How many times a day do you think about God

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How many times a day do you think of the creator

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Greetings and peace be with you barney;
I beleive in a God. But i am without knowlage if it still exists,
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It is all about faith or trust. I trust that I am the father of my child; but I have no proof; my wife could have had an affair; I am not with her 24 / 7.

In order for me to have a loving relationship with my wife, I have to be able to trust her without proof. I could ask for a DNA check but that would in a way destroy my trust in my wife. Even if the DNA test proved my fatherhood, it could still lead me to think I constantly need proof of her fidelity. She could still be going out having an affair and use contraception.

It is the same with God; in order to have a loving relationship with God; you need to be able to trust in him without proof.
If you mean why dont i beleive in any religion, the simple answer is scripture.
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This might be because you are looking for the worst interpretation of scripture, like stoning people for their crimes. In doing so you might be overlooking the merciful and forgiving nature of God.

In the spirit of searching for a loving God

Eric
 
Eric H said:
Greetings and peace be with you barney;

It is all about faith or trust. I trust that I am the father of my child; but I have no proof; my wife could have had an affair; I am not with her 24 / 7.

In order for me to have a loving relationship with my wife, I have to be able to trust her without proof. I could ask for a DNA check but that would in a way destroy my trust in my wife. Even if the DNA test proved my fatherhood, it could still lead me to think I constantly need proof of her fidelity. She could still be going out having an affair and use contraception.

It is the same with God; in order to have a loving relationship with God; you need to be able to trust in him without proof.

This might be because you are looking for the worst interpretation of scripture, like stoning people for their crimes. In doing so you might be overlooking the merciful and forgiving nature of God.

In the spirit of searching for a loving God

Eric
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With you on the first part. Thats why I'm a beleiver in a creating force, which i call God.
I have at times tried to communicate with it and got less than nowhere.
i look at the evidence of the world around me and see no interactions going on between a creator and mankind, or at least not between one that can do anything and mankind.
therefore I have to assume that it no longer exists or cant be reached.

As to the second part, Theres one of my posts where I ream off a huge cut and paste of all the malevolent actions of god in the bible, and I weigh that up with all the good actions. Stating that God loves children is inconsistant with setting bears on them to kill them.

I forget which post it was now, and i gotta dash, but i'll link it later. :)

Cheers, and peace.
 
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Believe it or not I have been thinking about Allah non-stop. Even when I am walking I alter the words, subhan’Allah, Alhamdulillah, Allah Akbaar, and Subhan Allahi wa bihamdihi with every step I take. I always try to ask for forgiveness for not remembering Allah at times, and I even neglect some of my work and college assignments so I can go read the Quran, pray sunnah, listen to some lectures, watch some Islamic videos and somehow thanks to Allah I am able to do my college assignments and go to work. But Allah comes before all, and I have made that quite clear to myself, least I forget it.

I’m just disappointed that I am just doing this right now, how many years have I missed out, how many months, how many weeks, how many days, how many hours…..it is endless. So in other words I am running towards Allah while some might be walking.
 
Greetings and peace be with you barney,
i look at the evidence of the world around me and see no interactions going on between a creator and mankind
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In order to believe and trust in God you have to do something.

If you were to do something that seemed dangerous, you might do a risk assessment and put all kinds of safety measures in place to reduce the chances of harm to yourself and others. If the activity seemed too risky you might not do it.

I have mentioned it once before but recently I have become a Street Pastor and this does not involve preaching. We go out in groups of two into the community on a Friday night being where gangs, drunks, drugs, vandals and troubled people are, in the hope of bringing about some kind of peace.

I am 59 and my partner is 65, we put our trust in prayer and in God. The first night we went out we realised we did not have a phone, but we decided to keep going and trust that God is with us. Our confidence came knowing there was a prayer team at the church praying for our needs and the needs of the community.

In ways that you may not understand, I can only say that I feel the presence of God working in my life.

In the spirit of praying for faith in a loving God,

Eric
 
Eric H said:
recently I have become a Street Pastor and this does not involve preaching. We go out in groups of two into the community on a Friday night being where gangs, drunks, drugs, vandals and troubled people are, in the hope of bringing about some kind of peace.


Eric
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Owch! You be careful out there Eric.
 
Greetings and peace be with you barney;
Owch! You be careful out there Eric
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In some ways being cautious is a real dilemma.

Two weeks ago a couple of our guys came across a bunch of youths fighting, they decided to be careful and called the police.

Last week when I went out, I came across one of these guys who admitted he was involved in the fight. He brought up the fact that the police had been called to the fight by the Street Pastors and he then seemed reluctant to talk to us further.

My reflections on the matter cause me trouble, if I had come across the same fight would I have put my trust in the police or in God? If I am to put my trust in God it involves taking a risk myself.

I cannot truthfully say what I would have done in the same situation, but it has left me feeling that calling the police is a sense that we have failed.

In the spirit of praying for a renewed faith in God;

Eric
 
I enjoy reading your Street Pastor stories, Eric. It's such a worthwhile thing to do.

How is the street pastor role fitting in with that of the police? Do the two work well together, or can there be conflicts of interest?
 
With reagrds to the original question, I wonder how meaningful it is to 'think' about God all day long.
What do we all mean by 'thinking about God'?

Being aware of God's presence and workings in our lives, and living according to his will, seem much more meaningful.
 
Aye. For me thinking about God is considering the possibilities, the questions of what God is.
I imagine that a theist is going to be thinking in a totally different way, because they know what God is (to the extent that its permissable) and spend their thought time in praise and gratitude or asking for assistence.

Although ive asked for assistance and offered gratitude a few times, the vast proportion of my aggytime is spent picking over the conundrums. :)
 
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Aye. For me thinking about God is considering the possibilities, the questions of what God is.
I imagine that a theist is going to be thinking in a totally different way, because they know what God is (to the extent that its permissable) and spend their thought time in praise and gratitude or asking for assistence.

Although ive asked for assistance and offered gratitude a few times, the vast proportion of my aggytime is spent picking over the conundrums. :)
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I reckon God likes to keep you on your toes, Barney! :D
 
barney said:
Although ive asked for assistance and offered gratitude a few times, the vast proportion of my aggytime is spent picking over the conundrums. :)
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Just remember, a lot of people might have paved those paths before you, so don't be afraid to bring these conundrums up (which I reckon you did anyway, but thought I should still say ^_^)
BTW, I can still spend hours thinking over things to, so in that sense reverting didn't stop that.
 
Abdul Fattah said:
Just remember, a lot of people might have paved those paths before you, so don't be afraid to bring these conundrums up (which I reckon you did anyway, but thought I should still say ^_^)
BTW, I can still spend hours thinking over things to, so in that sense reverting didn't stop that.
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I agree with you, Abdul Fattah.
All my life I have been encouraged to question and to learn. How can I stop now?

Following my faith has not made me stop thinking, wondering, questioning ...
In many way I think that's an important part of my walk with God and my growth in faith.
If my faith cannot stand up to my questions, then is it faith at all???

Yes, there are things which I just 'put on the shelf', saying "Lord, I don't understand this. Please show me when the time is right."
Perhaps God reveals his wisdoms, as we grow spiritually mature enough to receive them.

Salaam :)
 
All the time or even once, I think you can infroce the saying 'quality over quantity' i think even if you just think of God once during a day, and show you need his guidance, ask for his help, or even just talk to him, its equally as effective as someone thinking about God all day.. even if you think about God all day, it depends on the quality in my opinion.
 
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thx.
 
God is my bestfriend...

but its a weird friendship between me and Him, cos i need Him all the time, i bug Him all the time, I nag and nag and nag at Him all the time.

i sit there and talk to Him all the time and it is always a one way conversation cos He is always the one that listens and i talk, the thing i love about Him the most is that He is always there for me.

there's times i make Him angry and He teaches me a lesson, there's times where He tests my friendship and makes things hard for me.

But there is not a single day that i can go on without my bestfriend, not a single hour without no mention of Him. He is always with me.

My bestfriend, al Wadud.
 

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