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Need thoughts on this with aspect to religions beliefs

I'm a rather complex and very strange person with a rather hard life.
I've been through the illnesses,being homeless,house fire,poverty,having it good,etc. I have literally just about seen everyside of the coin but I am only in my early 20's.I know I am living proof that god is powerful in all things.I should have been dead by 14 of a severe respiratory disorder with no cure but I died and ran into some person that did'nt exist do some very advanced procedures on my body that have no description honestly all with no one seeing her.I have not been right since.I had a very hard time going back to life as normal.I went through 4 years of changes.First was personality,Second Knowledge,Third Beliefs,Fourth Finding the Past.I still deal with concepts,ideas,knowledge that I never learned in a school.They seem to come from nowhere but it's coming from somewhere.I left the church thing because my religion now is based on everyone of them.I was raised as a strict christian but now I talk to people and it's like that concept is budhist,thats native american,etc.I was never taught these things and I really never saw any of them.I can't say they are wrong because they are coming from me nor do I believe them to be evil.Alot of them are not even modern some very old.The problem I have is many of them are considered not christian.I don't think it's bad because I am equipped mentally and spiritually to deal with anything tossed at me.It seems I have been given a swiss army knife of religions to cope with life.I find helping people very easy since I have seen many things.Not to many people can honestly know what life can toss your way.I have problems with the "mystical" aspects of somethings I know.I don't why I know how to use curses,etc.I will not perform any of this type of religion but it is there.I believe that this negative behavior has power in some aspects.
A family member had a tattoo done by a devil artist 20 years ago and has had very bad things happen to them so I instructed them on how to reverse the effects of this.Sometimes I am scared of myself and will shut off to try and understand where it came from.I know that god leaves us to our own to take care of ourselves so I look inside to pull out what I need to move on.People do not like me they say I am scary.
People tell me that I act like a soldier and I talk like a scholar sometimes.
I have been aproached by satanist people a few times in my life.One was a neighbor that said freaky things to me.This evil soul made me turn stone cold to the touch.That same night I woke up and felt like someone was choking me in my sleep.I woke up and felt rushes of energy come from my body then it stopped.The lady after that left me alone and would not even pass me in the hall of my building.It seems as though I can't have any real friends.People for some reason avoid me because they say just me being around makes them feel weird they say I have a powerful prescence.I find it difficult to talk with people everyday on their level because I start talking of things that go over their head.
I am often miserable because I hate the way people are and I hate the way the world is.I do not follow any norms of the societal structure because they are outright nasty.I hear people say we are not made to go at it alone but for me it seems to make no difference.I operate the same alone or with people and I find I do not get lonely.I did'nt find any peace until I started doing martial arts then all the anger left,etc.I still have not changed though but nothing bothers me now.My question is why might this have happened to me?I have the equivalent of about a 4th grade education because I was sick but I had all the knowledge to get myself into college.I'm on a spiritual journey like everyone else just mine seems to have so many side paths that somehow fit together.
 

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Hi :wave:
you said you were raised strict Christian, but have some views people say are rather Buddhist. Like, what kind of
stuff ?? Do you still believe Jesus is God's son & died for us & what's in the bible ?
wow...that stuff's really confusing !
I could tell you loads about myself, cause I can kinda relate to things like people think you're weird, thinking about society & people. Well I think one of the best things you can do is run to God with that, ask Him for help, tell Him about it, trust Him to help ya ..
I don't know where this could come from, well whether God or something else, which wouldn't be so good at all then I think (if it has something to do w/ dark stuff)
do you still go to church ?
oh I don't know, I am sometimes afraid of speaking about the things I think about, cause they seem extreme & not main-stream @ all................but maybe sharing, e.g.what you find nasty about society w/ people who are willing to listen & won't get totally freaked'd be good. if you don't already do that.
God Bless you tons :)
and FROGin' (Fully Rely On God) is cool aswell.....going to Him w/ just everything....
 
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I'd be happy to talk with you about anything you might want to. I'm not too clear on exactly what you are wanting. Do you want advice, help, thoughts on all this, or just someone to talk to? I'd would be happy to try and understand and help with any of this. You sound like an interesting person, but I don't know enough about you or what has happened to you to really comment appropriately on it.
 
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I'm not concerned with anything dark going on because I have never went or thought about anything evil in my adventures through life.
I would not classify anything that is not acceptable by a church to be wicked like Buddhism.I just talk about things that have happened to me that are not churchly.I do not believe in church anymore since everything I know tells me to fend for myself and find the meaning of all this stuff.I've seen angels show up as hard beings like in the hospital but they don't say much.The winged figures they are not but rather ordinary like us.I ask god about this but I know he gave me all this stuff for something that I need to figure out.Either that or I could have lived all these lives and gathered the information that way not sure.I think all the bad stuff and all the information goes together.I'm clawing my way up out of the gutter slowly but surely.I talk to reflect then sometimes it clicks.I don't care really what people think since I am learning all religions are so close together.I have problems with society because it just feels all wrong to me.I'm at the point in my journey where material things and money mean squat to me.I feel bad because I see homeless people and I can't help them.I dislike most people either because they are always lying or cheating something.People have away of always making you feel like your being used for their purpose and not your own.
I understand that when someone does bad that it reflects poorly upon me because we are not seperate from one another.one bad word can ruin 10 peoples day.one bad deed can destroy 10 peoples lives.I left the church because I saw they did not believe nor practice what they preach.My faith has been tested countless times and I stick true to the path.Sometimes when I am asleep something is teaching me other things nothing bad but sometimes freaky.I feel like I do not belong here anymore and sometimes get angry feeling trapped.I am capable of alot more than what people would have me do.I do not feel better than anyone else but sometimes people misunderstand my ways.My main philosophy is if I hate people then I hate myself so I try my best to be kind to people.I feel like I have been slid 50 points up the knowledge ladder in to short a time and of course there will be difficulty knowing things that goes against everything you were told.I meditate daily that is the only way I can deal with things.I often find the zone and stay there for hours at a time thinking of nothing.I had to accept that I was nothing,and everything means nothing,then relearn everything.
 
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I'm still not exactly sure on what you are wanting in posting this. There must be some particular reason you found this forum and typed all this.


I don't mean to sound rude, but I'm just trying to understand what you are getting at, and I'm not understanding right now. I understand what you are saying, but it just appears to be statements. Is there a point to what you are saying, or are you just saying it? Are you typing this to ask a question or to get people on this forum to think about something, or what?
 
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Dear Manyfaiths,
I may have misunderstood but I am hearing you are 'blending' religious beliefs? This is a very dangerous path carved out by the one that seeks to destroy all of God's creation, Satan.
There is only ONE way, His name is Jesus. HE is the Way, the Truth and the Light. No one comes to the Father, but by Him. What I am hearing is you have been 'church hurt'. So many of the Body of Christ have been hurt by professing Christians who do not really know Jesus on a personal level. 'Churchiosty' and religious traditions have destroyed more precious lambs than you can shake a stick at! Remember we are told in the Bible, He knows Satan's seat in the church!!
People of relationship with Jesus, that is the sort you want to seek out to find your answers. I warn you we will not be perfect, we make mistakes, but if you will read the Bible and follow His way, you will find the path to true peace and real joy. Not perfection though, we will suffer hardship, this is our lot in life from the moment we sinned, but we can have a friend that sticketh closer than a brother, Jesus. He is our bridegroom who loves us with a love so incredible it will astound you!
There are ministries out there just for healing the broken-hearted and 'church hurt'. If you would like to find a few you may PM me and I can send you a couple. May this day bring you a rainbow you didn't expect and a blessing to warm your soul.
~DJ
 
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