Which church? (page 3)

darkuncle29

Hi Faundy.

What exactly about church are you seeking? A spiritual growing place or a socialising with like minds place or something else?

How would you feel about taking a yoga class? Tai chi? Meditation? Going to a large catherdral during the day when its mostly empty might feel nice, but so would going to a park and whatching kids play, squirels jump around, birds flit about. Are there Japanese or other formal gardens where you are at? Go check out a medical herb garden, or an Elizabethan or other time period garden.

I don't get out in nature as much as I like to lately, but nature is my thing. What's yours? Museums of history or art? Or just sitting in a transit terminal people whatching?

How about create your own church, just for you? The yoga or meditation class would help with that. Look inside yourself, whether you know it or not, you have everything you need already there, you just need to explore it-reawaken it.

faundy

See, I just don't know. I just think that if God exists, there must be somewhere He endorses as somewhere to get closer to him.

I don't expect a definitive answer, I was just throwing it out there to see what you think. So far I don't feel any of you are personally convinced.

Maddie

Experiment until you find a church tha you feel comfortable with. The important difference for me is the understanding that the important "Truth" isn't found in any church but in my personal relationship with God.

Maddie

Dansk

Dear Stephy,

I just think that if God exists, there must be somewhere He endorses as somewhere to get closer to him.

If HE did exist it makes sense that he would make it simple for people to know the real truth instead of letting simple people spread untruth.

Dad

faundy

Yeah I agree with that too. I feel conflicted with how evidence supports both that he does exist and that he couldn't possibly, both at the same time.

Dansk

I feel conflicted with how evidence supports both that he does exist

What evidence?

faundy

My personal feeling that evolution is not a convincing enough argument for me. The world is far too complex. Humans are far too advanced. And even if evolution were true, it had to start with something. I'm not one for the big bang theory.

eclipse

Just my two cents, but if it is God you are seeking,

I doubt you will find him in a building made by men who have different and varied opinions about what he wants, and what he wrote..

Read different versions of the Bible,

read the apocryphal books too, just incase they were inspired too by god but were not included in the Bible due men's agenda.

Try other religions too, really, all are the same road...just different ways of getting there based on the premise that god exists,

I don't think he would be picky about how he is worshipped...but I could be wrong.

Try prayer...it works for some, but you might have to be extra special to be listened to....

unless you believe that suffering is part of god's plan for many people before he relieves them of their misery and takes them to heaven...

Good luck, faundy, in your search

darkuncle29

I am not convinced of the "Truth" of evolution either, sure populations change, but how did it start off? Is that one of the things that's bugging you?

Also, the big bang is more of a universe-physics thing than a biology thing. I don't see why a creator couldn't use a process like that.

I am not an atheist, but I can't see myself as a theist either. I'm not sure what to tell you to help you out, except don't get frustrated by lack of information.

faundy

I agree. I was just wondering. I thought that if God really wanted me to find him, he would have made it clearer by now. Maybe by inspiring one of you to write something revealing and inspirational....

Never mind!

I mean, even Mouthy gets spiritual guidance from CABLE.

I may leave my search for another day...

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