I have been doubting that he exists since September. I mean you can't see,hear, or feel him. I know that people will say that " the Bible tells you that he exists.", yes, but, still, sometimes I feel like he doesn't even care. Ok, I know he exists but does he care? In my life it doesn't feel like he does. How do I find this out? I go to church(cuz my dad is a pastor) but inside me I don't care about being there. I don't like being there. Can you help me?
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This life is but a test. God right now is testing your faith. Think about it if people did not believe than no one would do goog. Also look around you there are lots of signs like how everything is made and the miracle of life. If you don't believe than you have nothing tolook forward to after death and than what if the hell exists your pretty much screwed then. So god is always testing you. In this life believe in god and god gives you little signs of him but you'll see the truth through the inevitable death. Just believe in himand  his oneness
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man, i feel bad for you. you're playing on the wrong team. God is so real. it seems like everyday he's proving himself (to me anyway). i mean there are times i look back and it could have only been God that got me through. God gives me peace, protection, and he is a great provider. My first year in college I didn't have a job or a dime to my name, but God made a way for me. He made is so that I was never hungry, and that I never wanted for anything. to you God might be an "invisible friend" but for me he is my best friend. the bible is a guide that tells us how to live. and if people live right they dont have to fear God. he gave his only son for us, do you really think that he wants to destroy us? to cripple us with fear? No, thats not him, he is loving. I'm sorry if you feel that God has failed you, or that he's not real, because you're missing out.
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Woo hoo, a comment clearly designed to start a big argument on here, which I don't agree with, everyone has their own opinions!\n\nHowever, I sense that the basis of your point is that there is no real hard evidence to sustain the existence of any god, which is not the same as saying he doesn't exist, but is a definite statement to say that wehave no way of knowing. \n\nSo why everyone doesn't just live their life based upon earthly things, eg looking after and revering the earth around us, rather than pinning our hopes on some concept of a higher being, I don't know. \n\n(by the way, there IS actually hard evidence to suggest that the whole idea of a god stems from a part of the human brain, which operates only to convince us of a higher power, so we feel more significant than we actually are..)
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Sometimes God is silent. He wants to know if you are serious about Him. Continue to pray and don't give up. Your consistency in prayer will make you stronger. I feel for you and please know that regardless of what people tell you, you are precious in God's site, and He cares about you.
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God is always here. he is walking right beside you. even though you may not be able to see him he is there. it is called faith and when you have it you have the capacity to believe in something that is not tangible. he created the universe, but he is still here. when we die true believers will go to heaven and worship Him forever. he will always be there forever and ever. i would suggest that you explain the truth to your friend in a nice and understanding way. he obviously needs help and guidance and you seem like just the person to do it. good luck with that and i will pray for you. \n\nnsrunner16@yahoo.com\n\nnsrunner16@yahoo.com
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an wonder full question and it is a great joy to share with, may JESUS fill your heart with HIS joy more and more.\n The only time worth living is the time that i am in HIS prisence, when i go into HIS presence i forget every thing, and the HOLY SPIRIT takes over and HE leads me into joy, prayer, and worship. i only wish that moment don't end.\nOh how i long to be in HIS presence every time, everywhere.
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You need to reach out to Him! The Lord hears all, and you need Him! Start by SINCERELY and very truly repenting for your sins and the sinful life you have lived. Understand and admit that God is your only saviour and that you realize you need His help, unconditional love, and guidance. He will not let you fall and he calls out to you even when you feel you cant here Him. It is very true that you will feel Him in your heart and he will bring you comfort, healing, and peace, plus so many other wonderful things, but sometimes there is a point where we cant just feel everything. If we know we have made things right with God, then we have to trust His word. Start getting into His word and trusting Him. Whatever that music was, if you think it would not please God or doesnt bring you hope or contribute faith, get rid of it! There have been times when I would not let things go, and though God will work on this with you, it holds back your growing and maturity with God. All negative media does. Leave it alone, and if it is hard, ASK God, he CAN and WILL answer and do what is best to help you. He helps me everyday! What kind of God would ask so much and then not be willing to help you in return? He WILL my friend! Read your bible  for more faith! \nBeing reborn means that you will be born into a completely different life. You might be ignorant, or for a nicer word, unaware of these new things, but God is the master and you also need to know that you cannot fulfill his tasks without Him helping you and directing. The Lord is not willing that any should perish, especially not you. He is calling out YOUR very name, and He becons you to the a life of eternity. I hope that you will run after this call, fight the struggle, and not a battle but a War, and live FRUITFUL, which was the joyess experience I so wonderfully came upon! Dont listen to those who try to push you away from him. Let Him cleanse you and refresh you of this dirtiness and unholyness which has tried to consume all since Adam and Eve. Satans works. Though The devil will fight for you, and those who dont listen to God hear satan much more, and you are no match against him, no christian is, but with God he stands NO chance. There is going to be temptation, but put it ALL in God's hands. He will speak to you and make changes in your life! Last I think, you are not alone. Always talk to God, nothing is too small for Him or too big for Him to handle ever, and talk to other christians, they will welcome you to lean on them, and will be sure to pray for you! Start going to church! And any burden that is too heavy for you to carry, like forgiving, serious situations, give them to God. He loves to handle these things, and is sooo pleased with you when you hand them over to Him!  \nTrust me, the bible (in better words) says the more of the word you let in, the more evil comes out. God is not sitting back, trust me, he has an incredibly special and fulfilling plan for you full of so many things! He is all powerful and will change your life around once you seek it and bring it to Him, like it seems you are going to do now.  He has already started on me, and I am so excited! Let Him in your heart, to break down those walls. Make yourself a living, breathing sacrifice for Him. Dont worry, it's all step by step. He starts out slow! Like David! My pasture was preaching one sunday about David's process. "Before the giant, the bear, the lion and the palace, he was just a sheepherder." lol Which is no shame! You dont have to worry, because God is going to take care of all this, and I will make sure to pray for you as well! \nI hope all this helped, NEVER GIVE UP! God will supply you with everything you need, and sees better than anyone on the internet can! He knew all your going through would happen before you even knew, he was just waiting for you to seek Him. God could have made us like christian robots, but He loved us, and he gave us a choice to love Him back. By the w
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Why doesn't he stand on the side of the road like a billboard?  He does, all of creation testifies to His existance. Study something as simple as a leaf- it's astounding the detail that goes into it.  You seem to like analogies- I do too- so look at it this way: if you see a beautiful Monet, you can admire the brushstrokes, the colors and the composition and no one has to try and convince you that there was an artist!  "No, no," you might say, "I believe that thousands of years ago all those colors were just thrown into the air and they happened to land on the canvas in this fashion."  The creation (the painting) testifies to the existance of a painter (the creator)\n\nMatthew 7:7 says if you seek Him you will find Him.  A friend of mine grew up in an orphanage in India and as a small child, wanted to know if there was more to God.  Jesus appeared to Him in a vision and told Him who He was.  Then he began praying for a bible and miraculously enough, some missionaries (this was back in the 1950's- people didn't travel as much as they do today) happened to pass through their small villiage and visit the orphanage so he could have a bible.  He's a missionary now, going to my church and traveling back and forth to India.  \n\nWe have a relationship with God through the Holy Spirit.  It is the Holy Spirit that works on this earth.  I've seen people's deaf ears open. I took a drug dealer to church once, and the power of God there made him start to convulse on the floor- THE NEXT DAY 1.He called all his contacts, 2.quit selling and using drugs and 3. started a street evangelism ministry for the homeless in Houston.  I know God exists because He works in my life- the Holy Spirit can give me a check in my spirit and keep me from going places, and can teach me through revelation. \n\nI have personally prayed for people and God has shown me specific situations in their lives to talk to them about.  One woman I met in a Burger King (she was an employee there) God put it on my heart to pray for her.  As I began to pray I said, "God let her be a light to Chris." and she stopped me, took about 3 steps back and wide-eyed asked, "how did you know my husband's name was Chris?"  Well, I didn't.  I had never met her before; I just prayed what God wanted me to- and He wanted to show her that He knew her, He saw her, He knew her situation and that He cared.  It was pretty cool!\n\n Just yesterday I was reading Psalm 2 about how God fights our battles for us, and I asked Him to do that for me.  Well last night we went to dinner at this restaurant, the food was awful, we were over charged for our meals, but it was such an exhausting day that I didn't feel like fighting our waiter. We still tipped him (since i was a waitress for years) Well the guy comes back with our check copy AND a bag of pasta (the pasta was the large size we'd been charged for, but had not recieved) saying "the kitchen accidentally made this- you guys want it?"  fresh bread (he hadn't been refilling our bread basket as he should have) and our leftovers.  And my friend, without knowing about my conversation with God that morning said, "Man, we didn't even have to fight him (the waiter)" \n\n I know this is an insignificant story, I could tell you more miraculous ones, like how I was woken in the middle of the night to pray for my sister who was busy totaling her car (but walked away with only a small scratch on her knee after clearing a 5' tall fence!) how I was healed of a degenerative family disease, how the power of God has touched my home, but it is the daily testimonies, the small things, that grow our faith. He just wanted me to know yesterday (because of all the battles I'm going through right now) that He cares even for the smallest skirmishes. E-mail me if you want to know more.  I could tell you story after story of the miraculous things God has done.
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Really good question and no really good answers here. Why does god need to be worshipped, what does he care? \nSorry no answer but good question!
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Not dead, never dead.  However it does remind me of a philosophy I once "figured out" in one of my drunken states of brilliance (well it seemed so at the time).\n\nGod is not needed.  Mankind has invented reasoning and science and is currently approaching the ability to cure himself of his own fragile nature (genetic engineering, stem cell research leading to growning new organs, halting the effects of aging etc etc).  Perhaps this is how god wants mankind to be.  Ok with war and famine etc etc still rife in the world today it is difficult to believe we have "grown up" however I think we are geting there.\n\nThink of yourself as a dad.  You have got a son who you have taught right from wrong and guided them through childhood and through adolesence and on into young adulthood.  Now how would you rather have your son:\n\na) Although you would never admit it to yourself your son is a wiener, he can't do a thing for himself, every last little problem he runs into he expects you to bail him out of everytime and although you love him and willingly help him, when will he learn you will not always be there to bail him out?\n\nor\n\nb)  You are proud of your son.  He has graduated, got a good job, financially stable, although sometimes he asks your adivce on things (which secretly you love) he makes the decisions himself using your adivce and is able to sort out his own problems if and when they arrive.  You know that you have brought him up right and that if something should happen to you he is able to survive out there in the world without you.\n\nNow my philosophy is this, maybe mankind has finally developed into son B and so instead of being dead god has actually just stepped back to allow us to live our lives and sort out our own problems, secure in the knowledge that we now are able to do so witout having to turn to him every time something goes wrong to bail us out.  Perhaps it is simply time mankind learned to live without God or religion and see if we can make it through the pitfalls on our own without our crutch.  Doesn't mean we have to stop loving god of course, just as moving out of your parents home doesn't mean you no longer love them or go visit them from time to time, just that we are able to live our own lives without interference.
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I can't tell if you really want an answer or not.  \n\nIf you really are ready to hear the answer, here it is:\n\nLet's get back to basics.  There is no "her" as a god.  There is only one God, and He has come to us in three ways to have three functions.  God is the Creator, and Jesus is the Savior, and the Holy Spirit is the Comforter.  \n\nWhat is the point of this life on earth?  We are put here to make a choice.  Are we going to choose God or not?  God has a mass amount of love for each one of His creation- even if they are not in love with Him, even if they ignore His creation as a witness that He exists, even if they try to analyze their life away without just admitting they can't make it on thier own.  That is how Satan fell.  Pride.  It is a great barrier.  The meaning of life is to become Christlike.  \n\nGod is not controlled by time because He is not in the physical realm.  He knows what our choice will be.  Think about that- He knows that He is going to have His own Son die just so that a person's sins can be covered, and that person says "no, thanks".  He still goes through with it.  He still creates that person.  It is amazing to ponder.  \n\nOur own choice takes us away from God.  In this life, it means that we will live a life that always has an empty spot in it.  We choose not to turn to God even when we are alone and He is there, with His arms open just wanting to carry us through our trials.  In the life after death, choosing to say "no" to God means an eternity without God- out of His presence.  Nashing of teeth, etc.  Hell doesn't sound very hospitable.  \n\nHowever, God is still there.  No matter how many times we reject Him.  If this is you, you can always start now.  No matter what you have done, God has passion for you.  He is on your side.  I encourage you to call out to Him now.  "God- I've been totally denying your being.  I'm so sorry.  Please reveal yourself and your love to me.  I want to run to you.  Open my heart to see your amazing creation.  Help me to meet people who can guide me to you.  Open my heart and eyes to the price that Jesus paid so that you throw my confessed sins away as far as the east is from the west.  Thank you."  Get a Bible, or check one out from a library.  It doesn't have to be the King James Version (although that is a fine version).  Find a biblical church in your area where you feel like you can ask the pastor all of your questions.  Church is not only for the already saved Christian.  \n\nI've already been praying for you.
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Jesus loves you. Get a bible and read to know how. Read it even if you don't feel like. That will change your life. Believe me it has changed mine!
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God's language is silence.\n\nGod is omnipresent.  That means that God isn't separate from you or I.  God is within you and I.  \n\nIt's not like you are not part of God, but God is somehow external in some famous person.\n\nIf you really want to hear God, you have to listen to silence.  That means listening to not only all the typical noises around you, but all the thoughts in your head as well, including the voice that keeps telling you that this is a load of shyt.\n\nPeace brother.
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:}\nJohn 5:7  For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.\n\nthe asker seems disappointed that G-d is greater than he can understand.\n\nthere are dumber lesser beast which can be understood even by the asker\n\nTo conclude that G-d doesn't exist because a mortal cant understand him is absurd\n\nor that his nature cannot be what he taught it to be because this mortal cannot explain it.\n\n\nHow very human of us.
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wow...the bible proves it self... and has to many peope throughout history...those the seek the truth find it and those that have no value in it do not...If you find the word of god as stupid then you have your answer as to why it makes no sense to you...God is there for those who find value in him..nad he reveals himself to those who seek him with all there heart...if this does not apply to you then why are you so amazed that you do not understand what others do? I keep talking to athiest who find no value in god whatsoever....this makes perfect sense to me that god has not revealed himself to these and if they are happy and you are happy why do you care that God has revealed himself to others?
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... and then not give us a clear sign that "yes, god is here. Worship!"\n\nYeah, this is the same question I keep asking, and I keep getting terrible answers for it. God made us to worship him, then made the careless mistake of giving us the option to not worship him. Either god is incompetent, god is malevolent, or god is not omnipotent.
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We are human and cannot possibly know what God knows.  Do I believe things he has done?  Yes.  Can I with certainty explain how it was done? No.  I don't necessarily think it's doubt, I just think it's being unaware.  The longer you have a relationship with God, the more you will come to understand.  He will make some things clearer so that His will can be done.  We are his servants.  So in some ways I agree with you but I don't like the use of the word doubt, that makes me think of being unfaithful.  I see it more as being in the dark, not able to understand.  He is God, our Creator.  We are merely human.