(February 5, 2016 at 12:21 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(February 5, 2016 at 1:03 am)Evie Wrote: Tempted to create a parody thread "I'm a theist. So why can't I bring myself to believe in that religious horseshit?".
By Mother Teresa.
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree...aanatheist
Quote:I call, I cling, I want ... and there is no One to answer ... no One on Whom I can cling ... no, No One. Alone ... Where is my Faith ... even deep down right in there is nothing, but emptiness & darkness ... My God ... how painful is this unknown pain ... I have no Faith ... I dare not utter the words & thoughts that crowd in my heart ... & make me suffer untold agony. So many unanswered questions live within me afraid to uncover them ... because of the blasphemy ... If there be God ... please forgive me ... When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives & hurt my very soul. I am told God loves me ... and yet the reality of darkness & coldness & emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul.
Thanks for sharing that. Mother Teresa experienced a long period of spiritual dryness which many of the greatest saints endured. It is commonly referred to as the "dark night of the soul", and you can learn more about it in the writings of St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Avila.
Here is a brief description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Night_of_the_Soul
