Hello, not sure why I'm here

[waseechee]

A little about me: I was raised in a southern baptist home, my father was a minister. Both parents raised me until I was 14 at which time my parents divorced. At that time it was devastating but I survived. I continued to live with my mother until I was 19. She remarried when I was 15 years old to a man that became more of a father than my own. He was a great influence on me. If it had not been for my step-father I doubt I would be where and who I am today. He truly was the greatest most honorable christian person I have ever know. He was love and I truly loved him.

Today: I no longer believe any of that I was raised with. When I was being forced to go to church as a child and adolescent I often questioned the teachings. I would often ask why or how something that was in the bible could be true. Proof was all I asked for,only to be punished for such evil thinking. I would pray but felt as if I was hitting tennis balls into the ocean. I asked for signs and for God to reveal himself to me. I thought I was "saved". I read the bible several times, it all just seemed like a fairy tail. I spent several years exploring many other denominations and religions. I searched for the one that could answer my questions. I would visit every church and worship center I could. Baptist, Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Catholic, Pentecostal, and many many non-denominational. They were all pretty much the same. In the end they only helped reinforced my loss of faith.

I later learned not to reveal my inner thoughts to anyone out of fear. I even had one minister screaming in anger because I had asked him why some of the dinosaurs which lived 250 million years ago had not been mentioned in the bible or any other religious text. I was only looking for answers but realized that if they see that you are loosing your faith they will cast you out from among them. Then I began to live a lie only pretending to believe to pacify those around me.

This journey I have been on has been a slow process. I know feel life has a purpose. I know realize that I should enjoy every second of my existence because there is nothing after. Just as I was before I was born I will be after death. It all now makes perfect sense. I'm now the happiest I have every been. My eyes are finally open. I'm no longer chasing the tail of dogma.

Thank you.

 

[Timeo]

Hi and welcome!

I understand you having lack of faith, cause christianity does not really make sense scientifically. If you are looking for proof for God, there is not very likely that you will find anything. And even if you did get answers to your prayers, even if you saw Jesus with your own eyes and even if a miracle happend to you. Well, it could just have been your imagination, or a placebo effect. But at the same time it is my opinion that you will not find any scientific theory to be a proff either, if you dig deep enough and ask the right kind of questions. Even if you see a stone, and belive it to be a stone, there could be more to it than what your senses tell you, and if your really start asking questions about what that stone is, it will get really compllicated, and the more you ask the less you will know. So if we can't even fully understand the place we are in our self, then how can we figure out who God is, in the place where he is.

I have been doubting about everything in my entire life, and i've studied many different religions and philosophies. I doubt my sensen, my feelings and my thoughts. My conclusion is that christianity is what makes me the most happy, and since nothing can be said to be a Absolute Truth with our lacking knowledge, then why not placing some bets in it and hoping for the jackpot.

Anyway, feel free to send me a pm if you want to talk about christianity, i promise i wont shout to you for asking about dinosaurs And theres lots of parts in this forum, if you want to discuss other things that just christianity.

 

[dead2self]

Welcome friend, I hope that God has brought you here as a first step to bringining you back to faith.

As an aside, let me give you something to ponder. The word dinosaur was not coined until modern times when we started finding a lot of bones. The reason dinosaurs are not in the Bible is that the word is not yet 200 years old. The Bible does, however, mention the behemoth in the book of Job. Now historical interpretation, a holdover from before dinosaur bones where discovered, is that the behemoth is a hippo or elephant. If you read the description of the creature, however, the behmoth is much larger and is described as a large sauropod.

 

[DarcyWillow]

Welcome to the forums! I look forward to great conversations about this I am a student of science and became a Christian two years ago.

-Darcy

 

[Alive4Evermore]

Welcome to Christian Forums!

 

[angie1313]

Welcome to the forums. I hope the answers you seek can be found here.

 

[~Jo~]

Hello and welcome to CF I hope you like it here and enjoy the forums

 

[RedTulipMom]

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[Orchids]

 

[Pure_Heart]

Jesus, I ask that you reveal to this individual your truth. I ask that you send someone to love on this individual with God's love that they may know what they have sought deep within their soul is alive and truth! I ask that you bind satan and block him and his minions from deterring this individual from finding the truth that is Jesus alone. I petition that this person will be free from all demonic strongholds, whether they be of generational sins or of the person's own choosing to delve into satanic emblemism/taroh cards/uiji boards/palm reading or any other form of satanism which has blindsighted this person from finding you. Create within this person a burning within their very heart for the things of God and do not quench the fire which you have placed there until all of their questions have been satisfied only by a loving, meek Christian who seeks to do your will alone in complete obedience to you! In Jesus' name, Amen.

John 14:13

"And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son."

 

[Minty]