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I Question the Existence of God

I used to be a firm believer in God when I was little but as I got older I just didn't see the point in believing anymore. Now I don't know whether I should believe in God or not.

I want to believe in God, because I think it's nice to have faith in something rather than having no faith at all, but now there are some things popping up in my life that I think are "against" what God wants. Like my sexuality, or me having no faith in God. I feel like I sin all the time and God's going to send me to hell, but I also sort of don't care.

There also some things that I've heard are in the Bible that I don't believe in. I don't believe God made Earth (or was it the universe too?). I don't believe that love should be ONLY between a man and a woman. I think I should read the Bible for myself.

I'm so confused. Could someone offer any advice?
BSAeagle60
Okay, if you are Catholic I see where you're coming from that love is only between a man and a woman. And that is generally what society says.... but the New Testament also says "love your neighbor as yourself" as the second greatest commandment of them all! Your neighbor is your gender, family, community, yes, the earth and all the animals within the earth.
Also, some people might say I'm weird because I believe both in evolution and religion. But I'm finding more and more people with that belief as I experience faith. God guided the Big Bang, God meant for evolution to happen and that is how the earth and all the species were created. I do not believe that the days in the creation story are a present day day, but millions of years... allowing for dinosaurs, their fossils, and all the different ages you read about in history textbooks.
It is not a question of whether you should believe in God or not. The question is whether you are thirsty for God. And if you are thirsty for Him, He is capable of revealing Himself to you in quite mysterious ways...
We all sin a lot, all the time may not be a stretch. But God is forgiving, merciful, for those who admit that what they did is wrong.
Read your Bible. That is a great idea. Interpret it in your own way. That's okay when you're defining your faith. Let no one convince you that there is one correct way to understand the Bible. Explore, talk it over with others, and if you are afraid, I do partially understand, so talk it over with me. I am a someone who you do not know at all, but a someone who will listen and try to help you find yourself. That's what's great about this site :)
MarioT96 · 26-30, M
Thank you for responding. You've given me new things to think about!

 
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