Any religious members in the house? I want to talk about God and share some spirtual problems I am facing at the moment. I want to do this through a private conversation. Everyone that beliefs in God and is willing to listen (and provide advice) is welcome.
There are a few religious groups here you could join. There's a Christian group, a Muslim group, an interreligious discussion group. Might be more, I haven't checked in a while. But anyway, I'm a protestant Christian, if you want to chat.
Because when it comes to threads about God, Poseidon can’t help but remind everyone of his atheism. However, having the atheist forum member with a Greek god userneam always making atheistic statements in threads that deal with theistic topics always makes me chuckle inside. I imagine Poseidon the actual Greek god as having a crisis of identity. Ha!
Most topics on here, at least in the OT, can’t even survive without at least one person getting into religious talk. So, it’s safe to say, yes there are religious people here.
I was not religious but I will say that I was on the brink of suicide from mental illness, physical and mental torture. I turned to Jesus Christ in those painful days and prayed and by some miracle the pain subsided just long enough for me to feel relief. I also had constant fever dreams of Jesus on the cross doing penance for mankind. I became better a few weeks later. I am not a holy person, I was down in the dredges with the worst of them, I would definitely be classed as an immoral sinner but I think that is the point. Jesus saves the truly damned. The men and women that have no hope or look to death as a release. I just don't think that Jesus would help you unless you were truly at the brink of damnation. I also think that God only punishes, he is the punisher.
Obviously you wanted something out of it as why bother saying that in the first place? Clearly you don't believe in religion so does making that statement do something for you? He said that because why would he request help or want to talk to an atheist about his religion, if we don't believe in it at all? Would a vegan ask a meat eater for help wih their diet or problems pertaining to that? No they would not.