barrelomonkeys wrote:This is something I can not bring myself to speak about in real life. My husband dismisses me and thinks I should be a content atheist as he is. I am so uncomfortable about anything dealing with religion I try to avoid those that talk about it. And yet, here I am..
by the way, my wife is not an atheist. We don't fight about it. She doesn't enjoy even talking about religion with anyone let alone me. It is just her private deal and she is content. Its not in her nature to preach.
barrelomonkeys wrote:This is something I can not bring myself to speak about in real life. My husband dismisses me and thinks I should be a content atheist as he is. I am so uncomfortable about anything dealing with religion I try to avoid those that talk about it. And yet, here I am..
by the way, my wife is not an atheist. We don't fight about it. She doesn't enjoy even talking about religion with anyone let alone me. It is just her private deal and she is content. Its not in her nature to preach.
barrelomonkeys wrote:This is something I can not bring myself to speak about in real life. My husband dismisses me and thinks I should be a content atheist as he is. I am so uncomfortable about anything dealing with religion I try to avoid those that talk about it. And yet, here I am..
by the way, my wife is not an atheist. We don't fight about it. She doesn't enjoy even talking about religion with anyone let alone me. It is just her private deal and she is content. Its not in her nature to preach.
You are a lucky man.
Would your husband hassle you if you decided to believe in God?
barrelomonkeys wrote:This is something I can not bring myself to speak about in real life. My husband dismisses me and thinks I should be a content atheist as he is. I am so uncomfortable about anything dealing with religion I try to avoid those that talk about it. And yet, here I am..
by the way, my wife is not an atheist. We don't fight about it. She doesn't enjoy even talking about religion with anyone let alone me. It is just her private deal and she is content. Its not in her nature to preach.
You are a lucky man.
Would your husband hassle you if you decided to believe in God?
Mine would leave me if I decided for certain that I didn't. I try to avoid the topic.
I'm also interested to know if Barrel's hubby hassles her about God.
KA
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barrelomonkeys wrote:This is something I can not bring myself to speak about in real life. My husband dismisses me and thinks I should be a content atheist as he is. I am so uncomfortable about anything dealing with religion I try to avoid those that talk about it. And yet, here I am..
by the way, my wife is not an atheist. We don't fight about it. She doesn't enjoy even talking about religion with anyone let alone me. It is just her private deal and she is content. Its not in her nature to preach.
You are a lucky man.
Would your husband hassle you if you decided to believe in God?
He would think less of me. He is uncomfortable with my uncertainty. I can't be certain there is no God when I feel there is. He views the need I express as a weakness.
barrelomonkeys wrote:This is something I can not bring myself to speak about in real life. My husband dismisses me and thinks I should be a content atheist as he is. I am so uncomfortable about anything dealing with religion I try to avoid those that talk about it. And yet, here I am..
by the way, my wife is not an atheist. We don't fight about it. She doesn't enjoy even talking about religion with anyone let alone me. It is just her private deal and she is content. Its not in her nature to preach.
You are a lucky man.
Would your husband hassle you if you decided to believe in God?
Mine would leave me if I decided for certain that I didn't. I try to avoid the topic.
KA
He would leave you? Wow! I'm sorry KA. Are you an agnostic?
barrelomonkeys wrote:Liz, I most definitely am a hypocrite.
I come on these boards and speak of finding God. I search for Him and hope to know the truth whatever it is one day. I speak of my pain of not having the assurance of His love, or atleast not recognizing it. I find advice here and I've witnessed faith and blessings that I envy.
This is something I can not bring myself to speak about in real life. My husband dismisses me and thinks I should be a content atheist as he is. I am so uncomfortable about anything dealing with religion I try to avoid those that talk about it. And yet, here I am.
I just started reading the New Testament, and I find much truth in it, that is compelling to me. I don't know what happens, but I do know that Jesus would not condemn me for whatever path I have to walk to find Him (if indeed I do). So, I'll happily be a hypocrite.
You're not a hypocrite. You're someone looking for answers. Everyone needs a place to talk to someone else who is going through similar things. That's all you're doing.
barrelomonkeys wrote: He would leave you? Wow! I'm sorry KA. Are you an agnostic?
Well, he says he would.
I hope there is a God. I feel like there is, but I know from past experience that my feelings are not a good indicator of truth!
I feel like all the atheists on this board, and others, who are all probably much more intelligent than me, think of my thoughts on God the same way your husband thinks of yours. Like believing in the possibility of God is an intellectual deficiency. I don't know if I'm right; my feelings don't have a good record of reliability!
barrelomonkeys wrote:Liz, I most definitely am a hypocrite.
I come on these boards and speak of finding God. I search for Him and hope to know the truth whatever it is one day. I speak of my pain of not having the assurance of His love, or atleast not recognizing it. I find advice here and I've witnessed faith and blessings that I envy.
This is something I can not bring myself to speak about in real life. My husband dismisses me and thinks I should be a content atheist as he is. I am so uncomfortable about anything dealing with religion I try to avoid those that talk about it. And yet, here I am.
I just started reading the New Testament, and I find much truth in it, that is compelling to me. I don't know what happens, but I do know that Jesus would not condemn me for whatever path I have to walk to find Him (if indeed I do). So, I'll happily be a hypocrite.
You're not a hypocrite. You're someone looking for answers. Everyone needs a place to talk to someone else who is going through similar things. That's all you're doing.
;)
I'm sorry I derailed your thread. Feel free to move. :)
Did you know guy sajer (did I spell that right?) thought I was rcrocket when I first started posting here? Actually said it a few times. LOL!