"God is dead." - Nieche

Man you really have it out for god don't you?
You post this type of post multiple times..
I really feel sorry for your problems, but we all have them and I know yours is bad I am sure some people have had just as bad or worse and still worship god.

I had your mindset about 6-7 years and without god in my life I did a lot of things that I wish I never would have. Yea maybe they where my stupid decisions but if I was following what the bible teaches then I would not have done any of them.

I don't see why people think they have to "mold" their ways to what society is I mean look how messed up our society is right now? This nation has forgot god and honestly is paying for it.

I used to be caught in it, then I realized all it ever did was cause me pain. The day I realized God didn't exist or, if he does he definitely doesn't give a shit about me, is the day I started feeling better about myself. Once I stopped trying to rely on a higher being that never did anything but keep allowing bad stuff to happen to me and realized the only person or being that could help me was myself....that was a good day.

2deep, I cant say I fully understand what you are saying because I have never been psycotic and hyper focused on religion. I will say that I see how those experiences can cause you to have serious reservations about God. I have friends who have gone through what you have and it took them many years to sort it out and come to terms with it.

I was raised Catholic, went to Catholic school and attended church on Sundays. However, I wasnt raised strict Catholic and my parents just sent me off to church every Sunday along with having to attend daily Mass in school. I never got in that "God trap" of feeling all the intricate rules of my religion. I learned to appreciate the Sacraments and live the best I could. That didnt mean eliminating everything from my life. I was and still am a sinner.

What I do know is that I am forgiven. Aside from all the rituals I honestly feel God in my life. Even through all the horrible times and struggles I never lost my faith. It has been my lifeline to hope. I have experienced God so many times that those are the ultimate reasons above and beyond my religion that I believe in God.

I cant "give" you God, He is already there for you. You have to open that door and somehow forgive and forget the aweful things that happened to you.

Hugs

I don't know if there is or isnt a god, but i feel something. thats good enough for me.

as for the bible, i know it was written by men, so i read it (not often) with that in mind. i think of the bible as more of a collection of stories used to help people through tough times. thats what i think its supposed to be. i dont believe it is "god's word" i think its a bunch of stories about past peoples understandings of situations and higher powers.

i think it also probably came out like a game of telephone. you know those games everyone played as a kid. where it starts off as "i like dogs" and gets passed through a bunch of people and ends up coming out as "potatoes make french fries"

thats what i think atleast :)

Try reading some of Nieche's work. He was a German Philosopher and his ideas and thoughts on this subject are rather interesting.

God is a myth. Man made. Something to believe in when things are good. Someone to blame when things are bad.

Give me actual proof and I'll become a believer.

Thus far nothing in the bible has been proven 100%

Man wrote the bible. How many times has it been rewritten? And has anything been added or removed?

"God" created Adam and Eve, but man evolved from apes. So which came first? And what about the dinosaurs?

All in all, I don't really have any certain belief/s. I feel though each person should be able to believe in what they want. As long as they don't force it upon anyone else.

I am caught in the God trap. I like the way you worded that. I'm slowly on my way to getting out of it. I'm learning that God isn't real. It's really liberating to believe that. I wish you the best of luck and hope you can escape the God trap soon.

Dinosaur-like creatures are mentioned in the Bible. The Bible uses ancient names like behemoth and tannin. Behemoth means kingly, gigantic beasts. Tannin is a term which includes dragon-like animals and the great sea creatures such as whales, giant squids, and marine reptiles like the plesiosaurs that may have become extinct.

The Bible's best description of a dinosaur-like animal is recorded in Job chapter 40. Look at the behemoth, which I made along with you and which feeds on grass like an ox. What strength he has in his loins, what power in the muscles of his belly! His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are close-knit. His bones are tubes of bronze, his limbs like rods of iron. He ranks first among the works of God (Job 40:15-19).

The book of Job is very old, probably written around 2,000 years before Jesus was born. Here God describes a great king of the land animals like some of the biggest dinosaurs, the Diplodocus and Apatosaurus. It was a gigantic plant-eater with great muscles and very strong bones. The long Diplodocus had leg bones so strong that he could have held three others on his back.

The behemoth were not afraid. They did not need to be; they were huge. Their tails were so long and strong that God compared them to cedars - one of the largest and most spectacular trees of the ancient world.

After all the behemoth had died out, many people forgot them. Dinosaurs were extinct and the fossil skeletons that are in museums today did not begin to be put together until about 150 years ago. Today, some people have mistakenly guessed that the behemoth mentioned in the Bible might be an elephant or a hippopotamus. But those animals certainly do not have tails like the thick, tall trunks of cedar trees! Although it cannot be stated with certainty, it appears that dinosaurs may have actually been mentioned in the Bible. This should not sound so strange. After all, God tells us that He created all the land animals on the 6th day of creation, the same day that he created mankind. Man and dinosaurs lived at the same time. There was never a time when dinosaurs ruled the earth. From the very beginning of creation, God gave man dominion over all that was made, even over the dinosaurs.

not everyone is chosen. but everyone has an option. do you search for God? i think you do. i can sense your desperation. Good luck.

I believe there is a god but I'm not trap.

Poor 2deep. Been there. Got out of it.

I wasn't searching for God, the delusion came to me. Or was it a delusion....? = God trap

My expereience was positive. Sorry yours wasn't. Stop trying to figure it out if you can. You are getting nowhere, right? Still at square one...

2deep, you ever watch the Trinity Broadcasting Network? It's priceless entertainment. It will help you along in finding out what God really is...it's not the God you worshipped or the currency they worship.

I really feel for you as I can relate. Don't look for God through other people.

This isn't going to sound serious but at times like this I try to remember. "You can't wait for inspriation you have to go after it with a club"