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Hello Cojack! Just by reading your story...I can tell you were raised Catholic. First off, congrats on finishing college! I am not going to answer your question fully since I believe its going to give you reassurance and thats a no no for OCD. I will tell you this...it’s important to have your own personal beliefs and to stick with them. This is coming from someone who is currently practicing Catholicism. You will find many Catholics who believe in one thing and some who don’t believe in another thing but both call themselves Catholics. Ive personally dealt with scrupulosity many of times. Its not easy but it gets better ?
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Sweet soul! Jesus wants me to tell you that you are not only completely forgiven, but completely and utterly adored! He loves you, and there is nothing you can do to earn it! Isn’t that cool? Float in the ocean of his grace. It is yours.
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Hi Cojack - I am also Catholic, suffer from religiosity, and worry all the time that I’m going to hell. The funny thing is that I don’t really even believe in hell, most days. ? My godmother, a nun, and one of the most amazing people I’ve known, told me that heaven and hell are metaphors and not to be interpreted literally. A nun! Blasphemy to many, I’m sure, but I’m going to believe her over a priest who threatens hell over cheating on a test. We all have our interpretations and can we prove which is correct? Can anyone? I don’t think so. It comes down to faith, then, which comes down to choosing which interpretation resonates with you the best. I hope it’s a kind one. Also, I cheated in college, too. It didn’t hurt anyone but me and I’ve paid for it. The hard part is forgiving ourselves. Best to you. Peace be with you. ?
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Hi my friend. I’m so sorry to hear that things have been hard for you and your mom. I’m not Catholic, but I am a Christian so I thought I should tell you what I believe. You are right, you only need to be repentant and confess to God. He is the only One who has the authority to forgive our sins and the Bible says that He will. I know you feel undeserving, but that makes His grace all the more beautiful because it covers everything❤️❤️
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Ephesians 2:8!
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Thank you guys. You are all so nice. Im just worried because the priest at my Roman Catholic Church was so adamant on if you have a mortal sin you will go to hell! He said It doesn’t matter if you have more good then you then bad!! You go straight to hell. I feel like a good person. I would never hurt or kill anyone and I try to help people when I can. Since plagiarism is stealing am I going to hell? Even though I prayed to god to forgive me and he gave me a second chance and the professor gave me a second chance. I don’t want to go to hell when I die. I want to see my grandfather who passed away 6 months ago and I miss him dearly. Mom says only really bad people go to hell. So am I considered a bad person?? It’s so confusing and hurting my head???.
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My friend, salvation isn’t earned. It isn’t about whether you’ve been good or bad because the Bible says no one is good but God. All sins are mortal if we don’t have His forgiveness. It’s whether or not we have accepted Jesus as our Savior that matters. His grace covers all our sins. The Bible says that there is no condemnation for those in Christ❤️❤️
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“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9
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Does anyone feel like god didn't forgive them even after confessing? Doing alot of sins and confessed but still have this fear of thoughts telling you you had so bad Thoughts about him and that you don't deserve to be forgiven? Or it's too late? And anything religious triggers you?
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I put a trigger warning because I will be discussing themes of end of times. I feel like I'm not following God's will. God knows ultimately that things were going to speed up end of times wise. A few months ago, I had a random thought to call someone I had affected with past sin and apologize to him although I did not know he was there, my sin affected him. I know he deserves an apology, but I chalked it up to ocd and treated it as such for months fast forward to now I feel like I'm completely against God. Horrifying. It's a complex situation I caused and therefore though I know he deserves an apology I'm really scared as I created a mess of things. I've been praying that God help certain things come to fruition so I could be exposed and help minister to others if that's what He's calling me to do but no answer. Instead horrible images and thoughts and feelings of doom. I see signs to apologize everywhere. I'm at my wits end. Because I tend to get ahead of myself I asked two family members and they said don't and then I see things that say Though people in your life mean well, don't go based on what they say only what God says. I tell God to do His will and I'll follow, do you think He'll listen. I even told Him I straight up don't want to do it, not because He doesn't deserve one, but because last time I apologized to someone else I didn't do it right and it was messy. I feel so evil, like a wolf in sheep's clothing. I also remember looking up morbid things for what???? Only to be disturbed pray about it and leave by why search it up again? I also fantasized alot about guys I've been single forever, late 20s now, I'm trying to go to church and my crush is there and I try to stop thinking about him because I know it's delusional but the thoughts don't leave. I'm so tired I want to stop but stop what? Living? I want to stick to God as close as possible. I'm going crazy.
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so my dad is Jewish and my mom is Christian. I used to go to Hebrew school when I was younger, but recently I started going to church and becoming a Christian and turning to Jesus and when I recently got diagnosed with OCD a couple months ago I had really really bad religious OCD. I had very disrespectful thoughts about Jesusand God, but mainly Jesus. and I had very disturbing thoughts about Jesus that made me avoid a lot of things, but I know that’s making the OCD worse. I’m doing erp currently my religious OCD has honestly gone away. I’ve dealt with it. I am managing it but ever since I’ve had religious OCD and had disturbing and disrespectful thoughts about God in Jesus mainly Jesus, I’ve felt a awkward distance between me, God and Jesus and it just feels like I’m going to hell and they don’t love me anymore and I haven’t felt the same presence from God ever since I’ve had religious OCD and I’ve had some situations that I felt like I blasphemy the Holy Spirit and I committed blasphemy and I just feel like God really doesn’t love me anymore and I’m done for i’ve kind of been numb to it so it’s not really bothering me, but I want a better relationship with God and Jesus it just feels like they don’t love me anymore. Has anyone else gone through this? and I’ve had situations where I felt like I was very disrespectful and mocked God and Jesus, but mainly Jesus. And i freaked out for days didn’t feel like myself repented multiple times pretty sure this is just religious OCD but seriously I have not felt the same with my relationship with God and Jesus. OCD has really really affected my life and it sucks. I’m going through Harm OCD right now. So religious OCD has kinda gone away but I just want a better relationship with God and Jesus sorry this text is so long. Has anyone else gone through this?
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