Anyones else often feel tormented by god, karma, or whatever put us here.

[DD-Dave]

It sounds like you are being convicted by the Holy Spirit, being shown the way back. God gives us free will. This makes sense, because forced love wouldn't be love at all. But the guilt/torment/conscience is the "still, small voice" (which we can choose to ignore) to show us the path of love.

Think about it this way, if you really don't believe, why blaspheme at all? It doesn't mean anything. If you don't believe, why do you care?

Please don't write me off as some Bible thumper. I was a hard-core atheist for 10 years.

[OuttaOnesBrB]

Don't you find it ironic that you're not very religious, but you feel guilt over this blaspheming?

Here's something that made me laugh. Attachment 13636

Never said I felt guilty about and tbh couldn't care less. Can't say I don't believe there is a god though but even if I was 100% certain there was it's not really a guarantee I would stop saying "mannn **** god".

[ColtAR-15]

I'm guilty of blasphemy on so many levels got to a point where I would no longer just think it i'd start saying it, figured it wouldn't matter if he/she/it knows all anyways. Most days I can suppress these type of thoughts but when it finally gets a chance to sit in it hits hard. I don't know if it's wrong or not to feel angry at god unlike blasphemy but how the hell can he/she/it blame oneself, pretty sure there's probably a handfull of ppl who don't believe in him/her/it for obvious reasons or just flat out don't care.

Yes. I think I got the "short end of the stick" on so many things its ridiculous. I don't like my looks, eye color, physic, intelligence level, skin color, hair color, body hair, my thinning hair, eye sight and even my penis size. Hell I can't even be succesful at making it bigger. Any thing that I am succesful at I feel is just part of Gods game of seeing how far I can climb up the ladder and how much more funny and painfull it will be when I get knocked off. From the outside it my not appear that Im a total loser but in my mind I am. All they see is the money I make, the house and the cars but none of that crap defines how I feel.

[Hanma]

Here in Belgium a lot of priests were child rapists .. Munks and nuns are also guilty .. But the church was so "good" in the past .. I lost my faith.

I'm sure you also know about the Marc Dutroux case then.

[MrBigDick]

I hope so. I really can't believe in "the church" anymore as a good "company". I think religion is also a sort of brainwashing. Ofcourse it's an answer to the dead and all that, but the big guys of the church know they have a whole army behind them .. Anyways that's my view, I hope someone can change it.. But discussing religion can lead to an endless debate.

I understand of sorts where you're coming from. I was force fed religion growing up. Forced to go to church nearly every Sunday, forced to go through confirmation to become a member of the church.............for my first 18 years of life, religion was force fed to me. I understand and appreciate what my parents were trying to instill within me and as a parent myself, I can certainly relate to the whole notion that parents will try whatever they need to to get their children properly raised with the right morals and values. I don't think my parents handled the situation appropriately and I have since changed it with how I'm parenting and raising my kids. I do, however, appreciate what they were trying to do.

For many, MANY years after I was old enough to call my own shots, I refused to go to church. I was making a conscious choice for my own self to not go. My belief system and accepatance of Christ as my savior hadn't changed, I just opted NOT to go to a church to profess my love for God and to get my spiritual fulfillment. As you said above, the whole church service process to me was very cult like....you sit down and chant, you stand up and chant or sing hymns........like you, I felt religion was very much like a cult and I didn't feel it necessary to have that in my life when what I wanted was a simple relationship with God. That was 20 plus years ago. Now, I'm less reserved about going to church but I want to go for me and not to impress someone or make someone happy other than myself.

I guess what I'm trying to impress upon you TheSperminator is not to hold your belief system in question because of the actions of your church. A church is simply an entity here to service your spiritual fulfillment. You don't need a church for that, you can get that spiritual fulfillment from other sources and from within yourself. You do what feels right and good to you.

[MrBigDick]

Yes. I think I got the "short end of the stick" on so many things its ridiculous. I don't like my looks, eye color, physic, intelligence level, skin color, hair color, body hair, my thinning hair, eye sight and even my penis size. Hell I can't even be succesful at making it bigger. Any thing that I am succesful at I feel is just part of Gods game of seeing how far I can climb up the ladder and how much more funny and painfull it will be when I get knocked off. From the outside it my not appear that Im a total loser but in my mind I am. All they see is the money I make, the house and the cars but none of that crap defines how I feel.

Not that I want to go there because I really don't but it isn't God's job ColtAR to make you see your self worth or your value as a human being. That's strictly up to you and your mindset.

[Toadstool]

Ah. I got the impression you felt guilty about it by the OP.


I don't feel tormented by God. I feel as though I'm my own worst enemy in life and I need to unlearn a lot of the habits I made when I was a kid.
If there's something that's holding me back in life, it's often not anyone else's fault but my own. A successful person will look at any failures of misgivings as an opportunity to learn and come back stronger for the future, and that is what I try to emulate. I try to take responsibility for myself.

I don't believe in God, but when I'm walking through the city alone at night, I'll talk and pretend there's some powerful being listening. I'll ask Him for strength and courage, and I'll ask Her to help me find a way to solve my problems.
No one ever talks back. And nothing ever falls from the sky and onto my lap (Well except that one time). But I sure do feel better. I'll sort out the next step to solve my problem, and take it.

I don't ask God for a whole lot. Just the ability to do the things I set out to do. If nothing else, it gives me a chance to clear my mind and see things more clearly. I'm not totally sure why, but it helps.

I used Him and Her because God's a genderless being, right?

[Dontrike]

Yes, I feel the exact same way almost all of the time. I don't believe in any particular god, but I do believe that something is ruling this universe of ours in some way and it just loves to toy with me, at least that is what it feels like.

[Padawan787]

I'm an atheist, none of this shit bothers me.

We make our own choices, and our actions define who we are.

[NCGUY1972]

I think there are too many religions for me to devote my life to the wrong one. I juat try to be a good person and thats all i can do. If there really was a true god i wush he would let it be known without doubt.