A Rose by any other shakespere

Somehow I believed, for a moment. I believed that if I asked a question then I would get an answer...to whatever I asked.
I thought that 'listening to God' feels like believing. - I couldnt tell you how long I have been struggling with the idea of belief, and for how long it has made no sense to me.
But I think now that, even if all you know is that you need that weird hole in your heart to be filled, then you know enough to believe. Belief without form is not useless, stupid or crazy... It hurts a bit, but maybe that's the proof that it's real? I dont know. God let's see if this still makes sense to me in the morning...

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bugeye · 26-30, F

was raised religious but after finding i got a lot more negatives than positive and i decided to leave faith behind i admit it did feel like something was missing, i think the promise of unconditional love is an appealing promise and when people leave religions it can feel like loosing a deeply loved one but in my case i replaced it with a new form of love. one that i can see, know it's being reciprocatedn and without all of the other baggage that comes with it.

in short i felt way more love, compassion and support from my BF than i ever had all the years with god that i found i don't need or want the latter. the former is more than enough.

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@bugeye I do think that if our faith is in a Reality of unconditional Love then our own mind/hearts will gravitate towards accepting others unconditionally.

Those whose "God" has set conditions - a belief or [i]whatever[/i], will inevitably gravitate towards judgement and rejection of those who do not share the conditions they themselves have accepted. That is the way of it. It can be seen.

Glad you have found such tangible love and support.