kingblaze84
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BiblicalAtheist ;9297106 said:kingblaze84;9296290 said:BiblicalAtheist ;9295875 said:A relationship either is or it isn't. You have one or you don't, the type of relationship doesn't really matter, I mean it does matter because obviously an unhealthy one isn't that much good unless we are looking for the good in the bad or likewise the bad in the good. And as I said sometime before it's really hard to know or understand where or why someone is on the path where they are. It's weird to me to look behind me and wonder why all those people are behind me on the path, I just kick as many stones off the path as I can and hopefully it helps them catch up. Same with looking at the people ahead of me on the path, if I'm always wondering about them I'm likely to stumble. So while I take looks around my surroundings, I mostly focus on myself.
Yeah I mostly focus on my self too, it's not like I'm constantly worrying about other people. Maybe I analyze things too much and I honestly could understand other people claiming to have relationships with god, but lately a few people I know have been trying to get me into having a "relationship" with their god, and yet these same people recently have come upon all kinds of weird problems, so it kind of makes me look at them sideways lol. But I still respect their "relationship".
Trust me, I'm definitely focused on my own path overall. I'm actually satisfied with the path I'm on now, but I made this thread partially because a few of my religious friends or relatives (including my mom recently, ugh) have tried to take me off it, and I wanted to understand how some people can justify unanswered prayers.
Maybe they are jealous of your path? If yours seems to be doing you so well and theirs isn't, ya never know. People like to see you do good, but not better than them, usually. I would assume they justify it the same we all justify things, we just keep coming up with reasons until the nuisance goes away lol.
I think it's possible there could be a little jealousy that things are going my way in life overall and some of my religious friends and relatives aren't seeing much of the same, but I can't say for sure. When people say only their god can make my life complete, and yet they see I'm actually comfortable with my path, without their beliefs, I think for some of them, it makes them want to take me off my path more. My aunt for example says people don't pray enough or have faith enough and that's why the world in some places are full of disaster, but then I look at her life and her son's life particularly, a religious guy who suffered a bad heart attack at age 40 and he can barely breath these days. Worst part is he's the breadwinner of his household with 3 kids and an unemployed wife, so I don't see a whole lot of blessings in that situation lol, but what do I know.
Otherwise, people can still find justification for almost anything as you said, but as they like to say, "god works in mysterious ways"....whatever that means. It's a catchy phrase though.
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