Doubt and unbelief

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not clinically diagnosed but two months ago was very obvious that I probably 99999% chance I have a ocd idk
So 2-4 Months ago Intrusive thoughts like sell your soul and and bad things like that all the time And compulsions After Compulsions im 15 and that had been going on for two years and but something popped out of nowhere one day I woke up with my Faith and everything in tact I click on the video and the guy said something that just Triggered me I started to doubt after doubt after doubt after doubt and just cry Jesus is the most important thing in my life and all I want is him back it’s been like this for two months I feel like I have no believe or a little faith I just want my faith and belivfe and everything back but the thing is I get bad thoughts intrusive thoughts saying do you even want your belief back and out like do you even believe just just bad I don’t like it I love Jesus but I feel such a doubter my biggest fear is becoming a A atheist i don’t want that and I have a problem I feel like completely numb no belief no faith nothing no compulsions maybe one or two on a good day which it’s hard to have a good day anymore I haven’t had one in two months so I’m worried that my faith won’t come back and I keep doubting stuff like is the Bible and his God real And I believe some of these are my thoughts Before all of this before the doubt I have intrusive thoughts about things like the devi They would make me panic and do a compulsion but now numb I am bad thoughts about giving up I really don’t want to I’m not planning to every morning for two weeks I woken up and cried I miss my faith and belief I am scared Some of these thoughts are mine And I’m scared I’m starting to believe some of these thoughts I can’t even be with my family because of personal reasons I have to deal with this to I feel sometimes like I don’t care and that really scares me and it worries me I will be like oh I promise I promise Jesus I won’t do this but i do it and I feel like I don’t care and that bothers me I feel like I don’t care about really anything anymore that Kind of bothers me I was going to ask my parents to get me baptized about two months ago a few months ago actually but the doubt started I’m pretty sure the doubt started on mar 9 And it has not gone away
but some thing I noticed two months ago whenever the thought would go away I felt like I had no faith so that was weird but I have no more old thoughts are used to have they’re mainly the doubt and the ones I don’t like like the giving up ones but I looked up proof at the beginning and I think it got worse so I stop looking up proof and start a reading threads on this website because when are used to look up proof it got worse and I don’t want to get worse I don’t know I don’t want these thoughts to be mine I hope there ocd but I never been Diagnosed so I really do not know but all I knew is I had almost every OCD symptoms before this so I’m just assuming right now before all this I have always like paleontology and we paleontology is evolution theory some Christian paleontologist but not a lot I always ignored the theory in like dinosaurs the first thoughts were about it evolution is an evolution that because of my knowledge about dinosaurs because I wanted to be a paleontologist at a time But I’m just worried and I don’t even know about that sometimes most the time I feel like I don’t care I just want everything to go back tomorrow I’m just scared that I don’t believe in stuff like hell and I feel like I don’t even believe because when I used to get intrusive thought that was about blasforme I would react badly to it now I feel like I don’t care and I realize something two months ago when I used to get the blasforme thoughts every time they went away I didn’t feel my faith but I’m tired of the doubt and I feel like I have unbelief I want I don’t feel my belief I kind of shut down I won’t play my video game I won’t watch TV I won’t do anything until it comes back sorry for autocorrects
do you guys have any advice but im not diagnosed so im posting it there i’m just scared will I ever get my faith its been 2 months and some are my thoughts I think
 

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Firstly, Christ can take your doubts, bring them to Him in prayer. In the Gospels we find the prayer 'Lord I believe, help my unbelief' you can use this prayer. Christ won't reject you just because you find some things difficult and challenging.

Secondly you needn't make a stumbling block for yourself out of evolution. Whilst it is true that some people use the theory as a justification for their godlessness, atheism is not the result of evolution. There are many, many examples of Christians who do not have any issue with the theory. I would recommend Fr. Thomas Hopko's series Darwin and Christianity on Ancient Faith Radio.

I was an atheist for a long time, and I still hear echoes of the arguments made against Christianity that I subscribed to at that time. Personally I do not make any effort to entertain these thoughts. Once you start to grapple with it, you will give ground to these temptations. This is the perfect time to use the prayer 'Lord I believe, help my unbelief', don't get involved in the inner debate, just let the thought go and turn to God.

God's mercy is beyond anything you can imagine, He will not reject you for having difficulties with certain things. You are 100% not alone, and God knows all the things that cause people to stumble and He will provide the answers if you turn to Him in your doubt instead of away from Him. I would be wary of testing God, by saying things like 'prove yourself to me!' but you shouldn't fear coming to Him and saying 'Lord, I really have trouble with such and such, it causes me to be tempted by doubts, please enlighten me...'
 
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not clinically diagnosed but two months ago was very obvious that I probably 99999% chance I have a ocd idk
So 2-4 Months ago Intrusive thoughts like sell your soul and and bad things like that all the time And compulsions After Compulsions im 15 and that had been going on for two years and but something popped out of nowhere one day I woke up with my Faith and everything in tact I click on the video and the guy said something that just Triggered me I started to doubt after doubt after doubt after doubt and just cry Jesus is the most important thing in my life and all I want is him back it’s been like this for two months I feel like I have no believe or a little faith I just want my faith and belivfe and everything back but the thing is I get bad thoughts intrusive thoughts saying do you even want your belief back and out like do you even believe just just bad I don’t like it I love Jesus but I feel such a doubter my biggest fear is becoming a A atheist i don’t want that and I have a problem I feel like completely numb no belief no faith nothing no compulsions maybe one or two on a good day which it’s hard to have a good day anymore I haven’t had one in two months so I’m worried that my faith won’t come back and I keep doubting stuff like is the Bible and his God real And I believe some of these are my thoughts Before all of this before the doubt I have intrusive thoughts about things like the devi They would make me panic and do a compulsion but now numb I am bad thoughts about giving up I really don’t want to I’m not planning to every morning for two weeks I woken up and cried I miss my faith and belief I am scared Some of these thoughts are mine And I’m scared I’m starting to believe some of these thoughts I can’t even be with my family because of personal reasons I have to deal with this to I feel sometimes like I don’t care and that really scares me and it worries me I will be like oh I promise I promise Jesus I won’t do this but i do it and I feel like I don’t care and that bothers me I feel like I don’t care about really anything anymore that Kind of bothers me I was going to ask my parents to get me baptized about two months ago a few months ago actually but the doubt started I’m pretty sure the doubt started on mar 9 And it has not gone away
but some thing I noticed two months ago whenever the thought would go away I felt like I had no faith so that was weird but I have no more old thoughts are used to have they’re mainly the doubt and the ones I don’t like like the giving up ones but I looked up proof at the beginning and I think it got worse so I stop looking up proof and start a reading threads on this website because when are used to look up proof it got worse and I don’t want to get worse I don’t know I don’t want these thoughts to be mine I hope there ocd but I never been Diagnosed so I really do not know but all I knew is I had almost every OCD symptoms before this so I’m just assuming right now before all this I have always like paleontology and we paleontology is evolution theory some Christian paleontologist but not a lot I always ignored the theory in like dinosaurs the first thoughts were about it evolution is an evolution that because of my knowledge about dinosaurs because I wanted to be a paleontologist at a time But I’m just worried and I don’t even know about that sometimes most the time I feel like I don’t care I just want everything to go back tomorrow I’m just scared that I don’t believe in stuff like hell and I feel like I don’t even believe because when I used to get intrusive thought that was about blasforme I would react badly to it now I feel like I don’t care and I realize something two months ago when I used to get the blasforme thoughts every time they went away I didn’t feel my faith but I’m tired of the doubt and I feel like I have unbelief I want I don’t feel my belief I kind of shut down I won’t play my video game I won’t watch TV I won’t do anything until it comes back sorry for autocorrects
do you guys have any advice but im not diagnosed so im posting it there i’m just scared will I ever get my faith its been 2 months and some are my thoughts I think
Not that me saying so, is what you need to hear, but maybe it will help: This life is about Christ, not about you. I don't say that in judgment, as even King David in the Bible, "a man after God's own heart", thought very much of his own "precious life". I only say this for information, something to consider and pray about.

Beyond that, immerse yourself in the Bible, and in Christ, by spending a lot of time reading --just reading, not drawing conclusions-- and praying.
 
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Thxs but is There anything you’re not feeling faith in the bible or
Anywhere else
I'm really sorry, but I don't understand the question. I'm not feeling faith in MYself. I'm a stone cold loser.
 
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is I get bad thoughts intrusive thoughts saying do you even want your belief back and out like do you even believe just just bad I don’t like it I love Jesus but I feel such a doubter my biggest fear is becoming a A atheist i don’t want that and I have a problem I feel like completely numb no belief no faith nothing no

Please can I ask you to. Use punctuation and paragraphs.
They make reading what you post so much easier.

Next you need to talk to your parents about your intrusive thoughts and compulsions.
Only a doctor can diagnose whether you have ocd or anything else.

In the meantime there are two things you can do.

Intrusive thoughts. All you do with these is say " Yes that is right. " Having acknowledged it pay it no more attention, don't talk, debate, argue or try to suppress these thoughts.

Doubts etc. There is nothing wrong with having doubts. Start finding answers to them.
Try coldcasechristianity, creation.com and the reasonable faith web sites.

Not feeling God? Christianity is based on historical fact not on emotional responses or feelings.
Investigating your doubts will show you the facts behind Christianity and give you a solid foundation upon which to grow in faith.
 
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Feelings are tricky business. The heart is deceitful above all things (Jer 17:9)

As far as dinosaurs go, you may wish to consider that since people lived a long time before the flood, animals may also have lived long. Reptiles can keep getting bigger the longer they live. After the flood when people got permission to eat meat, many species went extinct.

We are told to take every thought captive to Christ (2 Cor 10:5). This can be difficult if someone has a neurology that imposes intrusive thoughts. These can be managed with supplements like GABA or even medication from a psychiatrist. You have to find what is right for you.

John wrote that one of his purposes was to inform his readers that they might know they have eternal life (1 Jn 5:13). It is knowledge that should be the foundation for assurance of faith. Feelings can change in the blink of an eye.

You might want to increase the amount of time you spend reading the bible. As the pieces come together, you can find an unassailable foundation building up for hope and assurance.
 
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