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Topic	What does it feel like to be very religious?
Squall28 10/11/23 9:01:03 PM #10:	Sansoldier posted... I was there. It requires distorting genuinely positive feelings. Glad to be alive = Praise God for creating you and this world. Grateful for what you have and your health = Praise God for giving you an able body and not being destitute Happy being around others = Socialization through the Church Something doesn't go well = Let's pray about it The worse things get, the more you must be grateful for what you have, and forgive those who have transgressed against you. I still believe in the moral teachings of forgiveness and gratefulness of life, but I feel that being religious gets in the way of actual positive change that affects people's lives. That's more along the lines of one I'm talking about. I remember in high school we had to read poems we wrote, and this girl wrote about how much she loved God and how people saying he doesn't assist makes her faith stronger. It's like some people feel their gods in their souls. I tried going to a church to see what it's about, but just got really confused. --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending. -Misattributed to CS Lewis <cite>Squall28 posted [p:976606890] in What does ... [t:80591085]...</cite> <quote>Sansoldier posted... </cite><quote>I was there. It requires distorting genuinely positive feelings.Glad to be alive = Praise God for creating you and this world.Grateful for what you have and your health = Praise God for giving you an able body and not being destituteHappy being around others = Socialization through the ChurchSomething doesn't go well = Let's pray about itThe worse things get, the more you must be grateful for what you have, and forgive those who have transgressed against you.I still believe in the moral teachings of forgiveness and gratefulness of life, but I feel that being religious gets in the way of actual positive change that affects people's lives.</quote>That's more along the lines of one I'm talking about. I remember in high school we had to read poems we wrote, and this girl wrote about how much she loved God and how people saying he doesn't assist makes her faith stronger. It's like some people feel their gods in their souls. I tried going to a church to see what it's about, but just got really confused. --- You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.-Misattributed to CS Lewis</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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