Why doesn't god want me to believe in him? [Spirituality & Religion]

@Pikachu And, perhaps, only if the martyr is a Christian?

@Pikachu I simply added a comment to another person's post as supporting evidence. You don't agree with my comment. I'm fine with that. Would you like me to remove my comment? 🙂

@ms20182878

Sorry, instead of me searching for it, could you just copy/paste your response to my question here?

Thanks🙂

@kodiac That's the problem with the Catholic church... They promote the idea that the pope and cardinals and priests are somehow some special sort of "God's representatives"... and that sets them up to abuse their positions if they aren't careful. And then when people like you suffer that abuse, you're not able to see that the God of the Bible is NOT the god that you have experienced through them. You shouldn't believe in the people who have damaged your life... they are only people, doing evil things. Just be open to the thought that there IS a TRUE God who loves you and wants to heal and restore your life... and you just haven't met Him yet. I'm so sorry for all of your situation and your pain.

@ms20182878 Thanks again for talking with me ,no one really ever has .I think the perception of god many are taught needs to change .I have been told flat out that what happened was a test of my faith and i failed . So many people tell me god won't give me more than i can handle or what doesn't kill me makes me stronger ,i don't agree .To be betrayed at such a young age ,I can't see it through adult eyes and the child doesn't understand.

@kodiac Hey... I'm always here if you want to talk more... just PM me. I'm sure that well-meaning folks have told you all sorts of things that ended up only making it more difficult and confusing for you. Just remember our conversations... and keep in touch. OK?

@QueenOfZaun
I will look into that, thanks

@Pikachu What claws? I am laughing at a clown that is so insecure in his belief that he has to bring it up day after day after day after day after........

@hippyjoe1955

There they are again.
I just put a question to you, joe. Didn't realize it would elicit such a violently defensive response.

You're clearly in no mood to talk. Hit me up later, ok?

@Pikachu So you can't see your own hypocrisy. Colour me surprised.

@Doomflower

I found it crated a real sense of being on the outside.
This is what i'm told everyone else is doing in order to feel god's presence, so why isn't it working?

@Pikachu idk.

I do think that none of the gods I've ever heard about, except perhaps the deistic version of god which I can't test for, exist. I know they don't exist for the same reasons I know there isn't really a Santa and to the same degree of certainty.

@Doomflower
i think the santa analogy is very apt.

@bookerdana

Sure, maybe one day he'll decide it's finally time to reveal himself to me.
Seems to me that it would be better to do that as soon as possible and at a time when i was seeking him, but what do i know lol

Even those with direct contact aren't always so thrilled;St. Teresa of Ávila was knocked off her donkey and fell into the mud, injuring her leg. “Lord,” she said, “you couldn’t have picked a worse time for this to happen. Why would you let this happen?”

And the response in prayer that she heard was, “That is how I treat my friends.”

Teresa answered, “And that is why you have so few of them!” @Pikachu