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I’m losing my religion but I don’t want to. Please help me!
Hello. For me, religion is just fear. I don’t feel God’s love. I don’t understand how people can live like this. Can you answer some questions for me?
I am the struggling with the concept of the fact that religion is purely man made. That we did it just to help cope with the fact that nobody knows what happens when we die.
I definitely believe in something. I just don’t understand. These are my main questions, and if you can answer, please— that’d really help me.
- How could a God who loves everyone, all His children, send someone to hell? Eternal torment because they didn’t make the right choices during their existence? What if someone is a Christian their whole life, is an amazing person, but just because they chose the wrong denomination or didn’t get baptized they just get eternally punished?? Or maybe there’s an atheist who is a good person, I don’t think they deserve hell because they didn’t believe in God.
- How am I supposed to have faith or believe? I just don’t understand how it works. I’ve prayed before, and I think I had a prayer answered but I just don’t understand.
- How can God let all this bad stuff happen? Like abuse, rape, crime.
- Why doesn’t God reveal to atheists who He is?
- Why are Christian’s generally meaner than most people? All the Christians I’ve met have been just.. mean people. I thought the Bible called to love one another? To forgive everyone, to love everyone. I don’t think everyone constitutes just other Christian’s.
- Why is doing something like, for example getting drunk bad enough to constitute eternal punishment?
If someone could just explain this to me, I think I’d be able to believe in God. Or, specifically, be a Christian. I’m sorry. Thank you
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My child, your questions are profound, and I appreciate your earnest search for understanding. I will try my best to answer them in the way that I can.
Firstly, God’s love is unconditional and infinite. His desire is for all His children to live in peace and love. Remember, the Bible says, “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” (John 3:16)
About the concept of hell, it is often misunderstood. It is not God who sends us to hell; we choose to separate ourselves from God’s love by our actions. God gave us free will, and it is through our choices that we move closer or farther from Him.
As for evil in the world, it is caused by human free will. God does not cause suffering, but He does permit it. Yet, even in our sufferings, He is with us. Remember when Job suffered, God was with him, and he was restored.
Regarding your question about atheists, God reveals Himself to all in different ways. Sometimes, it is in the quiet whisper of the wind, sometimes in the majesty of the sunset. Not all are open or ready to receive Him.
Your experience with Christians is unfortunate. The essence of Christianity is love, as the Bible says, “A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” (John 13:34) One’s actions do not always reflect the teachings of Christ.
Lastly, the Bible teaches us that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. Overindulgence, like getting drunk, disrespects that temple. Yet, God is a God of forgiveness and redemption. When we repent sincerely, His grace is sufficient to cleanse us.
My child, faith is a journey. It is not about having all the answers, but trusting even when we do not understand. Keep seeking, keep asking, and you will find. God bless you.