A lot of times in the convert corner or the introduction thread, I see a phrase like "I started to question" or "Things weren't making sense", etc. If you don't mind, I'd love to hear if you know or remember specific things which caused god-belief not to jive anymore.
For me, I was 10 and while I hadn't seriously considered God very much, my father had asked me to pray for my seriously ill grandfather (on the Jewish side). I promptly forgot, then remembered while I was in the shower a few nights later (I do a lot of my thinking in the shower to this day) and distinctly remember thinking "there's no one listening." I remember it clearly because there was also a crushing, overwhelming sense of guilt about it due to the fact that I adored my grandfather.
For my boyfriend, it was when he started asking questions about the Bible when he was 6 in Sunday School. His teacher promptly told him he wasn't supposed to ask such things. No one tells my boyfriend not to question things. Right then and there he had to find out why she thought they were a bad idea.
For our good friend, it was when his mother died. Why would a just and loving god allow a sweet and loving mother to die a horrible death of cancer?
For me, I was 10 and while I hadn't seriously considered God very much, my father had asked me to pray for my seriously ill grandfather (on the Jewish side). I promptly forgot, then remembered while I was in the shower a few nights later (I do a lot of my thinking in the shower to this day) and distinctly remember thinking "there's no one listening." I remember it clearly because there was also a crushing, overwhelming sense of guilt about it due to the fact that I adored my grandfather.
For my boyfriend, it was when he started asking questions about the Bible when he was 6 in Sunday School. His teacher promptly told him he wasn't supposed to ask such things. No one tells my boyfriend not to question things. Right then and there he had to find out why she thought they were a bad idea.
For our good friend, it was when his mother died. Why would a just and loving god allow a sweet and loving mother to die a horrible death of cancer?
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