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lagirl1917 | Wenatchee, WA • United States , Age 18

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Just Another Complication

Jan 16, 2008 - 23:14 PM PST

I'm just gonna go ahead and vent here. I've got a problem and I could really use some advise or feedback if anyone out there has any for me. So lately I was reading my bible and I read some things I found very questionable.

In the bible it says we are supposed to love thy enemy as we love thy neighbor but we are not supposed to love the world or anything in it. We are not supposed to have piercings or tattoos yet there are several people in the bible who do have them. We are not supposed to have sex out of marriage but what is marriage? A piece of paper? We are not supposed to question god.

I don't know anyone in this world who doesn't question god and wonder from time to time if he's real. Everyone has their doubts. A lot of the things in the bible are just very contradicting. Mostly what got me to start thinking about all this was just the part in the bible where it says we are not supposed to love the world or anything in it. I'm sorry if I am affending anyone but why would you want to be around a god or anyone for that matter that didn't want you to be happy. I just don't see how you can be happy without love. Loving something or someone in this world is wrong according to the bible and a passion for something is just another kind of love. So are we all just supposed to walk around miserably worshiping god? Well I can't do it, I love lots of things and lots of people in this world and frankly I am not sure I want to have anything to do with a god that doesn't want me to be happy.

Don't get me wrong it's not like I'm some kind of anti christ that doesn't believe in god because I wanna run around having casual sex, getting tattos and drinking all the time that's not me at all! I don't drink, I am tattoo-less and I'm still a virgin..... I just think people should do what makes sence for them as long as they aren't hurting anyone. I just don't see why if there was a god he would make us all so different if he wanted us all to be the same. Anyway I'm rambling.

Anyway the thing I need some advise with is... well my family and friends have all been talking about god and trying to get me to go to church alot lately and I just....well I mean how do you tell your friends and family that your not a christian and that you don't even know if you believe in god?

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Jan 30, 2008 - 21:26 PM

This is several days after the fact... but I'll give you some advice anyway.

I was raised catholic, and went to a catholic highschool. Most of my friends got confirmed, and it was a big deal. But when it came time for me to be confirmed... I found that I just didnt believe in the words that the Bible said. I was one of only a handful of people in my school not to be confirmed. My mother was so upset.

But in the end, I realised something. Its not the words in the Bible that are important, because they were written by humans, and whether or not God told them what to write, they still translated it into their own language, a language that often dosnt make sense.

The words of the Bible dont matter, its what your heart says that matters.

I havnt been to church in years, but I am still a very spiritual person. I still believe in God, but I dont find inspiration in the Bible, I find inspiration in my thoughts and what my feelings are telling me. That works for me, it may not work for you.

Good luck with your journey.