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Hey guys!
It's been a while since I've been here in the chat room; I originally came here pretty much a hater of God, but understanding that the ONLY way I can find peace is through Him, I decided to make an honest attempt to give my life to Him.
I have to admit that this has been an extremely hard thing to do; attempting it has caused me a lot of stress, a lot of guilt, a lot of anger and sleepless nights. However I am not giving up hope just yet.
As I have studied the Bible, without even looking for them, I come across a great many contradictions, conflicts in morality from a God who is supposed to be "all good" (there are many examples of how God can be quite demented)...and things that on a simple scientific level...just don't add up. Again, these are not things that I am looking for, but... If you actually read the Bible these things are like a hand slapping you in the face trying to wake you up.
I have spoken about these things with people of God who pretty much just tell me "have faith that everything in the Bible is true, because it was inspired by God". But here in lies the problem...to have "faith" that the Bible is true seems to completely omit logical thinking, to chalk everything up to "magic" or to say that "God's action are ALWAYS good, no matter how bloody, no matter how seemingly cruel, no matter how hypocritical on a cosmic level they are...because He is God."
To not give consideration to these things is like a person shrugging their shoulders and saying "oh well; it's written in the Bible...no need to think, no need to question". But God gave us a mind to think, to analyze, to wonder. To not use this gift that God gave us is to be like mindless sheep, to become like the robots that He so claims that He does not want us to be.
It is difficult for me to type these things without seeming that I am trying to be insulting, but I promise you that I am not. There is just no other way to "say" them.
I come to the chatroom as a person who is in the pursuit of truth and possible answers, not as a "troll" or a person who is trying to stir up conflict. So if you choose to address this issue, I humbly ask that you please not attack me; that you try not to twist my words around to make them mean something they don't.
For those who may choose to reply, I graciously thank you in advance for your knowledge and wisdom.
The only reason that I do not give specific examples in this post is because doing so would make it entirely too long to read, but these are things which I will mention should this thread demand it.
It's been a while since I've been here in the chat room; I originally came here pretty much a hater of God, but understanding that the ONLY way I can find peace is through Him, I decided to make an honest attempt to give my life to Him.
I have to admit that this has been an extremely hard thing to do; attempting it has caused me a lot of stress, a lot of guilt, a lot of anger and sleepless nights. However I am not giving up hope just yet.
As I have studied the Bible, without even looking for them, I come across a great many contradictions, conflicts in morality from a God who is supposed to be "all good" (there are many examples of how God can be quite demented)...and things that on a simple scientific level...just don't add up. Again, these are not things that I am looking for, but... If you actually read the Bible these things are like a hand slapping you in the face trying to wake you up.
I have spoken about these things with people of God who pretty much just tell me "have faith that everything in the Bible is true, because it was inspired by God". But here in lies the problem...to have "faith" that the Bible is true seems to completely omit logical thinking, to chalk everything up to "magic" or to say that "God's action are ALWAYS good, no matter how bloody, no matter how seemingly cruel, no matter how hypocritical on a cosmic level they are...because He is God."
To not give consideration to these things is like a person shrugging their shoulders and saying "oh well; it's written in the Bible...no need to think, no need to question". But God gave us a mind to think, to analyze, to wonder. To not use this gift that God gave us is to be like mindless sheep, to become like the robots that He so claims that He does not want us to be.
It is difficult for me to type these things without seeming that I am trying to be insulting, but I promise you that I am not. There is just no other way to "say" them.
I come to the chatroom as a person who is in the pursuit of truth and possible answers, not as a "troll" or a person who is trying to stir up conflict. So if you choose to address this issue, I humbly ask that you please not attack me; that you try not to twist my words around to make them mean something they don't.
For those who may choose to reply, I graciously thank you in advance for your knowledge and wisdom.
The only reason that I do not give specific examples in this post is because doing so would make it entirely too long to read, but these are things which I will mention should this thread demand it.