Losing my belief in god?

It’s tough to face the idea that you’ve been taught a bunch of misinformation. But there’s no way that your mom and your dad can both have a correct assessment of reality.

Rather than worrying about what to believe, I suggest you concentrate on gathering facts so you can know what’s right rather than simply trying to force yourself to believe something that deep down, you aren’t sure of. Try reading “The Case for Christ” as well as Carl Sagan’s classic “The Demon Haunted World”. Decide for yourself which one makes more sense. If you’ve never read the Bible, read it! Start in Genesis and work your way through to Revelation. Yes, this is a lot of work, but isn’t finding inner peace over this worth some effort on your part?

In the end though, you won’t be able to “side” with both your mom and your dad. Just don’t talk about religion to your dad, and there won’t be an issue. If HE brings it up, just tell him “I don’t want to talk about religion”. He’ll probably be amazed an delighted.

I agree with orion. Satan has tempted me many times. I have even fell into his traps before. Thanks to Jesus, I have been forgiven. God has given me strength lately to over come Satan and I know he is real. Read your Bible and pray for God to help you overcome temptation. Go to your Mom or the pastor at your church and ask them questions if you need to. I am sure they will help you understand anything you are confused about. I will keep you and your Dad in my prayers. Pray! Don’t lose your faith in God. God Loves You!

I sympathize with you, I really do. It’s hard enough trying to figure out one’s religious views, but when your parents split on the issue and from each other, it makes it even harder. It sounds like they’re both really set in their ways too.

As far as your beliefs, I can tell you that it’s much easier to believe those stories as a child because your mind has not progressed to the point where you ask the hard questions. You’re now at the age where you’ve been doing that, and if that leads you to believe in something else, that’s not a bad thing. I would continue to search for answers, it may take years but it will be worth it because you will have good reasons for believing what you do.

As far as your parents, if you don’t feel comfortable sharing your questions about your religion with your mother, then don’t. She doesn’t need to know; they’re your own beliefs. If she brings up the issue, and you still don’t want to tell her, then politely try to change the subject.

On the other hand, if you don’t want to question your faith right now and you still hold a belief in God, do the same with your father. It’s none of his business either, what you decide to believe. He and your mother both raised you, it sounds like with common sense, now it’s up to you to decide what your beliefs are. If they get upset and let it strain the relationship, then they are in the wrong, not you.

You are in a tug-a-war of sorts. I’m sure it must be hard at times, especially when you are confused about it all.

God wrote His laws on our hearts, every person in the world who has ever lived has God’s laws in theri heart, so we all know what is right and what’s wrong. It is too easy to do what is natural for us…sin.

When Satan tempted Eve and our first parents fail, it caused our human race to be degraded into having a sinful nature. If we desire to go to heaven then we must choose to follow what is right. It is hard to do this and we cannot do this all by ourselves, that’s why God sent the Holy Spirit to teach us.

You are now reaching a very scary time in your life that you’ll want to do things that are not good. Satan will throw every possible temptation at you, but if you desire to be with God you must refuse Satan. The only way to do this is by staying close as you can to God. Go to church, pray and read the Bible.

The Bible was written by good men, inspired by God. Our God is a big enough God to make sure His holy Book is true.

Your desire to be with Him, Jesus must be stronger than the temptatons of Satan, otherwise you will not be able to overcome. Jesus can help you if you only Ask, Believe, and Claim = the AB’C of faith. May the Lord send His angels to you and His Holy Spirit to guide you and teach you. God bless you.

It is very good that your mother planted good seed in you when you were young. What you are experiencing now, is a crisis of faith. You are coming into age, growing up, and having to come to your own conclusions. This is a normal thing, even though it can be scary. I will give you a word of comfort. The bible says to train up a child, in the way that they should go, and when they get old, they will not depart from it.

So, your mother did the training when you were younger. You believed her, you still do, but, now, your faith is under attack. Now, you will have to exert effort to hold onto the faith that you have. If you want to walk in faith, you will have to feed it. Starve your doubts, and feed your faith.

You will have to make the decision, do I want to please my daddy, or do I want to do what I know in my heart is the right thing to do?

Warfare, is the struggle that we go thru on our way to growing spiritually. You mind is the battle ground. There are two opposing forces battling for your allegiance. You will have to decide whom you will serve. God or man.

Father God, I pray that her faith will hold, until she can make the right choice, to seek you and to find her path in you. Hold her and keep her, in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen.

it is hard when parents have very different opinions and you feel caught in the middle. I am liberal, my husband is middle-of-the -road-conservative, my son is conservative. I don’t agree with my son’s views but I respect them and I am PROUD that I raised a son that has a backbone and is not scared to differ in beliefs from his mom. I feel the same way regarding the path he selected regarding religion. the GREATEST gift a parent can give their child is free will and the love and support of their parents to use it. you must decide your future and your beliefs.
it is hard to seemingly “go against” your parents but that is part of growing up. respect when discussing issues also goes a long way. lol. but I bet you already know that.

oh, and I agree completely with semi1900.

amblessed - way to try to disconnect this young woman from her father. but my bet is that she is smarter than that and will continue to love and respect him despite your opinion…

“Obviously one of them is wrong - lost “ “ even at our very best, we are but filthy rags” “it’s so important, it has eternal consequences” we all know what your idea of “eternal consequences” is…

The best thing for you to do is to continue “searching” for your own beliefs.

However, you should confront both your mom and dad with the fact that you are going to continue your search as you are growing AND that you intend to confront them (your mom and dad) with those things that you learn in order to receive back information from them which helps you develop your beliefs.

It isn’t that you want to be confrontational with them but that you want to use them as sounding-boards so that you can learn from them which is the way children are meant to grow.

“Obviously one of them is wrong - lost “

Well, violetstar, if you do decide to remain a faithful Christian, I wouldn’t open up the conversation with your Dad like this

That’s a tough one. dont take a side. they should respect your beliefs no matter what they are. just recently I have taken the wiccan path and im studying to become a witch. it’s cool…u should look into it…although people make a lot of false assumptions about it which is sad…its focused on appreciating nature. I also believe that god and the bible was a made up story. I mean if you really think about it you kinda realize that the stuff in there doesnt seem realistic. good luck

wut you are feeling is just satan trying to play tricks on your mind. DONT LET HIM!! hes the father of all lies he wants you to believe that there is no God. dont believe him. he knows that his time on earth is coming to an end… that Jesus is preparing his arrival back on earth so hes trying to fit all the evil ha can into this short time period he has left. just talk to your mom about 5t and she’ll help you through this time. just keep praying and asking God to soften your dads heart… that he’ll except Jesus as his Lord and Savior and everything is going to work out fine because God always finds a way