PRIV8

Date posted: 1y

Trusting God

I dont understand how others can accept that we have to trust in God but we still arent protected by Him. Not in a black and white way, He shouldnt protect from things you did for yourself. But as i read more and more i start to think that He cant protect us from other people, from physical hurt, from rape, murder, cause all those things happens to christians too. For me a God who throw us here and doesnt protect you from evil, then make you choose either Him or hell... i cant believe in this god... i dont knoe how yall can

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Speckles

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

Life can be very difficult. I have to believe in God and trust for myself. There is evil in the world... always has and always will be, but there is also a lot of good in the world too. Just remember always do what can for you and for others and trust in yourself.

PRIV8

Date posted: 1y

Yeah i agree, theres not just bad, yet still we cant help on the people whos life was really difficut, cause the basic religious answers wont help... People doesnt even know the answer nor if we can really trust in God. Some say yes as i did cause my life didnt had really difficult things like rape and things like that, so its easy for me to trust, but how should a victim trust? Or if we take that it just happened, it can happen to us too...

Speckles

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@PRIV8 I know what you mean and yes anything bad can happen to anyone at any time, so it's hard bc it makes you wonder about everything. I don't have the answers and I don't think anyone on earth does. It's all faith I guess, but why do bad things happen to good people. I just have no reason. There is a book out there from the 80's called when bad things happen to good people. I never read it. My mom did after my father died. I don't know if she still has it, but she has alzheimers now, so I would just have to buy it. Maybe this will help?!?

Malisimo

Date posted: 1y

There is no hell in the Bible, it’s an old English word meaning covering place. Just like Helmet means to cover your head. It is translated from the Hebrew Sheol, meaning grave, Greek Hades, meaning the Greek mythological abode of the dead and Tartarus, the center of hades. Also the Aramaic Gehenna which is a literal place on Earth the valley of Hinnon. Just trying to give you a new perspective to think about. If there is a God maybe it’s not what you thought before.

PRIV8

Date posted: 1y

Jesus talks about hell too and its not jus a grave.

Malisimo

Date posted: 1y

@PRIV8 I know you think that but you need to reread what I just wrote you. The word hell is not in the Bible, it is a translation of other words. Jesus spoke in parables not literal language. You can choose to believe whatever, I’m just trying to give you something to think about.

PRIV8

Date posted: 1y

@Malisimo Okay its your view I accept that, i dont believe it cause then its way worse, then the victims attackers will go away with it, and alot of evil people will go away with the things they done...

Malisimo

Date posted: 1y

@PRIV8 That is a perspective you could have. I don’t believe that it would be one that embodies love or forgiveness though.

Speckles

User type: OCD Conqueror

Date posted: 1y

@PRIV8 I know it scares me!! I have Religion OCD. And think about fire, demons and such for eternity!! That's what the Catholic church taught me 😔

ceejanine

Date posted: 1y

Frrrrr

mgone

Date posted: 1y

I don’t think of God as my cosmic bodyguard, or my cosmic ATM. As I read the texts I understand God as a being outside of physical time and space who created the universe as we know it. God created and chose us to partner with. We were given choice. We are not fleshy robots. And the texts tell us we chose defiance and we chose to do things our way and under our own power. Bad choice, but our choice. All those other people have agency and choice and we live with and around them. Many many people chose to live under their own power and actions and take pride in what they accomplish for themselves. We are called to help others. We are called to try to protect others from those things you mentioned… and we will fail often. But we will succeed just as often and sometimes not even know it. The trust is not that God will protect me from other people’s evil acts but will protect me from doing them. And if I do sin (fall short) I have a path to forgiveness. I can’t control others, only myself. Kind of like I can’t know the future…

PRIV8

Date posted: 1y

Idk this just makes me feel depressed. If might be the truth but it makes my stomach sick.

mgone

Date posted: 1y

@PRIV8 The simplest framing for me is living in hope.

Candy 🍬

Date posted: 1y

Hi everyone! There's a good article I found; I hope it helps. https://www.gotquestions.org/innocent-suffer.html

Candy 🍬

Date posted: 1y

GotQuestions.org has lots of good stuff to check out on any topic!

PRIV8

Date posted: 1y

I know, i read alot of things there but i still couldnt find it how to trust in God if he cant save you from pain.

Candy 🍬

Date posted: 1y

@PRIV8 I know. There are so many times I wondered where God was and why He allowed me to go through hardship. Maybe this will help? https://www.gotquestions.org/why-do-Christians-suffer.html

PRIV8

Date posted: 1y

@Kit Kat Chocolate In my life i can see that what i dealt with God helped me to get stronger by that. Maybe its a wrong view but i think if i wouldnt go through these things i would be as strong as i am today. I was a sensitive kid,i was boolied, i dont remember if i ever blamed God because of that, maybe i did but i dont remember it, but expecially now i dont blame God, i feel like that was a sign that i have to be stronger and believe in myself and dont care what others say. In this i can see that God used it for better. But again, some children gets sexually abused, or physically,they have the worst life, how can God use this for good? Im actually not angry at Him for my situations but for others

hannah_77

Date posted: 13w

A question for other christians

Have any of you ever felt like God is perfectly capable of helping you with your mental health, but just chooses not to for some reason, and so you get angry and frustrated? Bc I feel that way sometimes, but i don’t stay mad for too long. But whenever i’m not frustrated, i’m just feeling hopeless, like why is this going on?

Mike6060

Date posted: 10w

Bible and Christ

Is it possible to follow Christ without actually believing? I want God but don't always trust and especially with Jesus/Christianity. I want to believe and I don't but I am still drawn in; it is comforting and compelling. I like what Jesus represented, I like the teachings (although don't always seem practical and seemingly so hard to live up to), and I LOVE Christian music. I love the community. It is so hard to embrace it really and it although gives me comfort brings on a lot of anxiety and confusion. I feel like I have no control to function when I am supposed to let myself be led; I don't even know what that means when I have to think and move my body to live. I want to have a strong faith in God in general without feeling condemned. I want to feel there is a God holding on to me so I don't feel so alone, restless, and lost. Who better to love than your creator? Who better to put your trust in to help you in times of despair. I cant help to think that the Bible is a myth and although if Jesus did exist was only a prophet. My conditioning and impulses are constantly rejecting it and so many times I opened myself up only to quit the next day because it doesn't stick. I am constantly met with rejecting thoughts and fear. It's not sustainable. At the same time, I love him and his story well I only read a little of the Bible and intended to sermons, etc. Another thing, how do I know what is the truth when I am getting interpretations of the Bible when reading, listening to others interpretations through pastoral sermons and other people voicing their opinion?

PRIV8

Date posted: 9w

Questioning my faith or ocd

Since I started to accept that maybe some of the problems i deal with might be things that i should accept cause either way I feel shame if i have these thoughts, and i think that being that person is shameful. I'm struggling these days and I noticed I have thoughts about God not being real, not helping me, questioning if its real and these thoughts makes me feel shame. But i keep accepting it cause Im tired that i feel like im lying to myself and everytime i feel like im avoiding the truth, so I try to accept it that its okay that im having these problems(I do the same with suicidal ocd,I start to accept maybe its real) but since im doing this I noticed it makes me depreassed cause of shame. Made things worse, I always spin about shame that it might be true, i try tk accept it but it doesnt work, I feel like maybe i should go back and label every feeling and thought as ocd but i know i wouldnt be free cause i would feel like im trying to make myself feel better... But if its ocd, how can I decide its that if I have the emotions like im losing my faith, I get angry when i hear about faith, sometimes i feel like i really question it, have thoughts like i dont want to have faith...

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