because of a fear of death, religion, etc, its just a quiet wonderment of what planet we are living on, and what century. I prefer to keep my peace and not deal with dogma.
2007-09-04 06:35:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No and if I discover a question does make me concerned I go after it with full afterburners.
Then again since I was afraid of heights I took up hang gliding.
Fear not!
2007-09-04 05:52:14 · answer #9 · answered by gnosticv 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah and I, too, loss my anxiety.
I started to delve into my religion and came out of it realizing that I was actually a hypocrite and that my religion was too illogical for me.
I kicked the religion and started to let my inner self out. My spirituality flourished and I realized that for the first time in my life, I KNEW I was 'saved' and at peace.
2007-09-04 05:46:55 · answer #10 · answered by sprite 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Uh... nope. If they require that they need help with something to believe in, I usually avoid them. I also avoid "bible quote" questions because I already know I don't know everything about religion except that it's not my thing.
2007-09-04 05:45:42 · answer #11 · answered by Cold Fart 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋