And if He's all powerful, does he have the ability to help with your unbelief without overriding your free will?
And if He's all loving, does he want you to believe lest you perish?
And if He's all powerful, does he have the ability to help with your unbelief without overriding your free will?
And if He's all loving, does he want you to believe lest you perish?
What you have to understand is that He is inside of us. The separation is an illusion. Everything in this experience is God.
My advice, go take a hike up a tall mountain. Leave your phone, maybe meditate, or even bring a couple mushrooms. Watch the sunset. That's God. We try too hard to make these human interpretations of things but they all don't matter. There is God, He is undeniable, and you experience it all the time.
God isn't concerned about your beliefs about Him because you are a part of Him. That's the trap people fall into who are "trying" to believe but aren't there. They are being way too rigid in their thinking. The act of trying prevents the act of believing. Just live in accordance with what you intuitively know to be right and you'll naturally understand Him.
To add to this and to answer nostr:nprofile1qqsp4lsvwn3aw7zwh2f6tcl6249xa6cpj2x3yuu6azaysvncdqywxmgprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctvq9n8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99ah8qatzx9e8gmr3vdsnsu3kv96hjcthx4hr26pnds6ngv3jv3kngumj0y6kg7nxv4jngd3exen8zefcwvm8zem4v34hxdmydf6xvuelvfex7ctyvdshxapaw3e82egpzpmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejs5mzk3a original post - most people are not able to do this in our current world. Most people are distracted, anxious, consumed with fear, and have no desire to go on a personal journey with reality itself. For many people, religious teachings and the institution of religion is an incredible tool to move them towards higher states without having to work it all out for themselves.
Religion when viewed as a tool makes a lot more sense. Some people misuse it. History has show that it can become deeply corrupted. I would agrue many of them are corrupt today and have lost their way. They no longer focus on truth and instead play into tribal disagreements and cultural debates. Finding a good church can be hard.
But criticising the tool is not the same as criticising the underlying truth. The underlying truth cannot be corrupted or changed. If Christianity (as an institution) doesn't express that for you, don't use it. But you can still follow God, and it is incredibly necessary that you do in some form.