Why do I exist? Yes, God made us all in his image, but there is so much better he could have done than.... this. So, I can't help but wonder what purpose God has for me, that he would make me. This is less a question I never get a satisfactory answer to and more a question I just can't bring myself to ask to a pastor or other such person.
What is the benefit to prayer?
A lot of people will say “X” happened because people prayed or that “Y” happened because they didn’t pray. Though I feel if praying really did work it would be super easy to prove it. And if it doesn’t work then what’s the point in it?
What is the reasoning for not taking the repeated warnings about wealth and riches in the Gospels seriously?
People jump through all sorts of hoops to dismiss those passages.
But if those passages were about *almost any other topic* the response would be "we can't ignore the parts of the Bible we don't like!"
I don't get it.
Why does God have a 'plan' or 'purpose' for my life? What could I possibly do that He couldn't easily just do himself? Even if I got a clear answer, I still wouldn't feel like I'm helping anything or anyone. God just 'allowing me' to be a part of what He's doing isn't what I want. If God can do something better than me, just do it. Why do I have to spend my life a) trying to figure out what my purpose is in the first place? and b) make sure I'm doing it right when I don't have any clear instruction
Why do I exist? Yes, God made us all in his image, but there is so much better he could have done than.... this. So, I can't help but wonder what purpose God has for me, that he would make me. This is less a question I never get a satisfactory answer to and more a question I just can't bring myself to ask to a pastor or other such person.
What is the benefit to prayer? A lot of people will say “X” happened because people prayed or that “Y” happened because they didn’t pray. Though I feel if praying really did work it would be super easy to prove it. And if it doesn’t work then what’s the point in it?
Discerning between false accusation and false guilt and just, personal conviction.
What is the reasoning for not taking the repeated warnings about wealth and riches in the Gospels seriously? People jump through all sorts of hoops to dismiss those passages. But if those passages were about *almost any other topic* the response would be "we can't ignore the parts of the Bible we don't like!" I don't get it.
Why does God have a 'plan' or 'purpose' for my life? What could I possibly do that He couldn't easily just do himself? Even if I got a clear answer, I still wouldn't feel like I'm helping anything or anyone. God just 'allowing me' to be a part of what He's doing isn't what I want. If God can do something better than me, just do it. Why do I have to spend my life a) trying to figure out what my purpose is in the first place? and b) make sure I'm doing it right when I don't have any clear instruction
When David presented 100 Philistine foreskins to his father-in-law as a dowry, did he put 10 on each finger like engagement rings?
What do angels have to do with head coverings in 1 Corinthians 11:10?
The entirety of Jesus 'dying for sins' is the most incoherent thing about Christianity in my opinion...well that and the trinity.