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 Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 10:26 am
Well, I am Buddhist... but I feel empty without a God to pray to and beleive in... I am not sure what I am asking... But... I dunno... I don't know about christianity... but any other Gods out there that may be of help?
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Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 2:31 pm
Well, the first question you should ask yourself is "what is god"?
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A Murder of Angels Captain
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:38 pm
Hm... Well, I am not entirely sure. But I recently went through a change, and now I realize I don't need a God. I read up on why Buddhist's don't beleive in a God, and it's mostly the reasons why I don't. I feel fine now biggrin Sorry for the trouble. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:44 pm
Hey, it's no trouble. It's always good to question yourself and your beliefs from time to time. It allows you to strengthen your faith, and sort out what you truly believe in.
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A Murder of Angels Captain
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Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:08 pm
Hm, your right. Thanks biggrin 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:18 am
mazuac Hm... Well, I am not entirely sure. But I recently went through a change, and now I realize I don't need a God. I read up on why Buddhist's don't beleive in a God, and it's mostly the reasons why I don't. I feel fine now biggrin Sorry for the trouble. sweatdrop Buddhism is an interesting system, though I'm not as well aquianted with it as I ought. One of the troubles I had when looking for a system is that they all had such restrictive definitions of the Divine. Even Buddhism's rejection of the Divine, from what I understand, is fueled from not the Divine itself, but specific qualities that can be ascribed to it. Generally, whenever someone is probing through the Deity question, I'd ask what MoA did. What is the Divine? And really, it's whatever you want it to be. Think omnibenevolence is for saps? Your Divine concept can do away with it. Think the idea of Deity as multiple is ludicrous? Go with Deity as singular. Think there's no such thing as the supernatural? Deity can be completely natural. These variants all exist somewhere in the world's religions. Pretty cool, I think.
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Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:51 am
I understand where you're coming from.
I've felt an emptiness that led me to Christianity...in the end, I realized that I didn't really believe all of that stuff. I just felt empty, and needed a space-filler, and needed love.
The important thing to do is find what you're looking for before you look for a deity that seems fitting of what you need, and what you believe.
I always thought Hinduism was interesting. It allows many paths, and allows people to follow what makes them happy, and serve what makes them complete. Oooooh, yes. Many deities to choose from.
There's a lot of options. But the important thing is having respect for both yourself and religion. Find something that fits you, but find something you really believe. Not something that can just be a comfort when you're lonely.
Good luck; I hope I helped!
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:07 pm
Thanks biggrin But you were a little late sweatdrop I am christian again! YAY! So... if the mods read this, they can close the thread or whatever... biggrin
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:33 am
Just to add my 2 cents: believing is not the only thing you have to do in religion. You have to act opon it to strengthen your faith. that's it.
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Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:16 pm
I know that you don't need advice anymore, but I understand what you mean. You need to believe in something. You can't handle that there is nothing else. Some people can, some can't. I can't.
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Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 4:27 pm
Personally, I think questioning a belief makes you stronger in the long run. I personally think that it takes more strength and faith to return to a religion after you questioned it than just to completely and blindly put your faith in it. I think you are closer to God/devine being that is good after you return on your own.
Yeah, so, you returned to buddism. That just means your faith is really strong. Anyone get what I am saying?
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