Hello my friends. I'm not sure if this is the right place for this forum, as I passively consider myself Christian, but I am encountering great difficulties with my faith.
Perhaps I should give a backstory to myself before I detail these issues. Please do not scream bloody murder, but I am on the far left of the political spectrum. Please understand that I have put much, much thought and research into my political beliefs, and they are not changing. I am not looking to debate leftism.
However, I have been active on leftist forums and I have come under fire for defending Christianity (don't take this the wrong way, there are plenty of other Christians on these sites, but we are a bit of a minority) and the atheists have been posing ideas that I have been having difficulty with, like, for example, "Why would God demand that we worship him?" (They say it makes him sound incredibly self-absorbed) They also claim that there is literally no evidence for Christianity. I have heard many evidential arguments for Christianity, but not very many serious ones that delve into the philosophy of Abrahamic religions.
The second issue I am facing is with my connection to Christianity itself. My connection to the religion has just seemed to have disappeared. I pray now when I sin, but I never have the feeling that I've had before that God was listening to me and had foregiven me. I just feel like there's a void. It's very odd; I believe in God, I think he exists, but I just feel like he doesn't really have anything to do with me. Like he's just there and nothing more.
Going to church groups around me is even more difficult; it seems that everybody around me is in a competition to see who is the greatest Christian and they always seem to be condescending to me because I am not well-versed in biblical things.
I see other people who seem to have great relationships with God, and it makes me feel lonely. This is not a good feeling, my friends. Please help.
Perhaps I should give a backstory to myself before I detail these issues. Please do not scream bloody murder, but I am on the far left of the political spectrum. Please understand that I have put much, much thought and research into my political beliefs, and they are not changing. I am not looking to debate leftism.
However, I have been active on leftist forums and I have come under fire for defending Christianity (don't take this the wrong way, there are plenty of other Christians on these sites, but we are a bit of a minority) and the atheists have been posing ideas that I have been having difficulty with, like, for example, "Why would God demand that we worship him?" (They say it makes him sound incredibly self-absorbed) They also claim that there is literally no evidence for Christianity. I have heard many evidential arguments for Christianity, but not very many serious ones that delve into the philosophy of Abrahamic religions.
The second issue I am facing is with my connection to Christianity itself. My connection to the religion has just seemed to have disappeared. I pray now when I sin, but I never have the feeling that I've had before that God was listening to me and had foregiven me. I just feel like there's a void. It's very odd; I believe in God, I think he exists, but I just feel like he doesn't really have anything to do with me. Like he's just there and nothing more.
Going to church groups around me is even more difficult; it seems that everybody around me is in a competition to see who is the greatest Christian and they always seem to be condescending to me because I am not well-versed in biblical things.
I see other people who seem to have great relationships with God, and it makes me feel lonely. This is not a good feeling, my friends. Please help.
Generally, forums, even CF, are not good for building your Faith. It is possible to develop relationships with people you know here, and that's what it takes. Atheists aren't interested in building your Faith.
