God? or no God? What do you think? ?

Question

i was raised catholic but now im starting to say "what am i to gain from this?" i haven't seen God i haven't heard God i feel like im a slave to a God that i don't even know exists! day after day im forced to say prayers and guess what? nothing happens same old same old my dads all "oh we need to praise his name" and im thinking in my head i would believe that if i had proof and im just really confused even my church that i went to when they collect the money from us they say that they give it to the poor, and to keep the church up and running right? well in this case no i went to go to the bathroom and i saw the containers that they put the money in each collection they were taking money from it! would a god let them get away with that? would this almighty god that is so powerful and that created the earth let people go through with abortion? would this god let people kill one another? this freaking god can create the earth and all of its inhabitants but he cant cure the common cold? i just wanted to say whats on my mind and i want to hear from you guys what you think. thank you

Answer 1

No god.

The stupid ones follow those who claim to know of God.

The smart ones deny the existence of God.

The smartest ones claim to know god, so that the stupid ones give them money, power, and obediance.

Its all in the book animal Farm.

Answer 2

GOD : ]

it cant be a perfect world..there has to be problems and stuff like that. i dont think i need evidnce to know that god exists.

Answer 3

There is not a single shred of evidence for gods. So, no gods.  

Answer 4

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is our One and Only.

May you be touched by his noodly appendage.

rAMEN.

Answer 5

God or no God is all in your heart, not in the church, not in material things and especially not in other people.  If one is 'chosen' one will always have God in their heart whether they know it or not.

GOD BLESS!  AMEN!    SHALOM!

Answer 6

No god.

Answer 7

If there were no God then we wouldn't exist!  

God is the creator of all things

Answer 8

Hey sorry you're having a crisis of faith. But it's not necessarily a bad thing. If you cannot take on blind faith the kinds of things they are feeding you, that relgion probably isn't for you. The good thing about being a free-thinker is the ability to choose your religion for yourself. The religion you were raised in may not be the right one for you. Stop beating yourself up about that religion and start looking into others. Or, what may be the answer for you is that you have your own personal beliefs that don't follow a particular religion and that's okay.

I personally do not believe in a deity or higher power.

Answer 9

no god  

Answer 10

Absolutely there is a God.  You are saying that you haven't heard from

God, but then you rant and rave about Him.  You will never find God w/cynicism and a close minded heart.

First of all, the people taking money were probably counting it.  That's what happens after the plate is collected.  They have to account for it and write it all down.

You need to understand something about God.  He DID NOT create the problems of this world.  Abortion, the common cold, etc.  He created a perfect world in order for us to have peace.  We came in and w/our pride, screwed it up and sinned.  The fall of man created chaos in a world meant to be perfect.  God has not come and fixed everything yet because it's not His time.  When is His time?  Because He is so merciful, He is waiting for more to accept Him before He ends this world once and for all.  Believe me, He has the power to fix anything, just in the right time.

So, my suggestion to you is pray.  Don't expect anything, just pray.  Continue to do this and develop a friendship w/God.  He will begin to speak back to you and you will know when it happens.  Join a local youth group with people who are committed to having a relationship w/Christ.  I know some Catholic churches promote this and some are more traditional.  Find a church (even if it's Protestant) and cultivate your relationship with Christ.  You will quickly find out there is a God.

Answer 11

I don't think god exists because there's no evidence for god's existence.  It's not like theism is a new idea and people haven't had time to collect enough data.  Theism has been around for thousands upon thousands of year and theists still don't have proof, so I don't find them credible.  If I'm wrong and god is real, I want god to tell me.  I don't want to hear it secondhand from anyone else.  And given all of the difficulties of life such as you described, I think god would owe us an explanation for his creative motivations.

Answer 12

Yes, there is a God. A lot of that stuff that you mentioned about abortion, people killing each other, etc. happens because people choose to do it. It's freewill. God doesn't want people to do horrible things like that but its our choice to disobey or obey Him. God could force people to love and obey Him, He does have that power, but if He did force them then it wouldn't really be love.  

Answer 13

Before trying to know God( supreme soul), I must know " Who  I am? "As the God has made me in his own Image , so I must know myself. I understand that myself is a soul in my body, so God is a supreme soul without body.

Answer 14

Well I was raised catholic too .  But deep down inside you know there is a God.  I converted to christian.  Catholic is mostly all about tradition now I understand more the bible and GOD.  Sometimes god has to look away from petty stuff.  Pretend your in line somewhere.  and you pray for something.  There are millions of others waiting their turn.  In line.  Well then wait your turn if you prayed for something.  And then there is another idea.  For example if someone is taking money from the church, do you think God would worry about that first or our troops in Iraq.    Hello sometimes God has to look away.  Let things happen and maybe some people will learn something.  It's a shame so many of us don't learn from our mistakes.

Answer 15

1)You cannot see God, You can see JESUS (the beloved) though!

2)God doesn't need proof!

3)Always check were you money is going... No MATTER WHAT.

4)God put abortion clinics to test your faith. (human's free choice.)

5)The common cold is a natural thing of the human body, like how people say "why did God let Gustav happen?" GOD does not control NATURAL disasters.

Answer 16

There is no evidence for any "god" and to believe in one is a delusion.

Answer 17

I was catholic like you, and after confirmation, I had to ditch it all.

I felt like I was brainwashed too, and realized that the proof of god was extremely improbable, and in fact so improbable that it was pointless to believe in a god.

Answer 18

Appearances can be deceiving.

Answer 19

Clearly we are kept by the power of God.

Answer 20

Ask yourself this: would you have believed in this particular god if you hadn't been raised to do so?

I suggest that you, now as a rational adult, throw away everything you were taught about religion as a child, and examine the evidence for God that exists right now.

I'm afraid you won't find any, but, then, some people, most people, will believe what they're told, rather than what actually *is*.

Answer 21

Sometimes, we might ask God for things over and over and we don't get an answer. I know, its happened to me before. It's really frustrating and you begin to wonder if there's a God out there at all. But if you just wait God will pull through in the end. God created man, but when he created man he also gave him free will. So we can't really blame God for all the evil things that go on on the earth.  

Answer 22

Whatever rocks your boat but just for the record, you wonder why "would this almighty god that is so powerful and that created the earth let people go through with abortion?" but don't wonder how the same god could command a whacko to invade another country in his name and kill 1,000,000 of its children, women and innocent citizens?  Just wondering how your logic works  

Answer 23

God definitely but personally I'd drop the Christianity. Research other faiths they might speak to you more clearly, especially the one that is in yor blood like Hellenism if you're Greek or whatever