Why did God make a world that feels so devoid of his presence?If he's my father it feels like he left to get milk and never came back.
>>18541487Because you don't go to church and live a life of sin
>>18541496That's true but don't you think it's a bit unfair to make me take a leap of faith for my soul in a world filled with so many lying humans?
>>18541487Jesus said you got to earn the privilege of being called God's son.
>>18541520But I didn't even ask to be here, this place sucks90% of my peers are either lying or delusional fucks, why does the test have to be a leap of faith? Why do I have to be ripped apart by temptation and questions of if God's mercy is even there? The only ways of escape are waiting for a painful death or bringing a painful death to yourself early.
>>18541487Because he doesn't exist.
>>18541580I'm still holding out hope he will kill me in a freak accident soon so I can be free from this mortal coil. My theory is if I keep asking the Universe to kill me it will speed up the process.
>>18541496How would you know?
>>18541499It's not about other people. It's about you removing ignorance and sin from yourself by responding to God's help that was always there.
>>18541607Can he stop satan from ruiling this world already?
>>18541607Can i remove immortality from my soul?I don't want it and never asked for that.
>>18541683I've heard going to Hell is actually an allegory for that from a few folks. Luckily, it seems there's endless ways to get there, which might seem nice, but all of them involve painfully dying.
>>18541683Become a Buddhist then. That's their whole schtick.
>>18541487Actually a relatable Red.dit Atheism (TM) post. I was devout into my 20s and did all the things scripture said to do to seek and find god, and it never felt like anything other than emptiness and talking to the walls. "Seek and ye shall find" was a lie.
>>18541706I recently had a mental episode from drugs and it broke my faithI just can't live looking for signs that are just coincidence, I wasted a year of my life doing that with nothing to show for it.
>>18541751as someone who generally considers themselves somewhere between Agnostic Atheist and Deist I must say that having a drug-induced mental breakdown is probably the worst reason to be an atheist I have ever heard of in my entire life
>>18541759If people are allowed to become religious through drug induced mental breakdowns, I can become atheist
>>18541766You ever get really high on weed and then masturbate but you time your climax to when your high reaches its peak? I bet that's what heaven feels like all the time. I bet you wouldn't be atheist then
>>18541772I would say I know this feeling, but my faps are pretty L and make me want to kill myself
>>18541775Give yourself a tolerance break
>>18541487BECAUSE WE ARE DAMAGED BY ORIGINAL SIN; THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT INHERENTLY «WITH GOD» ANYMORE, AND IT IS WHY THE SACRAMENTS ARE NOW NECESSARY TO RECEIVE DIVINE GRACE.
>>18541759Agreed.Get sober and try to use as much facts and logic to determine your overall life-direction.
>>18541487Cuz we can't let the roastoids win and go rush in to die in wars for Jews. Playing the slow and honest game is always a respectable strategy. Pick your spots. Wait for opportunities.
>>18541487The dharmic religions made me experience god in a way christianity never did.
>>18541487He didn't. By choosing to live without His grace and presence, people are actively working to make it feel this way. But if you show some interest in the actual teachings of Christianity (like the Cathechism of Catholic Church) and try to see the practice, you might find that presence. In particular, I recommend visiting an adoration chapel. Even non-believers see that there is something special about churches and chapels, when they come to see the art or architecture, and with a bit of faith it's easy to see why that is.
>>18541487Because I fap to tranny porn daily.
>>18541586Wanting to die is no different than just commiting suicide Anon.
>>18541487>devoid of his presence?I feel his presence every time I am out in nature or see a sunset. Natural beauty is a gift from God I relish every day
>>18541487Someone is going to say something about free will, a strain of apologetics invented in the 20th century, has no basis in scripture, and is outright contradicted by several of God's actions. If you want an explanation actually based on scripture, it boils down to two points:>God is the creator of all reality, including the bad parts. They are not the result of his passivity, God creates evil (Isaiah 45:7).>The relationship between you and God is not one of peers, but of servant and lord. Ergo, he doesn't owe you an explanation, and you don't get to question him (Job 41:11).
>>18541496/thread>>18541487>do NOTHING to get closer to God>waaah waaah I cant feed God's presenceRetard.
>>18543462Why does one need to "get closer to God"? Is it because God is super far away? Where is he? Why is he never present?
>>18541487We are no born into this kingdom of darkness as children of God, we are born into this world as children of Satan. https://youtu.be/BK_JUg22efs?si=Eu1XhhYer1KT5mSdMankind is "sold under sin" (Rom. 7:14), which is why God has delegated authority to Satan, who is in charge of this present world system. Humans suffer here to make them realize that God angry with this world and will send it's people to hell. If only good things happened we would not realize that there is something wrong, this is what the book of Job teaches us, the reason why good people have to suffer, that is, to make people realize that we are not good and we can't rely on our self-righteousness to be justified, we have to rely on God alone. The surest proof that there is a Hell is what God lets happen to people in order to keep them out. The Lord knows there is something worse than whatever bad thing happens on earth. This is why Jesus said that you have to be born again. Unless you are born again as a child of God you cannot enter the Kingdom of God. The Lord Jesus Christ came to reconcile man and God together again, He did it by bearing the judgment of the sinner in Himself on the cross. He was judged and punished for all our sins. What the sinner is asked to do is to trust in Jesus Christ, The Lord God Almighty. It doesn't matter how much faith you have, but you can't put that faith in yourself, because you can't save yourself. Trust that the work He did is sufficient to pay for you sins, and call upon Him as your Saviour, knowing that you are a sinner, and that without the blood atonement He made you would go to hell.Salvation is by grace through faith (Eph. 2:8-9, given by God, Romans 10:8 & 17) only in the one, final, effectual sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ (Heb. 10:8-12) dying in your place (1 Cor. 15:3-4) as a substitutionary offering for sin forever (Rom. 5:1-10), Rom. 8:38-39, Rom. 10:9.www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VRT2FFXntchttps://truthischrist.com/seven/
>>18544037Why do you keep spamming these disproves schizo rants?
>>18543468God is everywhere already. Only ego prevents you from perceiving him. Any of the world religions are supposed to help you remove the obstacle of the ego if you follow their guidelines. Not all of them succeed at this because the path is very challenging.The biggest obstacle is being willing to let go of everything to see god; the ego will fight tooth and nail not to step down from its throne. But when ego assumes its place as servant and not as master, your life will transform indescribibly.
