Is Faith In Jesus Important To You?

perhaps this isn't exactly what you were asking Trev , but I'd like to share an experience my DD had with my GD when she was 23months old. A very articulate little girl, she asked her Mum what Christmas was about. My DD began to explain about the birth of Jesus, saying "do you know Jesus" and before she could continue, my GD said "no, but I know God!, and in a wistful voice, "heaven". My DD is not at all religious after studying anthropology at uni., and had never spoken to my GD about, God or Heaven, and was astonished that her baby would even know the word Heaven. This gave me comfort and hope, thinking that my GD could remember Heaven.

I think we would all love to see our friends and relatives again in the future.Perhaps we will.Who can say what is beyond this life [nobody] so we can't dismiss the fact that we may meet again.Something [we call God] made our universe, we are on a tiny planet in space and know nothing of what comes after.One day, hopefully we will. Sorry for your loss Trevor it's something we all have to face. Don't give up on life though.

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i don't know of anyone that could bring a deceased person back to life galen
except Jesus.
can you imagine if a man today was able to raise the dead
how popular he would be?
i know I'd be seeking him out and taking him to where my dear ex is buried and begging him to bring her back to life!
then i'd take him to my dear friend who lost his dear mum and brother recently
and ask this man to ressurect them.
then i'd ask him to ressurect the mother of my dear friend in america who died a few years ago.
I tell you galen that man wouldn't get a minutes rest
simply cause the amount of people going to him to be healed would be immense!
wouldn't you go to him galen even if it was just to see what you were hearing about him was true or not?

fair enough nina.

i'm sorry your experience appears to have affected the way you view Religion charleygirl.
I also dislike going to church when i was a boy.
and i only started looking to religion again cause i was feeling depressed and unhappy with my life.
and although I'm not babtised I still try to hold onto the hope that one day faith in jesus will be rewarded.
as i mentioned i lost a dear ex girlfriend in april and i would love to be able to see her again one day.
and as far as i know the christian faith is the only one that seems to be genuine.
and if Jesus could bring back Lazarus
then he can bring back my dear deceased ex girlfriend one day.and if he can do it for me then he'll do it for everyone else too.

It's so hard to lose those we love, and it must be wonderful to have such faith. I used to have faith but have lost it somewhere along the way and am now quite cynical about religion. So many ghastly wars are fought in the name of religion, including right now in the world, and sad events in life for all sorts of people who don't deserve such tragedies.
So where is God then? I suspect there is nothing beyond this life. But this life can be wonderful, so I hope you can find some way of enjoying it.

I was born a Jew. My father died when I was 6 years old. My mother did a good job bringing up my older brother and I. She was very religious and was strict with us in her beliefs. I was made to go to the synagogue every Saturday and on holy days. And 3 times a week to the classes.
It was strange that I could not see the sense in learning Hebrew as a language that I would never have a use for in my life.
It was also in my youth that I would ask, if there was a god and it was so good, why did it allow wars and these terrible things to happen to baby's, young children, and adults?
These days I ask where is this god that is so great and forgiven that it allows all the different religious faiths to fight in his/her/it's name.
As for the 'son of god', was he the starter of the different break away religions.
As time passes stories get distorted. Who can tell what the truth is.
When the light goes out of this life, that is it. There is nothing after.
If anyone can prove different I would be glad to hear.

I am so very sorry for your loss. I too, would love to see again my loved ones who have gone before. I'm not sure whether it works that way though. I believe in the spirit and perhaps my spirit will find theirs some day.

But today is a sunny day. Enjoy if you can. x

Whether I do or don't is not something I discuss.

Sounds like sermon to me

In one word, no. I went to a Catholic boarding school and was forced by the nuns to go to a religious ceremony x2 a day. I never want to see the inside of a church again.