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Heee, thankyou.I couldn't possibly have said it better myself.
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Heee, thankyou.I couldn't possibly have said it better myself.
I'm trying not to be, but it's hard. Two years is a long time and I'm a teenager.Good things come to those who wait. Don't be impatient.
Well, mostly I just want to be able to be at peace with myself, my life, my future and my spiritual ideologies. Through peace I see God's approval.I'd like to know what kind of an answer you are expecting. Auditory, visual, something else?
I know that, and that's OK. I just can't seem to have any result yet. I guess these things take time.There are a lot of different possibilities and results.
I know. When you're a teenager, it's kind of hard to think beyond a couple of months in the future.I'm trying not to be, but it's hard. Two years is a long time and I'm a teenager.
That sounds like a totally reasonable desire. I really wish I could say something to make you feel better about not getting answers to your questions. Most teenagers I know either feel like they already have all the answers they need, or else they just don't give a damn. You're seriously to be commended for continuing to seek.Well, mostly I just want to be able to be at peace with myself, my life, my future and my spiritual ideologies. Through peace I see God's approval.
They not only take time, they can come in rather unexpected ways. Some people are just more spiritually "in tune" than others. Like you, I'm one of "the others"; I've just reconciled myself to the fact that for me, absolute, firm, definitive answers that I can't argue with may just never come. But that doesn't mean God doesn't exist or that He is not aware of your concerns.I know that, and that's OK. I just can't seem to have any result yet. I guess these things take time.
That's for sure!I know. When you're a teenager, it's kind of hard to think beyond a couple of months in the future.
Thanks. It reallly means a lot. It should make you happy to know that I haven't given up on Mormonism. I just want to try other things.That sounds like a totally reasonable desire. I really wish I could say something to make you feel better about not getting answers to your questions. Most teenagers I know either feel like they already have all the answers they need, or else they just don't give a damn. You're seriously to be commended for continuing to seek.
I believe that. It's entirely plausible that I'm being tested. I just don't know.They not only take time, they can come in rather unexpected ways. Some people are just more spiritually "in tune" than others. Like you, I'm one of "the others"; I've just reconciled myself to the fact that for me, absolute, firm, definitive answers that I can't argue with may just never come. But that doesn't mean God doesn't exist or that He is not aware of your concerns.
Well, what a sad, twisted God that would be. If that's how things are, I might as well be an atheist.Perhaps God ignores you because, he/she finds no reason not to.
It feels like a long time, I know. I've been there.I'm trying not to be, but it's hard. Two years is a long time and I'm a teenager.
Then just keep researching into different religions. You feel one which will resonate with you.Well, mostly I just want to be able to be at peace with myself, my life, my future and my spiritual ideologies. Through peace I see God's approval.
Yeah. It can be incredibly frustrating. There will be times when you feel like saying "Oh forget it". I know they happened to me. Yet every time I did that, I just ended up back at square 1 in less than a day. Less than a day, lol. Incredibly frustrating.I know that, and that's OK. I just can't seem to have any result yet. I guess these things take time.
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My question for theists is this: why is God ignoring me like this? The only theistic answer I've found is in Deism, and honestly the idea that God doesn't get involved with humans kind of seems to defeat the purpose of a God to me.
WTF?! All I want is an answer. If I can't find one, I'll just have to be an atheist, which kind of depresses me. What am I doing wrong?
Prefferably heaven for all, but I'm not super attached to the idea of an afterlife. It's not something I'm super concerned over.It feels like a long time, I know. I've been there.
Then just keep researching into different religions. You feel one which will resonate with you.
What kind of God do you seek? What is God to you?
What is your concept of the afterlife? Reincarnation, none, Heaven for the good, Hell for the wicked, Heaven for everyone?
Did you try the Belief-o-Matic Quiz?
Thank you. I've never read the Guru Granth Sahib before. Spent quite a while reading it. Fascinating. I have read the others off and on, but none all the way through. I adore the poetry in the Tao Te Ching.I'm sure you have read the Bible. Now read the NIV or Contemporary English Version (CEV). The styles may appear to you more than the KJV style used in the LDS church.
Read the Quran, the scripture of Islam.
Don't feel comfortable with these? These don't resonate with you? Then travel further east, to the Dharmic land.
Read the Gurū Granth Sāhib, the holy text and Eternal Gurū of the Sikhs. I have linked it for you. (This is my favourite scripture)
Read the Bhagavad Gītā (linked).
Even read the Tao Te Ching (linked as well).
Yeah. It can be incredibly frustrating. There will be times when you feel like saying "Oh forget it". I know they happened to me. Yet every time I did that, I just ended up back at square 1 in less than a day. Less than a day, lol. Incredibly frustrating.
An interesting concept, though I don't really agree much with that philosophy. I don't want to have created myself. It's hard for me to thing aboutDo not expect a voice unrecognized, or a sign so obvious, it is the subtlety of the matter which provokes what you see and depict as yourself and God. Care not to take a label that only demeans your true value, care not to take on a label that feeds those psychological vampires. Feel the blood flow through your veins, and feel yourself evolve.
In the words of Stian Tomt Thoresen and Sven Atle Kopperud, "You are your own soul creator, of your own masterplan".
An interesting concept, though I don't really agree much with that philosophy. I don't want to have created myself. It's hard for me to thing about
So, I guess that makes me an agnostic humanist. Ish.
Wait until I'm alone and things are quiet. Meditate on my desire for knowledge. Pray, out loud, asking that if there is a God, would he/she/it please tell me what religion contains the most truth. Meditate and hope the answer will come to me.