R u really happy inspite of believeing in god and all ur believes???\n\nIf u r, can u tell one ocassion on which u felt so rewarded by God himself???\n\nDo u believes in Heaven and Hell if so?
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I am happy serving God and I have always been that way.  Being a human, we go through things in life and because of our emotions and feelings, we are unhappy with situations in our lives.  But I am angry at those situations, not God.  \nI have felt rewarded by God simply because I am alive at this very moment.  I have been through so much in my life and at the time, I would ask myself why was this happening to me.  But I realize now, that those moments made me a stronger person and a stronger believe in Christ.  According to the doctors and everyone else, me and my mother, who have been suffering from so many things including cancer and tumors and many different diseases, should have been dead a long time ago.  But their medical books can only go through so much.  Where they leave off, my Bible gets me through the rest... my Bible tells a whole other truth and that is what I go by.  I do believe that when you dedicate your life and being to God, that your benefit will be to reside in Heaven with Him.  If not, then you will burn in Hell for all eternity.  I know that its hard to grasp the fact that something we can not see nor touch is going to swoop us up and that this earth will be no more. BUT IT'S TRUE.  God has brought me out of too much for me to not to believe in Him.  It wasn't fate or destiny or any of that stuff.  I would not be here if it wasn't for the grace of God.  I walk by faith and never by sight and that is what gets me through.  There are many that don't believe and I pray for them every day and night that God shines blessing into their lives that one day, their eyes are opened to recieve the full benefits of serving God.  I know it's hard but my life has been so much better since I have given it up to God.  People walk around and want to believe in lies and deceit and take all kinds of risk.  Well if you don't believe, take this risk.  Because in the end, its something that is truly worth fighting for.  And I will continue to fight for our God and through my faith.  It has gotten so many people so far in this life and if me believing in something is keeping me alive and helping me get through this world, then I will continue to do just that.
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I believe that I will have no afterlife.\n\nOr rather, I believe this: I cannot imagine a god so cruel as to condemn me to an eternally unchanging afterlife. Sure, I can imagine enlightenment that could last a long, long time--it would be interesting to explore the universe and unlock its mysteries, or to reincarnate over and over as different beings, up to a point--but I cannot imagine any existence for eternity without it becoming horrible.\n\nAnd thus, since I cannot believe in a god so cruel, I believe that either there will be no afterlife at all, or there will be no afterlife for the being that I consider to be "me." In other words, if what I become after my death can somehow find fulfillment in an eternal afterlife, then it won't be "me" and therefore not worth worrying about.\n\nI'm young--around 40--but don't see any reason to want an afterlife. I certainly want to not-die in this life, though. I find this life just fine, and would like to experience a lot more of it. I just don't want eternity.
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There would be nothing more discouraging than to be overwhelmed by the thought that there was no God, and we live for a short mortal life, and then death comes and is final.  It feels good to believe in God, because it gives man purpose, for without Him, there is no purpose or point.  With God, all things are possible, and thought wants to go there and stay for awhile (like eternally), because life on earth is not anyone's dream of paradise.
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I don't think you have to believe in God to believe in some kind of afterlife, there are many relgions in the world each one with it's own beliefs and viewpoints.  I personally believe in a soul, but that does not automatically mean I believe in Heaven.  I do believe something wonderful will happen when I die, I am just not sure what that is yet, and I hope it is along time before I find out.  Maybe he was there, because evryone was thinking about him.  It's hard to say.
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I believe God gives us the desire to live, or wouldn't we all be committing suicide just to get to Heaven? I am not afraid of death, although I do enjoy my family and want to stay here as long as the Lord will let me.  I have faith in Jesus as my Savior. He paid for my sins with His blood and my faith in what He did for me at Calvary gets me to Heaven. Nothing that I can do - could do that.
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I believed in god very much.  Bible camp counsellor.  On the bible quiz team.  Memorized books of the bible.  I went to a Baptist Bible College to study the bible in depth.  Imagine my surprise when the "small little holes" in the bible became huge GAPING holes when studied in the original languages.  It was the last thing I expected to happen at bible college.\n\nAfter a few years of trying to hold onto my faith, it vanished all together.  I tried shutting myself in a closet and praying every night.  To stop "thinking" and just will myself to believe.  Nothing worked.\n\nBasically, the first thing to go was "the bible isn't correct."  After that it was the morality of god (eternal punishment for a finite sin?  All of humanity being punished for a chick munching on fruit?)\n\nEventually, getting a degree from a "secular" university in history helped me think my way out of religion.  \n\nHope that is what you were lookin for.
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You are Not seperate from god. Do not think of god as guy or girl or someone, it is just all that is together, connected. You are part of it ( ie, "God"). Hell is what you feel when you do nasty shit. Heaven is the opposite. even if you do not feel bad about doing bad things, you will just make the world that you live in suck and you will always be weary of others doing bad things to you ( ie, hell)...etc
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Excellent food for thought!\n\nConsidering the fact that I am more of a spiritual person than religious, I would just go on in life as it is.  My father always questioned the theory of evolution -vs- the teachings of the bible.  We would have long arguments about what was right.  I know what I believe in my heart.  There has never been any real proof of anything, either way, so I don't believe my life would change as I believe that there is a supreme being by which my choice to call is God.  I do believe that I will be rewarded for all the good that I do here on earth and I do have full faith that there is a better place waiting for me.  I also believe that in my heart, I am punished for all my wrong doings as I, like all ppl, am instilled with morals and values, of which for me, are very high. \n\nPerhaps in having morals and values, we have the ability to pass judgement upon ourselves, thereby passing on what we believe to be an acceptable punishment should we choose to do so.  This is through the guilt we feel for wrong doing and the happiness for the positive in life.
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Heaven exist. In truth, its our "real home" and we're just foreigners here on Earth. Hell also exist, and all of Satan's forces do their best for us to be their "prisoners" in Hell by deceiving us to commit sin. But if we persist and endure our sufferings here on Earth, and if we believe in our only Saviour Jesus Christ, we will have eternal life in Heaven. Otherwise, we will perish forever in Hell. That is the only truth. Everything here on Earth, mostly what is seen, are all temporary. Our soul only belongs in Heaven so please don't let yourself be deceived with temptations. I'll pray for your "enlightment" and salvation everyday. God bless.
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I can't understand whats a happiest thought is, For me each and every good thought gives me happiness. I am not able to find the difference in the degree of happiness i experience. \n\nI would be a very happy man rather when i overcome all my vices and become a perfect spiritual personality. Thinking of that day i feel very happy.\n\nI believe that, God simply won't forgive our sins, we must confess and after confessing must not repeat it again, then the first part of ur happiest thought will become true. Heaven is a place where there are no sins or glimpse of sorrow, what would be God or Jesus doing there. I mean to say,  God and jesus are responsible to clear our sins, what will they do in heaven?
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Yes. I feel God,s presence all around me. he speaks to me. He said, My sheep hear my voice.Sometimes i dont understand something in the Bible, he revels it to me.  In rough times i can feel his presence. he lets me know everything is ok.  I pray and Trust Him. He will guide my life.
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I faced a tragedy from which there was no escape. It was a situation I had put myself in and had no alternate ways out. My only choices were to accept the fact that I was wrong about God, or suffer through life hoping and waiting to die. I now that sounds dramatic, but some of us are more hard-headed than others. \n\nThe secret is actually very simple: We are blinded by our own egos. They tell us we are good when we are not. They rationalize our irrational behavior. And the biggest one is that they tell us we are right. I learned that there are times when you can be right and times when you can be happy. And sometimes you have to choose between the two. I didn't know how to be happy without being right. Retraining was a slow process. But I saw that God was working in others' lives. I saw that they were happy & functional instead of bitter & barely making it. So I did what they did. I prayed to a God I didn't believe in yet. But I was willing to believe and that is the only requirement. As long as I was willing to be wrong about God, to say the He might exist, I could give Him the benefit of the doubt and I started reqping blessigns even before I actually believed. Also, I learned that helping others helped me see that God uses us and part of the reason is because it makes us feel useful & satisfies me like nothing I'd ever known before. If you'd like to discuss this further, feel free to contact me. God bless you & your search.
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I am a Christian already... I just feel Christ presence and I have faith in Him. I read the Bible and pray to God constantly and helps me strengthen my faith in Him. I also listen to Him.. listen to God and contemplating in His words really helps alot... Christ did something so wonderful to me... He saved me from ALL my unrighteousness... but not just ME but to you also...to all of us... and the good news is Christ is coming again to take us to heaven and would give us a new earth and a new life where there will be no more tears and no more failures and heartaches.. that's how wonderful to have Jesus in your life...
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How has the human race really proven over the course of human history that it's worth believing in? Sure, we've done some good things, but have they outweighed the bad so much? \n\nHowever, you're right. God gave us free will. He gives us responsibility for ourselves - it's irrational to give Him all the credit or all the blame for everything. Sometimes it is just life that gets in the way, not Satan, not God, just "stuff happens." And no, God's not physical, but believers can still feel Him. That's no excuse for putting everything on Him, though, like you said!
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I've had a couple times where I really felt God with me.  The one I recall most: I was thinking of His actions that confuse and/or disturb me.  I started crying hard.  So I prayed, and told God what I was thinking.  Next thing I know, my tears dry up, my breathing slows down, and my whole body relaxes.  I have no doubt God was comforting me!
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oh yes GOD is for real.  Just pray to him with all your heart and you will have his grace reach down and touch you.  plus there are only 2 things that you can beleive in that is heaven or hell so i choose to beleive in heaven.
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To "Just my opinion"...I am a very good person and I am atheist. I do not deny the existence of god out of fear. I just don't believe. I am not afraid of hell because I have no reason to be afraid.  I do nothing that would be constituted as "sin" either.  I do not have to fear hell to be a good person!!  It is sad that most religious people are only truly good people out of fear.  They do not seem to do anything for anyone else for any reason beside their own self benefit...heaven.  I am not in denial.  I think that it is you who is in denial...you need something to explain what you do not understand.  You do not want to accept that there is no purpose for human existence and that you only have one life.  I guess I understand why people believe.  It would be comforting to think that after death, there is something else.  I prefer to live life  based on fact, and live the one life that I KNOW I have to the fullest.  Not to WASTE it worshiping something that is not even there!! (Sorry if I have been offensive to anyone else besides this guy)