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i’m so detached from religion like i respect it all but i can never develop any crave or sense of belief in it at all….it just feels useless and empty to me like it’s all made up
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Anonymous 19w

I knew religion wasn’t for me when I was 5 sitting in church thinking “what are we even talking about? How do we know this guy is real?”

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Anonymous 19w

me too. i used to be a big christian, but im also biology major and the more i get into my studies the more christianity seems like hoax. so now im an atheist but i wish i could still believe, because its more hopeful

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Anonymous 19w

I really wish I could be religious. I’ve gone to so many religious talks with an open mind and it’s just never worked. I see so many people say they’re not worried bc god has their back and i just wishhh I could have that level of faith

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Anonymous 19w

as a believer, i truthfully don’t know how people live without religion. like to each their own definitely and obviously non believers already know how to live without Christ, but as a believer its hard to grasp that! its kind of cool to think about how each side lives so differently. like for example, im currently going through a breakup and i really have no idea where id be rn if i didnt have God to pray to and seek comfort in. but non believers have their way and i think thats so interesting

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Anonymous 19w

I believe because I see it around me, but I’m also aware that if I didn’t grow up the way I did I’d think I was a tad nuts. Very much a perspective thing imo

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 19w

i think it’s interesting to look at religion through the eyes of science, the two actually go hand in hand VERY perfectly and it’s quite incredible where you can’t explain science; there is religion - where religion seems unbelievable there is science backing up a different theory

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 19w

yeah, that was kind of how it was for me too, and I think growing up with parents or super religious and always backed up and associated their excuses with it, drove me away more even more

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 19w

Kinda hate this concept. Look up “God of the gaps”

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 19w

Can I ask, how does God provide comfort to you?

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 19w

How do you see it around you?

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 19w

yeah i feel the same way like no matter how hard i try, i just don’t feel anything

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 19w

definitely! in terms of the Bible, each piece of scripture big or small can be dissected and applied to any aspect of life. so no matter what i’m going through, i know there’s at least one verse in there that i can use. another thing i do is devotional which are basically lessons supported by scripture, and those help me to understand the things i don’t know or know little of. obviously some of this isn’t God Himself, but the resources i have that connect me to Him and i know He’s there guiding

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 19w

me through it. i understand how this can sound delusional to non believers lol but that’s just how it is! did i explain that okay or do you want more? lol

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 19w

No, I think that explains it well enough, thank you for giving me a little bit of understanding :)

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 19w

i tried to see it through that perspective but it just doesn't work for me. Evolution contradicts the entire creation story, noah's ark, tower of babble, etc. And "science based christians" started claiming that these stories were metaphors only after evolution became a proven fact. I think religion was only invented to explain the unknown, and once scientists found answers, religion became a fraud.

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Anonymous replying to -> #8 19w

you bet!!

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