May 12, 200818 yr Author Do you want spiritual fulfillment or worldly fulfillment? Jesus said deny yourself, take up your cross and follow him. If you are not willing to give up everything you have for your faith, then you will never be fulfilled. Christ promises eternal life for those who follow him, what is more fulfilling than that? I just dont find much fufillment in Christianity
May 12, 200818 yr I just dont find much fufillment in Christianity Just out of curiousity, how so and why? Bear in mind I ask this not to preach or to cite chapter and verse at you, just one human being to another. :thumb:
May 12, 200818 yr I just dont find much fufillment in Christianity thegooch, something to consider trying might be the silent weekend at the Abbey of Gethsemani. I have known many people, including non-Catholics, find it very fulfilling.
May 12, 200818 yr I just dont find much fufillment in Christianity I am sorry that you do not find much fullfillment, will you try one more time, if you do devout your heart, your mind, your body to it. Try it, I know everyone on here will support you in prayer... May you find what you are looking for... I hope before it is too late...
May 12, 200818 yr I just dont find much fufillment in Christianity I am with you on this one gooch. I have my reasons. There are so many to name. But it is not very fulfilling to me.
May 12, 200818 yr I am with you on this one gooch. I have my reasons. There are so many to name. But it is not very fulfilling to me. There is a wonderful series that might can help you both it is called "experiencing God" I don't know the author but it was really cool.
May 12, 200818 yr Author I am sorry that you do not find much fullfillment, will you try one more time, if you do devout your heart, your mind, your body to it. Try it, I know everyone on here will support you in prayer... May you find what you are looking for... I hope before it is too late... I have tried the Christian route, now I am focusing on other religions.
May 12, 200818 yr There is a wonderful series that might can help you both it is called "experiencing God" I don't know the author but it was really cool. The author of that series is Henry Blackaby.
May 12, 200818 yr No one, IMO, can be 100%, positively sure. One has to have faith in what the NT says. It's as simple as that. I'm not an authority on the Bible, but here's a question: Did Jesus say that He was the son of God, or did Paul and other Apostles say (and write) that He said that he was? Jesus did not write a word in the Bible. We only have second hand reporting to get our knowledge of this subject. Was Jesus God on earth, or did others make Him that way many years after His death? Or, was He actually what is reported? There's really no way to prove it. I suppose faith is the answer. Since my college days it's always been very confusing to me.
May 13, 200818 yr "All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness".
May 13, 200818 yr "All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting, and training in righteousness". I realize that, but where is the 'proof' that some may ask for? Scripture is words, and people write words, whether it be Matthew, Mark, Luke, or James. How do we know for sure it is divine?
May 13, 200818 yr The Bible has too many stories that I'm afraid no human could have thought up. The writers back then didn't have the access like they do now. I'm talking about knowledge not a keyboard. Go outside and look around with your eyes and you can see God in everything. Touch your chest and marvel at your heart, that if it stops beating for over two minutes you pass away. Why are we here? How do we reproduce? (well, don't tell me and get me in trouble)
May 13, 200818 yr Author The Bible has too many stories that I'm afraid no human could have thought up. The writers back then didn't have the access like they do now. I'm talking about knowledge not a keyboard. Go outside and look around with your eyes and you can see God in everything. Touch your chest and marvel at your heart, that if it stops beating for over two minutes you pass away. Why are we here? How do we reproduce? (well, don't tell me and get me in trouble) I dont see God in these things....
May 13, 200818 yr I dont see God in these things.... You don't look at the stars in the sky at night and see that there had to be a Creator to all these things because of the majesty of them? If not, do you just see a cosmic accident?
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