Is it Un-Christian to have self doubt?
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Because they're truly possessed by Satan. They should be exterminated off of this holy land.
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I can see why you feel this way. I am a Christian but the ones who say they are Christians are they using it as a name tag or are they really saved or not and living the walk instead of just talking the talk? People should not hide the fact that they are Christians or saved either for that matter. But we have to understand as Christians or saved people that sometimes the only Jesus people see is us! Are we doing and living the way Jesus would and treating others the way he would have .... WWJD What would Jesus do is something to ask ourselves before doing anything that may be questionable in God's eyes. Do we treat others the way Jesus would? Sorry I am rambling on here so i will get off my soap box now lol. Sorry! Real Christians should not have affairs either or ever. But we are not perfect either and can slip up and make mistakes and err but we need to get out of it and ask for forgiveness from God and move on and not live any longer that way ! God hates divorce and adultery!
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That depends on your definition of free thinking.\n\nIf by 'free thinking' you mean thinking about whatever you want so long as it NEVER contradicts the bible, then no. The Church says go for it.\n\nHowever, as soon as you start thinking 'outside the book' then you are WRONG! \n\nDo you believe in evolution? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.  \n\nDo you believe the evidence that the great flood never really happened? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nDo you believe that maybe good people from other religions may still be grated entry into heaven? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nDo you believe that many of the biblical stories are just parables and not meant to be taken literally? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nDo you think that homosexuality is a biological condition and not a spiritually corrupt personal decision? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nDo you find anything at all in the bible to be 'unrealistic' or just a fairy tail? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.\n\nFree thinking? ...YOU ARE WRONG! Stop thinking for yourself and trust the bible.
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Remember that there will always be people or messages that will challenge your beliefs.  If you believe God and in his only Son Jesus Christ in your heart, then nothing or no one can change that.  Don't let them doubt yourself, or even make you angry.  Try to show them how what you believe has affected you, but don't get in a fight.  Most of all, don't let anyone make you doubt your faith.
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Yes.You are christian.You are not supposed to have a sense of humour
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It is the only thing that feels true. When I said that I was a Christian I felt like I was living a lie and I do not want to say that I totally rule out the possibility of a god (Atheism). I have always been a big one for the middle ground. OK that is not exactly the middle ground but it works for me.
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sometimes yes.\nI am a full out Born Again, Bible Believing, Southern Bapt., Christian.  \nAnd there are times when i hang my head low over the actions and speech of Christians.  \nWe are targets and some dont realize how much they hurt.
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I know a lot of people are moral without believing in God. \n\nBut for me, for most of my life I didn't have much of a backbone, and I'm fairly certain I would have fell into some vices because of peer pressure if it hadn't of been for that last thread of 'no, this is against my religion' keeping me away from it.\n\nThanks
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Yep! You are absolutely right!.. But do not apply only to Christians\nbut to EVERYBODY under God`s umbrella.\n" You should Love GOD above all things...and you should love others as yourself."\nIf you love yourself more than others... then sins started...\nBecause, it is where evil temptations can gain points from you...pushing you down... inching your way to hell. WHY ???\nAre you familiar with: comparing, judgement, vested interest, ulterior motives.....that you would be better than him ?\nThen...competitiveness, success, hatred, vengeance, cheating, lies, leading him to destructions, killing, etc..... to win from him ?\n...and many more...
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Being rational and logic are the enemy of faith. You'll find no answer from anyone here or anywhere else. The answer will only come from you.\n\nIf your heart doubts, then you doubt. There's nothing wrong with that. Welcome to joining everyone else.\n\nAnd if a single person can change your mind on something so massively important to the way you live your life, then you allow people to control you far too much.
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I hear you, brother. I feel the same way. I have been praying for four years now for God's will, and God's will alone. And I also ask him to help me grow in faith. But when it comes time to ask for something specific, I sort of cower, because I feel so entirely unworthy.\n\nI have spoken with other faithful Christians about this, and what some have said has helped me. Some have said that we're not worthy on our own, but that Christ's blood has justified us. They have told me that if you ask God for something, and say, "If it be thy will"--and if you mean that--then it is okay to ask. God will either provide or he won't, depending on whether or not what you ask for is what he wills. I have also been told that God does indeed like to give gifts and blessings to his children. He is our father, after all--and so we are "allowed" to approach him and ask for stuff. If he sees it best for us, he will provide, and if he sees it as harmful to us, he will not provide.\n\nEssentially, God won't do anything that God doesn't will...obviously. So what I do is continue to seek his will, and I also ask him to teach me how and what to pray for. The key here is developing your relationship with God. And I think the more that God teaches me how to pray, the better I come to know him and myself in relation to him. That is, my unworthiness is based in a number of things, but one of these things is a fear of God--which is a legitimate thing. Fear of his awesomeness, might, and his righteous judgment...very reasonable to fear such a God. It has historically been sort of daunting for me to stand in the presence of such might and ask for something...and hence the feelings of unworthiness. But I think--I think, not know--that God does want us to come to ask him for things, because this deepens the relationship and better teaches us who he is and who we are. If that makes sense to you at all.
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that is your own personal struggle that only you can overcome or strengthen. you have to decide what seems right to you or how you want to pursue your faith. if you want you can ask "god" to answer your prayer. \n\ni use to be a devoted christian and doubted my faith because i felt that the church and the teachings were currupt and not "holy" as they claimed to be. i also struggled with this type of issue. today, im just a happy atheist. \n\ngood luck to you.
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you're so right.\n\ni am a guy who is always in doubt if there is a God or not. my guess is i'll be always in doubt, because rationally speaking, all humans are too small to understand anything yet about how we exist and why we exist. But it's always fun to try and search for more truth about that.\n\ni came to this website, because my girlfriend is somewhat a christian. her family is christian, she herself is also, but not very biblical or strict. Yet, when we get married her family would like us to perform some biblical traditions in the ceremony. i don't have a probem with that, because i know it means much to them. so, i came to this website to learn. to see how human christianity is, how filled with love it is, and how nice it can be to hear the 'message of love' from christian people.\n\nspecially from christian from the 'land of the free' i would have expected a free, openminded vision on the world.\n\ntruth is, most of the answers i read, most of the opinions i saw threw not only me, but also my girlfriend much further away from christianity. we both were really shocked actually.\n\nthe intollerance, ignorance and prejudice were hard for us to read. I'm from Holland, which is a very openminded country to almost all subjects. My girlfriend is Romanian, a country which is orthodox-christian, where it still is almost forbidden to be gay for example. yet, even to my girlfriend the opinions from some of the american christians about homosexuality made us both feel disgusted with christianity as such.\n\nit's sad to see that people with so much freedom can't even see the consequences of their words. Being born in a rich, free country is, in this world pure luck. it's sad to see that people with so much luck, can still remain to be so judgemental on everything that strikes them as weird or different.
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How about a non-believer's impression of you?\nWhy are you threatened by people who do not believe the same thing as you?  Why do you think that you're a better person because you've "found god"?  Your original question was why do people not believe in god, and would have been a great opportunity for you to actually learn something about other people, but then you ask what is your impression of non-believers.  So all you wanted was someone to validate your beliefs. \n"Too selfish and too high and mighty"???? I spend my life helping people and trying to do things for others, regardless of my faith.  It's the self-righteous jerks like you that are too high and mighty.  So go ahead, pat yourself on the back, you believe in god.  Whoopee-freaking-doo!  Aren't there christian chat rooms are something you can go to, if all you want is people to agree with you and tell you how right you are?
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Yes it does sound like christians are shooting themselves in the foot. its quite amusing. I also think that on some subconciese level that the guilt fear and shame inside them darkens thier hearts until they are unaware they are doing anything wrong or believing anything wrong/.;
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You do have a good point, and it is something to take notice of. I haven't thought about it that way, but as a Christian, I will take this constructively and maybe there can be things that I can change that I wasn't doing before in treating people. As for my shortcomings in life, I blame that all on myself.
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Yes.  If you are strong in your faith, you are willing and able to consider the alternative without fearing it will shake your faith.  Only the weak-willed and weak-faithed hesitate to answer 'what if' questions.