What now?  I just completely lost faith in the idea of God. And now I feel sad?
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I,......AM GOD!\n\nBOW TO ME PEASANT!\n\nOk, Ok, I'm really not.  Just wait until '08 though!!!!
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Pray, pray, pray!  Don't forget that God loves you very much.  He could never forget you.  But you are here on this earth to learn and grow.  The best way to learn is by experience.  Bad things happen, and they happen to everybody.  The testing point is how you answer these challenges.\n\nRemember that even Jesus felt abandoned by God for a moment during the atonement and crusafiction.  \n\nThe best thing you can do now is continue to have faith.  The scriptures say to endure to the end in faith, right?  That's what we are asked to do, not 'endure to the bad parts in faith'.  Just stay strong.  Good luck.
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Find God, You'll never be alone again.  Quit feeling sorry for yourself, life is tough for everyone, even the rich and famous.  Don't let the good taste fool you.\n\nGood Luck
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I feel badly for you  but rest in this:  Most of the time when you are wronged by someone else great blessing will come to you. It might not be immediately but it will come.  Do you remember that situation where the man and woman divorced and the woman was wronged and then she won the lottery?  That's just one example.  The main thing is to not try to get back at the one who wronged you. Put it in the hands of God and He will take care of it for you.   Of course if you aren't a Christian this probably won't work.  You first must believe that Jesus Christ paid the penalty for your sins and then you will have a relationship with the Creator of the universe.  He will take good care of you in every situation in  your life. Trust me this is true.
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This life is but a test. God right now is testing your faith. Think about it if people did not believe than no one would do goog. Also look around you there are lots of signs like how everything is made and the miracle of life. If you don't believe than you have nothing tolook forward to after death and than what if the hell exists your pretty much screwed then. So god is always testing you. In this life believe in god and god gives you little signs of him but you'll see the truth through the inevitable death. Just believe in himand  his oneness
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Glad to see you're a Christian....\n\nPlease try not to feel this way.  I remember feeling like that at one time, too.  I used to wonder about what God wanted me to do in my life, then I realized He has written it right there what He wants us to do...its all in His word!!\n\nAs for the recreation, pray about it.  Ask the Lord for His will to be done.  Keep letting your light shine, hon...and heads up!!  You've already made the wisest decision you could ever make...the decision to serve the Lord!!  Trust in Him, and He will guide you.\n\nGod Bless
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When you are not close to God you feel as their is no meaning in life. Let me see if I can explain this. Um...when you don't have God, you are like a body with no oxygen, a lake with no water, you are a life with no meaning doomed to live all eternity in hell. Do you see my point. There is no hope with out Jesus. From experience, I know what it feels like not to be close to God. Every day I felt as if I wanted to die, I was miserable. But don't get depressed. Read the bible, pray, and trust in him. It will get better.
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I wouldn't worry about it too much.  We cab all define what god is.  Find something you like and enjoy it.
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when i was 15, 2 very close friends were killed in a car accident, i was miserable and confused. i discovered that it wasn't that god had abandoned me, he never existed in the first place. i have spent a lot of time reading about it and discovered what a bag of shite religion is,\n\nsince loosing my faith, my life has improved ten fold, instead of wasting time on a false deity, i am living life for me.\n\nconsequencially my fiance wants to get married in a church, but i refuse.\n\ni kinda upset my parents as well!
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Sorry, I too am an atheist.  I can't help you with your faith but I am sorry that you and your friend are going through this.  There is so much pain in the world.  In Africa a child dies due to diseases from unclean drinking water every two minutes.\n\nWhat I try to do, to ease the pain, is to volunteer.  To ease the pain of another and help where I can.  Because sometimes there is nothing I can do to ease the pain of one I love.\n\nI can't help restore your faith in god.  {hugs}
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that is sad. sorry for the loss. god needed an angel. he is in a good place. give it time. i'm sure justin would want you all to continue on and be happy. good luck
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then you may be onto something.  I thought i was a atheist for a while but i think i knew their was a god i was just mad at him.
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It happens- I wondered away from God for 20 years, but God patiently waited for me to come back and I feel a closeness I never thought possible. To feel closer to God, try to incorporate your spirituality into your daily life- if you hold the elevator for someone, silently think to yourself I do this for you Lord, If you help a stranger or do any act of kindness, do the same thing. It will bring your focus back to God. Be Blessed, God loves you and will never abandon you. God will patiently wait for you. I know from experience.
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people seem to think they don't need God in their lives anymore. So sad...
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This sounds more like a love poem to someone you love rather than to ask for forgiveness. Yes I have regrets. I regret my selfishness. I envy those who can feel love and acceptance from god. What have I got to believe in? Not believing in god is lonely, but I can't.
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man, i feel bad for you. you're playing on the wrong team. God is so real. it seems like everyday he's proving himself (to me anyway). i mean there are times i look back and it could have only been God that got me through. God gives me peace, protection, and he is a great provider. My first year in college I didn't have a job or a dime to my name, but God made a way for me. He made is so that I was never hungry, and that I never wanted for anything. to you God might be an "invisible friend" but for me he is my best friend. the bible is a guide that tells us how to live. and if people live right they dont have to fear God. he gave his only son for us, do you really think that he wants to destroy us? to cripple us with fear? No, thats not him, he is loving. I'm sorry if you feel that God has failed you, or that he's not real, because you're missing out.
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There would be nothing more discouraging than to be overwhelmed by the thought that there was no God, and we live for a short mortal life, and then death comes and is final.  It feels good to believe in God, because it gives man purpose, for without Him, there is no purpose or point.  With God, all things are possible, and thought wants to go there and stay for awhile (like eternally), because life on earth is not anyone's dream of paradise.