Are any of you on here religious. I feel like I lost all hope with humanity and need to seek some sort of higher power for help. Any sort of suggestions on what to do?
Being atheist and wanting to seek God again -
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I'd recommend reading this blog, it's very insightful about the type of media you seem to consume. It also has some very good arguments about loli's being ok:
gethn7.blogspot.com
The Musings Of The Consensus
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Buddhism looks pretty cool since it doesn't necessarily ask you to believe outlandish and irrational things for it to work. Really though the search for a "higher power" just seems like a pointless endeavor to me. How would its existence make your life tangibly better even if you did find it? How would you know when you found it? Its fine to seek some kind of inspired awakening of faith but I would advise against seeking some kind of savior to make you feel whole, that tends to end poorly for people.
Let us know when you find him
I mean I would recommend reading and learning about other religions and philosophies and try to find out what you think is the truth.
I don't know, maybe @Exigent Circumcisions will have some reading material for you.
I don't know, maybe @Exigent Circumcisions will have some reading material for you.
I'm not going to talk about myself on this subject, but I find that whenever people feel they need something new, whether it's religion or excercise or whatever, the best way to approach it is to decide to go and check out three places where you could possibly do that.
Most places are pretty welcoming to new people and I think that we know pretty quickly if a place is good for us or not. If you decide now to check out 3 places in the coming month and you commit yourself to that choice, then you'll have made a huge step forward into ridding yourself of hopelessness. Even if the groups/churches you go to are not right for you, then you know not to seek it there. Then you should try to identify why they aren't the right places and what the right place would have.
Honestly to find answers you have to look and get out of your comfort zone. They may not always be the answers you were hoping for, but they are always answers that help you forward.
Losing faith in humanity, then asking for a religion to solve your mindset, is not a good idea, a lot of the time. Spirituality? That’s different, and in my humble opinion, a lot healthier.
A Critique of Religion and Philosophy by Walter Kaufmann
Moses Maimonedes (sic?), just look it up.
The Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther
The Bible.
A Critique of Religion and Philosophy is a good study in comparative religion so you can kill two birds at once with that one, unfortunately I can't find it in ebook so I just got a replacement for my tattered old one off of amazon for $25, well worth it.
The Jews and Their Lies is a bit edgiboi to recommend but does have some interesting points about Christianity.
Also, I'm not averse to shooting the shit via PM.
Yeah certainly true on that part. I'm honestly just lost in terms of finding myself. I guess you could help me on the terms of Spirituality.
Just invent a God in your head and let it guide you. It's pretty cool. Mine is a pretty girl who gets mad when I stare at the computer too much.
Why would you quote the OP? If you reply to a thread it's obvious you're replying to the OP. There's literally no point in quoting the OP.
Never been an atheist and never really tried to convert anyone so this is all basic suggestions I guess:
Read religious texts and books about religion.
Otherwise, if you don't mind human interaction and care about the ceremonial aspects, go to your local church and talk to the priest/preacher/pastor and the people out there. You might encounter someone who was like you at some point and they could guide you more personally (and you'll make a friend too so that's nice).
Read religious texts and books about religion.
Otherwise, if you don't mind human interaction and care about the ceremonial aspects, go to your local church and talk to the priest/preacher/pastor and the people out there. You might encounter someone who was like you at some point and they could guide you more personally (and you'll make a friend too so that's nice).
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1. Ignore everyone with an agenda. This includes staunch atheists and religious dogmatics alike.
2. Ask yourself basic questions you honestly want to know the answer to.
3. Allow yourself to search with an open mind. (This would include prayer and asking for help.)
And the most important part:
4. Do research as an academic.
Allow religious publications to defend themselves to you, not the other way around. You'll soon find what holds water and what doesn't. You'll get a lot of push back from people who will either mock you, ignore you or ridicule you. Ignore them.
Turns out he was behind the couch the whole time
OP - Merely by wanting to know God you've taken the first step. Nas had a line - "Take one step toward him, he takes 2 toward you", the point being that coming to know God is about coming to Know Thyself.
I know faith is an easy thing to make fun of, ha ha man in the sky & all that, but at the end of the day being right with God doesn't need to be anything more than the ultimate life hack. It's a hack to beat the existential anxiety back & enjoy it all. Why not have a better time of things, you know? Keep in mind that traditional conceptions of God were defined by the aesthetics, technology & culture of the day. OF COURSE a violent medieval society would come up with angels, gargoyles, damnation & smiting. Cathedrals make more sense when you know they were the largest and most ornate buildings of their day by far - they were designed to be object lessons in humility, among other things. Fire & Brimstone, all that noise? That's people living in a certain kind of world and trying to make sense of it through aesthetic expressions. Your conception of God doesn't need to be like that.
Faith is not for everybody, but for me it boils down to knowing, in the back of my mind somewhere, that everything is gonna be ok. Is that worth believing in shit you can't prove? Well, ask yourself - Would you rather be happy, or would you rather be right?
I mean, while atheism is the rational way to go and all if you really want to believe in some higher power, at least pick someone badass, like Zeus or some cool pagan god. Christian god is a lame ass boomer moralfag.
Who would a god worship?
I venerate my priestesses but I digress
It is better to die for the Emperor than it is to live for yourself
I venerate my priestesses but I digress
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Barring the logic of a shitpost, you actually chose a sister-fucking, crybaby, serial rapist, animal fucker over the dude who healed the sick, fed the hungry, gave to the poor and died for the sins of Humanity for free.
So THIS is how conservative tradcath Deus Vult LARPers are created
You're just upset because YOUR imaginary friends refuse to talk to you at all anymore
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