I don't believe in God

God put us here on earth in the time and place we are in for a reason.

"God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us." (Acts 17:27)

We've got to seek God, it's a journey. It may be a long one or a short one, it may be a hard journey or an easy one, but it is worth it. The key is prayer, talking to God, asking Him to show you He is real and reveal Himself to you, to help you believe in and find Him. Things don't necessarily happen straight away, answers take time, but keep seeking and asking Him to speak to you as you read His Word. I'll be praying for you, and may God bless you.

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To the OP, don't force yourself to be who you aren't. True happiness can only be procured by staying true to yourself.

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To the OP: You must know that God is not limited to the Bible or the church and He's not limited to the box that people put Him in, when they talk about Him. You are not going to find belief if you keep on believing that. The Bible and the church are places for your edification and they help you understand God, but belief doesn't just come into you unless you believe. If you want to believe, you can believe. Just keep on seeking Him, try talking to Him, ask Him for guidance and such. You'll sure find your way to Him if you try. God bless!

Queen_ofda_world said:

Wedjat,
Yah i mostly want to believe in God now because here in my little town in Iowa, if you don't believe in God you are seen as a horrible person and everyone looks down on you. My friend's mom actually told me i'm going to hell the other day haha. I get straight A's and always help people in need, so it's not like i'm a bad kid.
AAAHhh. i just don't think i can do it. There is no doubt in my mind that God is the main character in a man made book haha. Thanks though everyone. I might start going to church soon so i can be in the choir and mabey God will hit me there or something haha

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You shouldn't use societal benefits as a motivation for faith in a deity. You should believe in something because of what your mind believes to be true, not so that people will be easier to get along with. Be your own person. If you believe in G-d, great, but if you don't, do not try to force yourself into belief that you feel is illogical for the sole purpose of appeasing those around you.

Queen_ofda_world said:

Wedjat,
Yah i mostly want to believe in God now because here in my little town in Iowa, if you don't believe in God you are seen as a horrible person and everyone looks down on you. My friend's mom actually told me i'm going to hell the other day haha. I get straight A's and always help people in need, so it's not like i'm a bad kid.
AAAHhh. i just don't think i can do it. There is no doubt in my mind that God is the main character in a man made book haha. Thanks though everyone. I might start going to church soon so i can be in the choir and mabey God will hit me there or something haha

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None of us are as cruel as all of us, keep that in mind. Engage people on a personal level if you can, make them loose the in-group/out-group mentality so they can see you simply as who you are, a good person with real hopes and fears, just like them.
I'm sorry for your situation. I'm out of advice though, I'd be just as lost in your situation as you. All I can do is wish you the best of luck.

I'll tell you a bit about me and why I believe. I didn't grow up in a family of christians. My parents are both alcoholics and drug addicts. I went through a bit of abuse growing up and even did the whole party, drug, and drinking scene myself. In my period of stupidity I nearly killed myself although not on purpose that time. I went through a period of depression and sucidal thoughts at a point too. In short my life hasn't been easy. I had never been given a reason to think there was a God, especially when my life basically was a living hell. I'm sparing you a lot of details but God found me. Hes picked up a lot of pieces to my broken life and is helping me become whole again. Today I'm alive and I shouldn't be because of Him.

People can sit here and tell you there is no God based on whats happened in their life and whatever else they can come up with but no one can sit here and tell me I'm wrong because I know what God has done in my life. I know what he has done for me.

I will tell you that I'm not a happier as a Christian. My life is still miserable most of the time but I have peace and I know one day I will be truly happy.

Talk to God. Ask him to prove to you that he exists. I have all the proof I need, I hope you find the proof you need too.

Sarah

Well actually everybody's world view comes from his or her experiences... Not just atheists.

If I may ask, what is the main reason for your unbelief? You said that it all seems fake, that's a fairly general thing. Do you have any specific questions or doubts about God's existence or the bible as a historical record, or anything like that?

I don't know much about the long lifetimes of people in Genesis, but I would remind you that the doctrine of biblical inerrancy is a separate issue from the existence of God. Related, granted, but separate. On the subject of God liking the small of burnt flesh, you are referring to the animal sacrifices of the Israelites, right? The animal sacrifice is a foreshadowing of the sacrifice of Jesus, it was meant to illustrate that sin requires payment in the form of death. Natural history isn't my best subject, so I'll do some reading before getting back to you on the subject of dinosaurs, but as for galaxies, did God or any of His agents ever deny that they exist? Certainly not. And why would he bother mentioning them to the peoples of the ancient world? There are a great many things that the Bible doesn't touch on, but that omission doesn't diminish the validity of anything it does cover. Your last point about people who don't know about God is one on which much has been written. Here's my favorite article: Reasonable Faith:
Note that in order to read it you need to sign up for the website it's on really quick, but it's a great resource for this kind of question, so perhaps you will enjoy it.
Hope that helped,
God bless you,
H.

I will encourage you that God is real and He loves you with an everlasting love, their is no greater love than the love of God.
He loves you so much He sent His SON to die for us all and even if you were the only person in the world, He would have still done it for you.
Speak to God, He hears you and knows everything about you and how you are feeling.
Ask Him to reveal Himself onto you that you can experience Him.
Even talk to Him about how you are feeling.

God bless.
God is love.
God is good xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I am an atheist too. I lost my belief a few months back. I am currently the happiest I have ever been. I think there is a slight possibility there is a god, a judeo-christian one, but very improbable. Ask me anything.

Skeptic90 said:

I am an atheist too. I lost my belief a few months back. I am currently the happiest I have ever been. I think there is a slight possibility there is a god, a judeo-christian one, but very improbable. Ask me anything.

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Yeah, I'm starting to see why people are leaving the body of the church... Sadly. I have even left it, I've come to see so many things the church does that disgusts me. I don't go to Christian churches anymore, I've been attending some Messianic churches, and others with like beliefs...
I'm not celebrating Christmas anymore.
Sometimes, I don't know if I even want to call myself Christian anymore, his name isn't Christ anyways, it's Yeshua. So yeah.

But yeah, so, what caused you to lose your belief? Just out of curiosity.

Well I personally didn't leave my faith because I was mad at the church or anything. It was purely from logical reasons. Its like you wake up one day, and then you have the curiousity to find out what is the moon made off. I still celebrate christmas, I think its a great holiday to give and get presents, plus it brings the family together.

Well I lost it from just asking questions. It started after studying cultures and learning about early civilizations, then I studied the origins of religions, and it grew from there. I also love astronomy, one of my passions that I had since I was in 4th grade, I have always been a huge nerd.

I had two lives all my life, a religious side, and a scientific side. I believed in creationism and evolution at the same time, but never crossed my mind to ever combined them both. So when I got to college, the obama vs mccain thing was going on. At that time I decided to actually investigate what I knew. So I looked into all political philosophies and I justtried to decide for myself which one I thought was more appropriate. I shifted from a conservative standpoint to a libertarian standpoint to a moderate stand point I have now. Shortly after, I decided to investigate faith vs science. I slowly shifted my viewpoints from theist to agnostic-theist. I believed that god 'guides' the universe, and that explained the question of free-will. Then I thought, is it possible there is no god? The answer was yes. So I shifted to a strictly agnostic stand point. So I thought god was a 50/50 chance. But after remembering that there are million of possibilities that there are diffrent kinds of gods, or there could be multiple gods, or gods of diffrent forms, then the chances were no longer 50/50, they were 1 in an infinity. So from default comes the lack of knowledge and disbelief. Same as people don't believe in unicorn. Sure there could be unicorns but highly unlikely. So there you go.