Posted: Jan 19, 2011 12:55 am
fastonez wrote:cherries wrote:fastonez wrote:I'm not saying that you should believe in god, but for me, it helps me a lot in certain situations where I need to be strong. A lot of challenges in life can be handled with the right mindset and a belief in god is an example of a mindset which can be of benefit.
I wondered if other theists here (where are you?) could relate to that.
i haven't read the whole thread so i might have missed it but what exactly helps you to be strong?
is it that you think that god will help you,support you or that it will deal out justice when you are wronged?
I feel that god helps me to deal with stuff, and I also feel that god has a purpose for everything, which makes it easy to come to terms with stuff. Do I believe that god hands out justice? I suppose so, in a way.
i can understand that it would help to think that god has a purpose for things especially when situations are rather desperate but what if you really think about it,say take thousands of starving children/mass rapes and mutilations for example,what possible good that would weight up in the end could come out of that?