What are you mad at God over
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Hi Shittim, I don't know if your question was directed at me, but I would say I agree with your statement 👍. Our opinions don't influence reality, but hopefully reality influences our opinions.
Opinions are a bit like shoes: Good to have, not always good to share.... and the wrong ones can really trip ya up 😜.
Opinions are a bit like shoes: Good to have, not always good to share.... and the wrong ones can really trip ya up 😜.
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Not aimed at anyone, sensed being led to share as this pastor cut to the quick in many areas.
the 3 thumbs up so far tells me of how He is calling His own from all kindreds and tongues and growing us as much as we will be grown.
It seemed to fit here with talk of survival, opinions, and on and on.
Thank you and bless you.
the 3 thumbs up so far tells me of how He is calling His own from all kindreds and tongues and growing us as much as we will be grown.
It seemed to fit here with talk of survival, opinions, and on and on.
Thank you and bless you.
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No worries, bless you as well! 😎
And to be clear, I'm not upset I'm just frustrated. But I totally get why people are annoyed @Burn1986 , he can be a real crackhead sometimes (no offense Burn, some of my best friends can be real crackheads! 😜).
My issue is that anger towards God is an actual thing that actual people actually struggle with. Is it ever good? No. Is it ever justified? Absolutely not. Will it RUIN your relationship with God? Oh, HECK yes....
Granted, the OP was worded clumsily. But if the premise had been "What drives you towards alcohol", I think we can all agree that it wouldn't be helpful for me to waltz in and announce that "I've never been drunk, never even WANTED to get drunk, the Bible says not to get drunk and besides, getting drunk is CLEARLY bad for your health!" 😇😃😊
Mind you, all that is 100% true, but would be 0% helpful. It would be better for the OP to hear from someone who has been where he is and might have insight into the problem. I realize that experience doesn't always equal insight, and insight doesn't HAVE to come from experience.... just saying that I know from unfortunately personal experience that the standard happity-clappity "Smile, you have no reason to be angry!" platitudes aren't gonna cut it for this issue. People threw those at me for years and they only made things worse.
Sometimes it seems like modern churchianity expects us to just fake it and hope we make it...... 😣
Anyways.../end rant.
Disclaimer: This post was not directed at anyone in particular. It's just years of pent-up frustration, most of which has nothing to do with anyone on CC. @Burn1986 definitely has some issues but they're not too much for Jesus 😎.
And to be clear, I'm not upset I'm just frustrated. But I totally get why people are annoyed @Burn1986 , he can be a real crackhead sometimes (no offense Burn, some of my best friends can be real crackheads! 😜).
My issue is that anger towards God is an actual thing that actual people actually struggle with. Is it ever good? No. Is it ever justified? Absolutely not. Will it RUIN your relationship with God? Oh, HECK yes....
Granted, the OP was worded clumsily. But if the premise had been "What drives you towards alcohol", I think we can all agree that it wouldn't be helpful for me to waltz in and announce that "I've never been drunk, never even WANTED to get drunk, the Bible says not to get drunk and besides, getting drunk is CLEARLY bad for your health!" 😇😃😊
Mind you, all that is 100% true, but would be 0% helpful. It would be better for the OP to hear from someone who has been where he is and might have insight into the problem. I realize that experience doesn't always equal insight, and insight doesn't HAVE to come from experience.... just saying that I know from unfortunately personal experience that the standard happity-clappity "Smile, you have no reason to be angry!" platitudes aren't gonna cut it for this issue. People threw those at me for years and they only made things worse.
Sometimes it seems like modern churchianity expects us to just fake it and hope we make it...... 😣
Anyways.../end rant.
Disclaimer: This post was not directed at anyone in particular. It's just years of pent-up frustration, most of which has nothing to do with anyone on CC. @Burn1986 definitely has some issues but they're not too much for Jesus 😎.
I understand why you may be upset with god. God understands as well. I don't blame you for being upset. I believe god wants us to seek him and find answers so we can grow in our faith. Theres many things I questioned god for. Like for example I wanted to know why Jewish gods are rooted in Canaanite pantheon of the anchent levant. Why are Yahweh and El Elyon Canaanite gods. Why El Elyon had to assign Yahweh as god of the Jews. Why were the Jewish roots pagan before monotheistic. Also the more I looked into hystory, culture, and belifs I would boubt the authenticity of god more and more. The answer I came to may be different then yours so keep searching and asking questions. The conclusion I came to is god wants to poor his love in us so we can share it with this dark world that is lost. We encounter the human condition so we can learn to love ourselves with the same love god showed us. We encounter difficulties, confusion and opposition so we can lean to love others as we would want to be loved. We experience death because its the doorway to gods restoration. This life is just to prepare us. The prize is god not the world. God bless and good luck.
If we were talking about any other regularly participating forum member, or any new person, who came in and posted a thread about, "I feel so angry at God because..." Then I would feel the same way you feel about the posts I have made in this thread. They would be cold, uncaring and frankly heartless.
But with all the crap that burn has deliberately stirred up in his short time here, I have no qualms about deconstructing anything he says and I will continue to deconstruct his posts with cheerful abandon.
Knowing him, he probably factored my interaction in before he even started this thread.
But with all the crap that burn has deliberately stirred up in his short time here, I have no qualms about deconstructing anything he says and I will continue to deconstruct his posts with cheerful abandon.
Knowing him, he probably factored my interaction in before he even started this thread.