I have always been a catholic christian, but the older that I got the more I questioned my faith in the church. Just recently I have started to feel lost in what I believe and don't know if I should just quit religion and become an atheist. I come here for help Cred Forums. What's your advice?
I have always been a catholic christian, but the older that I got the more I questioned my faith in the church...
Cooper Scott
John Lopez
Hm. I'm a reformed Christian and maybe just look to a another Church with Ideas that fits your Thinking more.
Colton Lopez
I have found a new Fetish nuns with guns.
Colton Long
Julian Adams
Brandon Clark
Sup m8. Well I am not an atheist, I 'want to believe' in "God" or an afterlife of some sort. So if anything I accept it as a coping mechanism for me to survive without suffering much. Although I can acknowledge the lack of "evidence".
Anyways, the Roman Catholic Church is corrupted. It has been for years. I went down many different paths. Shit like Thelema for example.
At the end of the day I came to realize to trust in my own feelings. Always trust your gut and go by positive vibrations. Use logic as a tool but not the end all. You don't need a label.
Aiden Sanders
Life's too short to waste on religion. Just do whatever kind of hobbies you're into (writing, hiking, learning, painting or even playing video games and watching shows) and have that what brings you joy replace the time you would've spent on your faith. It's too easy to debunk religion in the information era we live in and usually people are suckered into it with their communities, people pushing it on to them or just being indoctrinated at an early age, which is sadly too common. But then again, do whatever that brings YOU happiness, even if it's religion, it's your life and no one can tell you otherwise.
Camden Stewart
God is just Santa for adults. Place your faith in science not fairytales. There is an insect in Africa, it’s sole purpose in its sort life is to burrow into the eyes of children. That last your infallible “God” at work. There is no God, no Allah, No Ganesh. Just darkness. So enjoy the life you have and stop wasting it being a fucking sheep because it’s the only one you’re getting.
Easton Hernandez
We should create a religion based on nuns with guns
Elijah Scott
Look at this bitch talking shit about God and St. Nicolas. Uncultured swine. Maybe read a book or take a vacation sometime.
Hunter Davis
Dominic Wilson
Thanks to everyone. You guys are right, I should focus more in living my own life and do what makes me happy.
Gabriel Collins
Make others happy too user.
If there is a God force out there, the one I want to unify with is the one who feeds little animals, heals sickness, and spreads chaotic joy.
Spread that happiness, and always look to the bright side, no matter how grim this place is
Mason Smith
Yes just do whatever you want.
Joseph Brown
religion is a joke, just stories to teach you "morals". I've dropped it all together and I'm doing fine.
Jaxson Cruz
Guau, never expected to see such positivity on Cred Forums, thanks m8 I will
Liam Cook
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Jackson Rodriguez
TL;DR - Don't give up your faith, find a different religion.
Perhaps you need to look at a different location for your faith. Belief in God is a great thing, having it muddled up with man is troublesome. I grew up in a strict religion as well that had their own rituals that had no basis in the Bible/Tora/etc.
There are lots of things about the Catholic religion that pushes outside of common Jewish or Christian religious books, a lot of the stuff coming from the new Pope goes against hundreds of years worth of tradition. I know many Catholics are going against his new mandates and turning away from his teachings as they go against the core belief systems.
Josiah Hernandez
God is real and he loves nuns with guns.
John Bell
you do realize that man wrote the bible?
Josiah Lopez
You can quit religion, but that doesn't mean you have to become an atheist. You don't have to stop believing in a god just because you stopped going to church and don't happen to share beliefs with this or that community.
Just don't become one of those bitter atheists who lives to be a dick to people about their faith.
Jack Williams
>Be like me because I'm better than you.
Kayden Flores
I have a religion for you, my son.
Ryan Reyes
Sometimes man, you just gotta believe what you believe in. You can live by Catholic values and still go to church and have questions about your faith. There's nothing wrong with going to church for the fellowship.
Ayden Kelly
Christian Gray
heresy
Jason Turner
> I have always been a catholic christian
NO.
No, you have NOT.
You were born an atheist.
Later, through a process of brainwashing and telling you lies, they converted you into a Catholic.
Brayden Reed
try joining a "fun" church, i mean one with a band and a social environment, get involved in their programs and activities if you can. i've been to mass and it's not a social environment at all.
Blake Sanchez
Name any of their lies?
Xavier Johnson
Cannibalism is okay if it's bread
Owen Watson
This organisation tells plenty of lies, but I wasn't there to hear what they told you.
Examples are:
There's a god.
Jesus was a man with magical powers.
The god knocked up a girl called Mary.
The Jesus guy came back from the dead, but only just long enough to say "hi" to a few people.
A little white cookie is the Jesus guy's body, but don't expect DNA tests or any other test to confirm this.
William Rogers
>I come here for help Cred Forums
lol right
Zachary Martinez
The teachings of Christ are more the evolution of human thinking around love, acceptance and forbearance rather than the liturgical ritual.
Juan Morris
Oh, and my favourite lie:
the Jesus guy is in NO WAY connected to, derived from, or a reboot of the Mithras guy.
Brayden Jenkins
If the RCC were at the forfront of human knowledge about human behaviour, why does pedophilia completely confuse them?
"We didn't know that could happen"
"We didn't know it was bad"
"We don't know how to stop it"
"We don't know how to notice it"
"The bible is no help at all here"
Jaxson Clark
The Catholic church "Roman Rite" does a shit job today at teaching the catechisms of the faith. It has become overun with Marxist and Postmodernist elements that have soiled her. Eastern Rite catholic here. I would start by reading about the Church catachism to answer your questions and to understand the meaning of prayer, fasting, love etc. Sadly today its do it yourself Catholicism. The Eastern churches have faired better so far. Sensus Fidelium on youtube is also a great place to start.
Obtaining anything through prayer:
m.youtube.com
What is Manliness?:
m.youtube.com
Oliver Clark
he actually isn't. That whole shit was made up by a bad writer and promoted by youtube faggot.
Thoroughly debunked.
Brody Young
OP you don’t have to become an Atheist just because you finally figured out that Religion is 90% BS.
Just accept the fact that you and others don’t know the answer to a lot of things in life. Being okay with not knowing is the first step to calling out Religion on for what it is. A tool for crowd control.
Jack Rogers
Cannibalism is okay if it's god
Jack Hall
This
Sebastian Kelly
love the eastern hymnal songs, always figured they were closer to the true religion while in Rome they corrupted it.
Isaiah Peterson
Little known fact. During a pope election (I forget when), the cardinals filled the place with whores and wine. The people burned them to death.
Aaron Brown
>It has become overun with Marxist and Postmodernist elements
>Vatican II
Logan Hill
I don't have a problem with people beleiving, but I can't in all honestly take them seriously.
Imagine an adult telling you they leave cookies and milk for Santa or wait for the tooth fairy to leave money for them. Thats how religious people sound to athiests and there is no defense for it.
You theists should be grateful we aren't more militant about it.
Jaxson Mitchell
Our prayers are in Syriac. Which predated Arabic and came after Aramaic. The Rite of the liturgy (mass) is West Syriac based which is what the Maronite church uses. When you hear the priest chant and the choir sing syriac you actually feel like you are in the house of God.
Brayden Mitchell
I grew up and was raised in a strict protestant denomination. The people disgusted me and I became bitter and resented that denomination. Quit going. Years later I became alcoholic after the death of a child. Joined AA. Was given true spirituality. Gain a concious contact with God. Five years on now I've got peace, tranquility and love. I'm a humble servant and pray for direction and the next right move every day. It's amazing. He's real.
Adam Peterson
a good choir is good, gregorian chants have a depth to them, but nothing compares to that tingly feeling hearing some of that eastern church stuff.
Surprised more noise wasn't made by the Roman Catholics when IS were slaughtering coptics and the like, but thats our world.
Adam Clark
Surrender to Lord KeK, jesus is fake news.
William Diaz
The issue with the Western church is that it wants to logically explain away everything about God and things that are trivial, like how many angels fit on the end of a pin. Its different approach but something is lost in translation. The Eastern churches focus more on mysticism and mystery because they know not everything in the Universe could be explained. They accept this. By no means do they ignore logical arguments but they focus a lot more on practical matters like family life, prayer life, and engaging with society, the world, and God. They keep it simple and straightforward.
Carson Rodriguez
Unlike.....God??
Eli Watson
>No matter what you've been through Or where you've been he's always there With his arms open wide accepting me for who I am and I love him so much
Luis Russell
1. Jesus promised to rid the world of wicked men
2. Odin promised to rid the world of Frost Giants
3. ???????
4. GLOBAL WARMING
Samuel Thomas
just go where the path takes you
If god is real then obviously they trust us enough with our own lives. If he's not real then you get the same result.
Cameron Morales
This. Come home to the Orthodox church user, or at least give it a try. I was raised Catholic, but always had a feeling in the back of my head that something was wrong, like if the core of my faith wasn't there (even though externally things were fine)
After years of being an "atheist", I finally found my home last year with the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Levi Price
keep calm my friend.
Everything is ok.
Isaiah Brown
religion larps are so passe
Joseph Moore
lol for me it was the opposite, orthodox to catholic
guess it always works out somehow
Eli Watson
Cannibalism is okay. Bread is god.
Elijah Reed
David Hall
Elijah Edwards
How does switching religions make any sense? You just decide there is a different ultimate god responsible for everything? If you even consider that possibility youre literally given the red/blue pill and take blue to join another religion instead of the redpill to be secular