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This makes sense. It's just as hard to subdue someone who's holding a knife as it is someone holding an automatic rifle. What about "turning the other cheek" ? Doesn't sound very Christian to have people in our society armed with military grade weapons capable of killing 20 small children.

that gives you hope and inspiration?

but let millions of children starve to death every year. I want to believe in Providence and divine will, but the doubt outweighs the certainty. I read something recently in a book by St. John of the Cross...there was one part that really stuck with me. I'm paraphrasing but it went something...

I could really relate to the loss of meaning in images. The part where he talks about "primitive imagery of God being lost". I guess all of this is a spiritual advancement? My question is, once the person gets the message, why would God keep them in this state?

Thomas Merton on the Dark Night of the Soul “During the ‘dark night’ of the feelings and senses, anxiety is felt in prayer, often acutely. This is necessary, because this spiritual night marks the transfer of the full, free control of our inner life into the hands of a superior...

No, it is not a sin. Why would God create gay people if he didn't want them to be gay? It's the same bigotry that southern rednecks used towards African Americans in the 20th century. If you really feel you are gay then don't suppress it.

So the Muslim man who is a better person than the Christian man, is going to hell simply because he is not a Christian? That is the most ridiculous, fundamentalist view one can hold, and these are the kinds of views which are holding us back as a nation. It's really just bigotry to be honest.

I am having some serious doubts about my faith. As I'm getting older (19) I feel I am losing that relationship with God, which in a sense, was what my life revolved around. Every decision I made was based on whether or not that decision was morally sufficient to Gods standards. Now, my whole...

It seems that ever since I was 17, I no longer felt God's presence. All my life I'd always felt close to God, now he is nowhere to be found. Maybe this is just part of getting older and realizing that I have to be responsible for all my actions and to not rely on God. I'm 19 now and I feel cut...

Once again, I really appreciate your helpful posts. I'm not glad that you went through that, but I'm glad that I can gain perspective through your experience. You're completely right. It is a complete attack on our faith, and the only cure is faith itself. I will read those verses and hopefully...

I really appreciate your post. It's good to hear that other people have experienced something similar to oneself. I can remember when this all first started. It had to do with people pushing me away from God. Telling me there was no God and making me feel like a fool for believing in him. I...

I didn't know if it should be in Apologetics or Philosophy so I decided to put it in both.

Why would God give us free will if he knows what's going to happen. If he is an omniscient God he would obviously know our future and in his mind our actions are predetermined. So, do we really even have free will at all?

@Pal Handy Hi Pal Handy, thank you for the reply. What you explained is exactly what I am going through. The separation from people, family thinking you've lost it. Did you not also feel a separation from God as well? No matter how many times I pray it seems like there is no connection and my...

Why would God interfere with us if he gave us free will? Does he really interfere? I was reading writings by St. John of the Cross and I am kind of baffled by how God can put us through something like that. Purging the soul of all senses, throwing us into despair for years, to bring us closer to...

Have any of you ever experienced synchronicity and do you think this could be a sign from God?