help me figure this out user, why?
I believe in god and I understand that christ suffered in order to save us.
But I don't understand the whole structure of the catholic church. Why isn't it enough to accept jesus into my heart?
Anyone here a former atheist?
Aaron Turner
Michael Long
maybe you should try actually reading the bible and then you'd realise that the fullness of christianity comes from scripture, faith, christ and grace and for the the glory of god alone, user.
Ryder Sanchez
While i used to be an obnoxious militant atheist i find myself more drawn to the idea of a god nowadays, i consider myself agnostic but who knows, it might change
David Hughes
The main reason I am Catholic is because I believe Christ founded a visible church, that being the Catholic Church.
The main problem I have with Protestantism is the idea of sola scriptura, something itself which is not found in the bible and ignores the 400 years prior to the creation of what we know as 'the Bible'. Even Paul says to hold fast to the traditions taught.
I am not that great at explaining theological matters, but this video is a nice brief thign.
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Alexander Torres
I went from christian, to edgy atheist, back to christian.
Jonathan Adams
What about the 400 years prior to the creation of the canon of the Bible?
Were the disciples not in the fullness of Christianity? They didn't have the bible.
Jayden Miller
I'm a Pantheist-Absurdist. The nothingness of atheism started to depress me and I've decided to believe there is meaning to existence even if we don't know what it is, and the best way to live is either according to your intuition or living to find said meaning. Do I believe in a god that gives a particular shit about the minutia of humans? No. I think that the universe, or even the whole of reality IS god. The fact that something exists just makes me think that we are meant to exist- after all there could just be nothing, but there is something, and that has to have meaning
Zachary White
In the same boat except I substituted religion with feminism through most of my teens. Now that I've abandoned that, I feel ever-worsening existential depression. Does it work? Will reconnecting with God fill this huge void in my sense of self?
Carson Hernandez
Thank you user for your answer
>Christ founded a visible church, that being the Catholic Church.
I kinda have trouble understanding why you would have to follow so many earthly(?) guidelines inside the church, why so much importance on the material when it's our spirits that will join him and being prepared for that is what we should focus on
This is all very recent for me, but yeah, I can't tell ya my depression has lifted or my life is suddenly perfect, nothing you come across will fix your life instantaneously.
but I'm looking forward to living life with the love of god in my heart, that connection is helping me actually want to do things for myself and for others and connect with them too.
it's weird to explain, I was at the bottom of the pit, in a really really bad place. out of desperation I begged to god to give me clarity even though I never had faith before, and never took it seriously but honestly I didn't know what to do, and I actually got an answer. I'm actually really surprised and got a lot of doubts on many things but after that I made the conscious decision to accept him
Adam Perez
It depends what you mean by "reconnecting with God". You can't force belief. Do some soul-searching and find out what you really believe- not based on science or evidence, or what the main religions are peddling. Just find your own spirituality that you can believe in and live by. The search for meaning is meaning in itself so it is a worthwhile endevour. I strongly believe the nihilistic atheist paradigm of the west in current times is a strong factor in the depression of young people