im a 14 teenager living in texas. i just dont understand why people dont believe in God. God was never really big in my life untill i started going through problems. I believed in God, i just never thaught of religion. im not raised in a what people call a "Christian Enviroment". I started to doubt my faith a lot asking questions to myself like is God real, But i also reachersed a lot. I have found a lot of things that i think people are just blind, or mabey they just dont see what i see. annyways, i now a firm believer in Jesus. personally, i think God has Himself into my life for a reason, even i dont know what. I just want to see why other people are so quick to judge and hate on others for what they believe in. I just want to see other peoples views
Update:thank you everyone 4 the answers, but....ima just say this n get on with life..God has a plan for eveyone, sometimes people are just scared to change or a afraid of what friends would think, or now i cant do this annymore. ima be honest, i skrew up alot, i know i sin everyday. but i seek God and ask for forgivness and for Him to help lead me away from sin. Just to let you know, i pray every night tha everyone can have a positive realinship with God, but he gives you free will, so eventualy, it all comes don to you...God Bless
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The evidence is within your own reality,your own faith. The life you live is your testimony.
I don't judge people based on their beliefs and ask they don't do the same to me. I'm agnostic.
You see I grew up with my mom a Christian and my dad not being baptized but never talking about it. When I say I was religious I mean I knew everything about the Bible and knew all the prayers. Then around 5th grade I started having problems with bullies. I went to a Christian school and almost everyone who bullied me went to my Church. I couldn't understand when people sat there and got praised for being so good from teachers and got rewarded religion medals and stuff but started hurting me. I started to doubt my faith. Then I heard that Christians didn't believe dogs went to Heaven. My dogs are everything to me- I couldn't understand why they couldn't go to Heaven. I was atheist for a long time. Slowly I got over my confusion and decided there was no way to know whether or not God existed.
If he didn't exist- it's impossible to prove a negative. (Read Carl Sagan's "There's a Dragon in My Garage"). There is no hard scientific evidence about this. The Bible was written down around 100 years after Jesus walked Earth.
If he did exist then he is undefinable, so why try to define him?
The Bible tells us that some would hate the truth. When the Truth is revealed the lies are exposed. Some people would rather fight the truth and defend lies, rather than admit that their thinking or behavior was wrong. This is pride. God wants us to admit when we are at fault, He will not hold the error against us, if we turn to the Truth. No one is perfect or all-knowing, except for God. So when someone admits their fault and accepts the Truth, we need to not be hypocritical and rub it in their faces, but rather forgive them and hope that other people will treat us with the same respect when we are wrong. We do not want to make ourselves enemies of the Truth. It is better to admit that we were wrong, rather than call God (the Source of Truth) a liar. Ultimately, our lies will be exposed in Light of the Truth. Nothing hidden will not be uncovered. Luke 8:17
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. - Psalm 69:4
Also see Psalm 38:19, John 15:25
But you should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? - Job 19:28
Christianity involves a mystery. We don’t know all the answers or why God reveals himself to some and not others. It’s important not to judge anyone else’s experience - God looks after everyone. Doubt leads to more questions and we keep moving forward in faith. There will be a lot you won’t understand and at 14 years you have just begun life. Remember it’s important to be in a community of the faithful as well as the secular. It’s a religion that demands interaction with others.
Well this is the opinion of a former christian, now atheist: I have found that when i was young and religious, i was afraid of so many things. Every little thing i said, every dirty thought, was a mortal sin, and i had to repent. The thing is alot of "sins" are just human nature. murder and stealing are wrong, sure. but the bible is soooo strict about sex. it is our instinct to need to pass our genes along, that's how species survive in nature.
Since shedding christianity, I feel much more free and healthy. I am not paranoid that if i have a glass of wine at dinner that I am sending a bad witness to everybody who sees me. I can be myself, and let everyone else be themselves.
Your still small you have a whole lot of years coming. I began learning about religion at the age of 13 i learn new stuff and was confuse! The reason some people dont believe in God is the same reason why you don't believe in Santa or the tooth fairy! Basically its just fake! We all have our own beliefs and should be proud of it! Your small your understand trust me ;)
I tolerate all beliefs and religions, but personally I don't totally believe in god. It's not like I don't like religion itself, its just that a lot of people misinterpret it and use it to hate and hurt others. For me its easier to live life my way and not worry about what the books and preachers say. I also just have too many doubts and questions, like believing God does stuff for me (like my mom told me to thank god for getting me into a good school) while others are suffering and nothing is being done for them. Its just to many complications and rules that aren't always logical.
They simply don't know him. Theres no way around it. Only when you believe in your heart that our God is lord will he start blessing you with the holy spirit. It's not a matter of "Lord if you exist, give me a miracle sign" he'll decide when where why and how he presents himself to you. I'm glad you don't have to worry about that like so many other lost souls. Keep the faith Brother/Sister!
God Bless
I believe in him. I'm a very strong Christ Follower. Being a Christian has brought incredible amounts of joy to my life and I have made friends with people whom I probably would have never met otherwise.
But one of my top principles is NOT forcing God on anyone.
No, i was just like you, i asked myself "How can people not believe in God?!" but then it came to me.. There wasn't one good reason why i believed in god, and i was pushing myself to prove the existence of this god who never even helped me do it. Here, the bible is full of contradictions and translation errors and holes, how could the divinely inspired book contain these things?
http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/by_name.h...