I am a Christian who has turned into an agnostic (and up to this day, I still honestly can’t find a single valid, reasonable reason to go back into ‘pure’ Christianity again,..though I’m always remain open-minded),
and from my own observations & experiences, & also seeing others, I can tell you this:
God, whatever It is, usually means HOPE.
People need hope, to keep living in this world. otherwise, he’ll find many & any kind of reason to end his/her life (because he/she feels NO hope anymore).
It’s that simple.
Now although I’m very much still questioning whether God is a “He (Him)” (and why does it have to be *He* ? isn’t that just what our human’s limited perceptions *wants* and pictures this ‘God’ as to be?), one thing that I know is: people all across the globe and corners of the Earth still relying, depending, and NEED this *Hope*, and hence, they have and will always find (even invent) *Hope* in many, any kind of forms, be it in religions, in meditation, even in the recently ever-increasing self-help seminars/talks, all these LOA (Law of Attractions) & “The Secrets”.
I am here and I just want to say this boldly: you might not need a religion, or even a ‘God’, to find this thing called HOPE.
but you DO need HOPE, to keep living, well at the very least, to keep *sanely* living (instead of a ‘malfunctioned’ human being or worse, a soulless machine/robot!).
So my message is: keep finding that HOPE.
or you still can’t find it, go CREATE one that you *know* your heart really yearn for!
it’s what I’m currently trying to do too,
it’s not easy, i know, hell it’s never easy in this too-often fucked-up world,
but I guess I just view every breath I have as a ‘Gift’ (from I don’t know Who or where), that I need to do SOMETHING, before I eventually die anyway.
an example of Hope? you probably wouldn’t believe this, but this particular website alone, imho, has really provided me with a glimpse of HOPE, ie: to know that there are still so many SINCERE, HONEST, AND REAL people living in this world.
Yes, it’s YOU all here.
Even reading your each of your message here one by one has somewhat makes me feeling *WORTH IT* to keep living, to keep hoping,..even though I’ve never met let alone know you personally!
heck, Internet is actually one of the HOPES too,..being able to ‘connect’ us like-minded individuals from all over the planet (I’m from Indonesia btw), that it used to be impossible to do this century ago!
So keep living, keep hoping, find one.
If you can’t find one, go CREATE one,
and keep connecting, especially with like-minded individuals.
trust me, you’ll find one. yes, sure it is damn hard to find similar people like you, but this board/website exists to prove to you that you STILL CAN find one, it’s hard, but *not* impossible!
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Hello Niki. Your post is interesting, not many Christians (ex) talk this way so thanks. I agree with your interpretation of hope (god, faith etc). But what do you think of this?;
This is just one theory going around in my head, it is not my soul belief and I am open minded about lots of theories. It seems to me that the most ‘happy’ and ‘successful’ people here on earth are neither religious or have any faith other than in themselves. To succeed in this world, you need to adopt the ‘dog eat dog’ mentality, and of course, that mentality has no room for any faith or beliefs in any god. I too, like to read the posts on here and the biggest thing I have noticed is that most if not all of these posts made by the ones who are suicidal, all seem to come from really nice people. Do all the really nice people suffer in this world, and all the ruthless people prosper?
I wont go into detail, but I have started reading and watching whatever I can about a certain scientist who suspiciously died a few years ago after trying to teach his findings to the masses and refusing to work for the government. He also had other scientists and ex-employees of the government who too were scientists of sorts. I am a person that strives on fact – I tried for many years to be religious and spiritual etc, but I found that fact seem to fit me better. This guy, his teachings have ALL come true, they are now fact that any person can get hold of. He also has teachings that are for in our future. One in particular, which I will not go into detail on as I simply don’t want to have this kind of debate – but what I will say is that he confirms that life here on the surface of this planet is nothing but a test – and not from any god, but from man himself. Man will be controlled and provoked to the point of either succumbing or retreating. He says that the world will end up being ‘evil’. He says that this ‘take over’ starts to happen in 1998 and last for over a thousand years.
This makes sense to me in so many ways. Although I dislike the word ‘evil’ due to it’s connotations, it seems to be the word that is used to describe this sort of thing. Of course this world is evil, you only have to turn on your TV to see that! And I’m not just talking about crime and the fear factor, I am talking about the greed, the materialism, the fact that the laws of the land do not protect good people, the fact that if you do not comply, your life will become impossible.
We have abilities and functions inside our own brains that can answer all of our questions, but they are being made disabled by our foods, our water and medication and brain washing. It might sound like a conspiracy, but come on, think about it seriously, you have to be dumb not to see it! if our abilities were not being controlled, we would KNOW the answers instead of just following the rules.
So my point is this; is this hope, god, whatever, just the remnants of how we used to live? Or a memory of where we originated, or shall return to? What if our thoughts are actually our god, hope, or our ‘home’ calling us? Why do so many good people want to kill themselves? Death might not be the end, it could be the beginning.
I am not saying that it is true, I am just saying it is possible. What if our thoughts are the search for the truth and that is the answer, the door, so to speak? No-one can say whether it is or it isn’t. This world is so messed up and we are now so messed up that it is impossible to confirm either way. Some people just prefer to take the risk on the unknown than stay is what is known to be ‘evil’.
Hey Guys:
I am a very open minded person and I have read you guys opinions, thoughts and ideas. I must admit that I have found it to be quite intriguing. You guys come from very interesting stand points. Very intellectual beings!
I am in no way a religious person. However, I am a christian and my faith is solely in Jesus Christ….NOT RELIGION. Personally, I have reaserch different religions straight down to buddhist, islam, scientology,wiccans, even christianity, etc. (too much to name). However, none of them compared to what I discover which was the truth! Its above religion and all other supposedly truths that people try to feed us. It is called Kingdom. The kingdom of God.
I know that I sound just as stupid or idiotic as the people who believe that there is a GOD or that they are GOD or even that GOD is everything. Even so, once you have gotton a taste of the message of The kingdom of GOD, you would understand that christianity butchered it, catholism twisted it, islam misinterpreted it, rastafarianism tried to be it. They all failed at the TRUTH!
I have come to understand that most people on earth are trying to discover the truth. They are trying to find a reason to live within this corrupt world without be confined to it for life. They are trying to believe in an afterlife that seems more believable than the fantacies fed to us before.
This is not another religion out their trying to take you into their clutches. It is the TRUTH! If you want to actually discover the truth you can research Myles Munroe and his kingdom theories which are solely based on the The Bible!
If you have further comments or concerns on this matter you can contact me at angeloflight.com. May peace be with you:)
P.S. I hope that you guys find all that you are searching for in life…specifically THE TRUTH!
Maybe the truth can be found in this link? Please watch this video and then make up your own mind. I am not saying that this video is THE truth, but for me, it makes perfect sense as to why so many of us good people want to kill oursleves;
(2012 – the future of mankind – Michael Tsarion) just google that and you should find a google video that is 3:24:48 in length. The beginning of the video seems a little conspiracy theory related, to do with 2012, but bare with it, it goes on into scientific and medical explanations for mental disorders and suicidal tendencies.
The problem with finding HOPE is that there has to be a little to begin with. You are not going to find something that you don’t see or believe is there. Also if you are asking people to create hope for those who are looking for it that kind of defeats the purpose of finding it. There is one thing that we can all agree with and that is the truth. Some people believe they have found it or are close then there are some people who have just started to look.
Its becomming more often that we find people who don’t believe in hope or god or anything else that controls their lives. So what are they still doing here? Maybe they are her because of the rest of us are finding the same thing. The Truth.