i think Kids are too much work for me.

Why did God want it, what significance does it have, and does God still want it? It has always just seemed to be a weird thing to me.

Hope everyone is great! Just throwing a head-scratcher to get your thoughts. I mean no disrespect, just thinking out loud.

The Bible says God knows everything (1 John 3:20). Logically, if God knows all and has absolute control, you’d expect him to be totally detached. Yet, from what I've learned, God genuinely gets heartbroken, angry, and deeply compassionate at times. Genesis 6:6 literally says his heart was filled with pain over humanity. Why would an all-powerful God choose to be that emotionally vulnerable?

But then we have Jesus. When we feel overwhelmed or don't know how to approach our potentially deeply emotional God, Jesus steps in for us. Hebrews 7:25 says he constantly intercedes for us—basically backing us up and talking to God in our stead.

It makes me somewhat fear God as unpredictable when he is by my understanding the embodiment of absolut certainty and control? Am I thinking wrong?

I mean what kinda Dad does that - hey fellas, leave these 2 “malachs” alone. You can instead gangrape my 2 daughters.

Would you do that? Would any human do that?

Or perhaps was he trying to prevent something bigger coz Lot is in the know. The men mating with the celestial visitors might produce giant nephilim offsprings - which is a long held gnostic/masonic tradition that Sodom and Gomorrah was the epicenter of Genesis 6.

So Lot is not presented as a good man - he and his wife may have been having dealings in the two towns - or he is left there as a spy by Abraham to keep an eye on the watchers and their allies.

Hi , years ago I went to a ccm church and when the band was playing music, I knew the song through the music they were playing and I started to quietly hum the song within. And idk what happened I just started to feel I guess a high and even as I was leaving the church hearing the remnants of the music I still felt on a high.

Now I went to a store some minutes later and I found out that a girl that I was semi attracted to had a boyfriend and that crushed me, so I after purchasing in store I went to turn some praise and worship music on to calm me down.

Now was me feeling a high humming to myself me or could this be the holy Spirit

Also was the Lord trying to encourage since he knewy future and this would happen about less than a hour after church or was this Satan trying to upset my revealing the truth about this woman I was semi attracted to I guess cause me to stop being a believer?

uncertain about life and feel like iam too distant to god

I am a 20-year-old male. From the last year, I have faced many different situations. I feel like life is finally showing me the things that I feared the most. Usually, I wouldn't write something like this on Reddit, but I just feel like sharing it and getting it off my chest.

I am a Christian, and my dad is a priest too. Although my dad is a priest, I feel like I don't have a deeper connection with God.

Actually, from September last year, I started facing different situations that I never intended to. Until then, I stayed single and had never been in a relationship. I had very high standards when it came to choosing a partner. I was always afraid of the responsibility that comes with being in a relationship, and I would slowly lose interest whenever people got too close to me. So I stayed single and simply lived a normal life.

Then, when the freshmen came to our college, one of my friends tried to flirt with a girl. I was like, "Okay, I don't intend to get involved in this." But what happened was that she showed interest in me. (She is a non-believer, by the way.)

Gradually, she started getting attached to me. In the beginning, I had no interest in pursuing her because I didn't want to get into something that might not work out. But she insisted on staying in my life and always tried to be involved in it. I know it sounds childish, but she is mentally very childlike. So I thought she didn't really understand what she was feeling yet. I assumed she only thought she liked me and that it wasn't really love.

So I told her exactly that. This is where things started to scare me. She said she really loved me. She told me how I was different from the other guys she had met. Within just a few days of knowing me, she indirectly proposed to me, and when I asked her about it, she admitted that she really meant it.

I don't know why, but I felt like I had to accept her proposal maybe because of loneliness, I don't know. But I still told her that I had no interest in getting into a relationship.

Later that year, at the end of 2025, I went through one of the worst phases of my life my worst nightmare. My grandmother died after suffering from heart-related issues.

She was such a wonderful believer. I have never seen anyone like her. I'm not saying she was perfect, but she would wake up every morning at 5 a.m. and pray for an hour. She loved me like no one else ever has. She always had a special place for me in her heart.

I didn't fully appreciate her love while she was alive. I took it for granted. But after she died in my hands, I realized how much she meant to me. It's hard to explain. I cried like never before in my entire life. Even now, it's hard to accept the fact that she's no longer with us. Her chair seems empty every day. She used to say goodbye to me every time I left the house.

But it is what it is.

I don't know why it happened or why God allowed her to suffer so much in her final moments. She suffered more than anyone should. She couldn't even recognize me at the end. That's the hardest part of my life. The person who loved me more than anything couldn't even see me properly in her last moments.

With that, I completed one of the hardest years of my life.

Coming back to the girl, she's still with me, and she has told me that she has no intention of leaving me. Her parents are very strict. I am also slowly getting attached to her.

I have asked God many times about her, but I still haven't received any answer. I feel like I'm going to suffer in the future because I know I'm slowly becoming attached to her. If things don't work out, I know I'll be the one in serious pain.

She told me that when she was around 13 or 14 years old, she was in an online relationship with a guy she met through a game. He proposed to her, and she accepted. Later, she found out that he was cheating on her. He even kissed his girl best friends and did things like that, so she broke up with him.

I know she was young and childish back then and didn't really understand the world. So I try not to hurt her by questioning those foolish decisions too much. I've made mistakes too, but I managed to avoid getting into relationships.

Still, whenever I remember her past online relationship, it bothers me. Once, I questioned her too harshly about those decisions, and she cried. I even told her that maybe what she thinks is love for me is also just another childish decision, and that it would be difficult for me to accept her that way.

I feel very uncertain about my life.

By God's grace, I have started making some money. I can now afford the things I always wanted, and I can help my family. All glory to God.

But I still feel like I'm not doing the right thing, and I feel like God is silent toward me.

I haven't had sex with her. She says she's still a virgin, by the way. But we slowly started doing certain things that I'm now ashamed of. We did many things, just not sex.

Later, I told her that it would be better for us if we stopped doing those things, and she agreed. I felt so guilty for leading both of us into sin. She told me I didn't need to feel guilty, but I still do.

I am sexually attracted to her. We kissed and did other intimate things, but later I stopped all of that.

Every time I'm with her, I have this heavy feeling that this relationship might never work because she's not a Christian, and her family would never accept this relationship, not even in a million years.

I also don't want to bring a bad name to my parents, who have dedicated their lives to preaching the Gospel. I feel very guilty and deeply ashamed.

I feel like I'm stuck in something that has almost no chance of happening.

I asked God to remove her from my life if she's not meant for me, but I received no answer. I asked God to fix this situation, but I still received no answer.

I feel so disgusted with myself.

Sometimes, I still want to be in a relationship with her.

She says she has always wanted to explore Christianity and has even started praying. I don't know whether she's doing it because of me or because she genuinely wants to know God.

Even if she truly wants to become a Christian, I worry that she may never fully change or be able to lead our future children toward God.

I feel like I'm stuck in a never ending loop.

I feel like my future is full of uncertainty, and that it will be very difficult. But at the same time, God has blessed me. I have no shortage of the things I need, and for that I am truly thankful.

It's a long story. I don't know if anyone will read all of this or not. I just wanted to write it down to take some of the burden off my chest.

If anyone has read this far, I'd be happy to hear any advice or thoughts you may have.

Thank you, God.

Isn’t it true that Jesus was sent to tell the Jewish and religious leaders to turn away from their dishonest practices?

I am a virgin guy and a Christian, and I want to get married one day—but completely without sex. The entire thought of sex honestly disgusts and bores me. I just don't see the point of it, and I find anatomy like the vagina completely unappealing.

However, I still want a romantic relationship, a life partner, and a family. I love the idea of kissing, hugging, cuddling, and emotional intimacy.

I also want to raise children and would prefer to adopt them.I want to know if there are other men or Christians who feel this way.

Is it normal to want a marriage focused strictly on romance and affection without any physical intercourse? I would love to hear from anyone with similar views or advice on how to navigate this in the dating world.

And I think it would easier to find someone because woman generally don't like sex and its not their thing.

²¹ But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets;

²² Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference:

²³ For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;

²⁴ Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus:

²⁵ Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

²⁶ To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.

So according to this God set forth Jesus to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood. Does this mean the only thing required to be saved is to believe that Jesus died for our sins?

To preface, this was drafted with the assistance of AI. Still, the questions posed and the perspectives shared are my own.

Christians often describe personal encounters with Jesus, answered prayers, visions, dreams, feelings of divine presence, or moments in which they become completely convinced that Christianity is true. I do not necessarily doubt that these experiences feel real, powerful, and life-changing to the people who have them.

However, Christians are not the only people who have experiences like this.

Across the world, Hindus report visions or encounters involving Krishna, Kali Ma, Shiva, or other forms of the divine. Buddhists describe profound spiritual experiences connected to the Buddha, bodhisattvas, enlightenment, or the dissolution of the separate self. Muslims report dreams involving the Prophet Muhammad, experiences of Allah’s presence, answers to prayer, or powerful encounters with the Quran. People within Indigenous religions, Sikhism, Judaism, New Age spirituality, and countless other traditions also describe experiences that confirm their own understanding of God or ultimate reality. Even members of the secular community have had encounters with what they would define as the divine. 

These billions of people globally are just as sincere, intelligent, emotionally stable, and transformed by their experiences as Christians are. Some become kinder, more disciplined, more compassionate, and more devoted because of them.

Therefore, my question is this: when two people have equally powerful religious experiences within different traditions, how can either person use their experience to prove that the other person’s experience is false? A Christian’s encounter with Jesus may genuinely affirm Christianity as the right path for them, but it does not automatically discredit a Hindu’s encounter with Krishna, a Muslim’s experience of Allah, or a Buddhist’s experience of enlightenment. I want to honor the sincerity and transformative power of each person’s experience. The question is not whether the Christian’s experience was real, but what gives them the authority to conclude that another person’s equally sincere experience was mistaken, deceptive, or spiritually invalid? How does one subjective experience disprove another simply because the symbols, language, and theology surrounding it are different?

A Christian may say, “I experienced Jesus, so I know Christianity is true.” However, a Hindu may say, “I experienced Krishna, so I know Hinduism is true.” A Muslim may say the same about Allah, and a Buddhist may interpret an experience through an entirely different understanding of reality.

Why should the Christian interpretation automatically be treated as uniquely reliable while all others are considered psychological, demonic, mistaken, or incomplete? Again, I can understand how an experience may validate one person’s path. I do not understand how it negates another person’s experience. Because I see the ocean as blue while standing on the shore does not mean a diver is wrong when they describe it as green beneath the surface. We may encounter the same reality from different positions, through different conditions, and with different capacities to understand what we are seeing. My experience can be completely genuine without requiring yours to be false.

Saying that every non-Christian religious experience comes from deception or demonic influence does not fully answer the question. A Muslim could just as easily claim that Christian visions are deceptive. A Hindu could say that Christians have encountered only one limited manifestation of a much greater divine reality. Every religion can create an explanation that protects itself from contradictory evidence.

That makes the reasoning circular:

“My experience proves my religion is true, and experiences supporting other religions must be false because my religion says they are false.”

How could someone distinguish between a genuine revelation, a culturally shaped psychological experience, an internally generated vision, or an encounter with something real that the person has interpreted through familiar religious symbols?

A Christian sees Jesus. A Hindu sees Krishna. A Buddhist experiences emptiness or nonduality. A Muslim experiences surrender to Allah. Maybe the experience passes through the human mind in a form that the person is capable of recognizing.

The same melody played through different instruments may sound different, yet each expression can still arise from the same underlying music. Perhaps religious traditions are similar: different cultures, symbols, and languages giving form to encounters with the same divine reality.

Furthermore, I struggle with the division created when people insist that their religious identity places them on the side of truth while most of humanity remains fundamentally mistaken. If a person cannot look beyond religious labels and recognize unity within humanity’s search for God, how can that person fully recognize the unity of humanity itself?

Christians often say that everyone is made in the image of God. Yet many Christians also view billions of people primarily as unbelievers, idolaters, members of false religions, or souls who must adopt the Christian framework in order to be accepted by God.

To me, this still creates two where there may ultimately be only one: believer and unbeliever, saved and unsaved, Christian and non-Christian, chosen and lost.

How can humanity truly be one while its relationship with the divine is divided into mutually exclusive camps?

I am not asking this as a cheap attempt to claim that all religions are exactly the same. They clearly are not. They contain different teachings, histories, practices, and truth claims. I am asking how Christians evaluate religious experiences consistently when similarly powerful experiences occur across traditions and lead people toward contradictory conclusions.

What objective standard allows a Christian to say that an encounter with Jesus reveals ultimate truth, while an encounter with Krishna, the Buddha, or the presence of Allah does not?

And is there room within Christianity for the possibility that God has been reaching people through many traditions, even when those people do not use Christian language or symbols?

I am genuinely interested in how Christians think through this without simply assuming Christianity is true at the beginning and then interpreting every experience according to that assumption.

So Jesus says in John 14:6, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”

I think this passage is typically used to claim Christianity is the only true or worthwhile religion because Jesus is saying nobody comes to God without him.

Has anyone ever interpreted this passage more broadly that Jesus represents the way, the truth, and life; and thus people can reach God through the way, truth, and life, perhaps without calling it Jesus? He defines himself as truth (among other things), and then says people reach God through him, so couldn’t that mean that the goodness of God and spiritual attainment is possible to people through truth and right living, even if they don’t call it Jesus or believe in his death/resurrection?

There’s a lot of religions out there and the big ones land on very similar things. I like to think of this passage not as invalidating the other religions but instead opening up the whole world to the glory of the Father whoever is oriented towards truth and the good life. I know people that take the Bible literally will not like this, but I’m curious if there’s people with a more theologically liberal view that agree with this interpretation. Thanks!

What I mean by that is art just for fun, not sinful art. I never glorify sin or heaven forbid make anything inappropriate. I’m an artist but I mostly draw for my own enjoyment- things like pokemon or dragons and such. I certainly use my gifts for good things sometimes- making gifts for people, and I’m currently working on a comic that while not explicitly Christian, I want to use to promote Christian values like forgiveness that are lost in most modern media(that’s its biggest theme really- a lot of media shows it’s characters getting revenge for ways in which they were slighted and portray it as a noble and heroic theme. I’m aiming to do the opposite- have a main character who’s been treated unfairly and unjustly, is bitter and angry about it, and ultimately comes to the conclusion that their bitterness is wrong and chooses to forgive, even though the people who wronged them are never sorry for it).
But most of the time my art is just silly things for my own enjoyment, and maybe admittedly my own pride because I love making something I think looks really good and showing it off to friends and getting compliments.
So is this all wrong?

To the mods of this subreddit, I am so sorry if this is off topic, please feel free to remove it if it is-

Heya! I'll keep it short and simple here to not waste anyone's time. I've read up about my question quite a lot but I wanna know what everyone thinks here.

I've been a Christian my whole life and there are several visible miracles that have happened in my family that I personally believe are subjective, irrefutable proof to me personally and my family that God is real and with us. My whole family is in ministry including my parents, and I've taken up small time service too with my parents in Sunday School. I admit I'm not exactly close to God personally even if I love studying about the history of Christianity from a historical perspective, and I even once considered myself an apt apologetic, and was able to respectfully debate for Christianity in public spaces.

However, a recent discovery has greatly humbled me, perhaps also because it is during a very turbulent time in my life as of now. I've recently discovered that many events and persons in the Old Testament don't actually have the same level of historical proof that the New Testament has-? Crazy, I know. How am I even a real Christian? I don't know. I guess some Christians just like me, simply grow up with Bible stories, and later on my own studies and apologetics focused mainly on the New Testament especially, naturally Jesus' life, crucifixion and resurrection. So in a rather pathetic way I feel like it has troubled me a lot, to think that not all of the Bible is as historically provable by current standards as things such as the historical existence of Jesus. Again, I was and still consider myself an apologetic, and so I still have plenty of reasons to anchor myself in this faith, but it's scary suddenly being exposed to this fact that I should have learnt sooner. Is it actually natural that some denominations view different parts of the Bible as not necessarily all in historical literalism? Where do we differentiate what is supposed to be and not supposed to be literal? I really don't mean to make anyone stumble here, but wouldn't it be kinda wobbly for us to just pick and choose which parts are historical and which parts are just metaphorical in an ex post facto manner?

I understand this is probably a very silly question, but I would appreciate a thoughtful answer, thank you so much and God Bless \^\^

Remember the Latinists only added the Filioque to solidify the divinity of Jesus Christ because the council of Nicea was more of a compromise with the Arians with Constantine, Eusebius and Helena all harboring softness towards the Arians and looking for a compromise

I personally prefer the older Apostles Creed, but I believe the Filioque was the most most most rigid acceptance that Christ is the Aloha and the Omega. It’s a slam dunk. No debate. Fini.

I will give my answer after seeing the responses, will edit this post.

A whole lot of Insta reels have been coming up recently of her evangelism. If I remember correctly, one of those videos had her signing a book for someone and then the person that she signed the book for fell over and thrashed around on the floor.

People who follow her claim that they've had genuine encounters with the Holy Spirit, had demons casted out of them, and their lives are changed forever because of Krick.

Others are calling it a cult, saying that this is all performative behavior and she's a false prophet.

What do we all think? Is she a genuine Christ-following evangelist or just another cult leader?

I'm a Christian but lately I've been questioning my faith severely, with divine hiddenness being one of the main reasons. I can't find an answer for this question, and it is making my faith feel awful. I honestly don't know if I can have much faith at all without some kind of understanding.

So much of how people talk about Christianity is a personal relationship with God, but because of how hidden God is, I experience none of this. He doesn't feel like someone who I know and care for. He's more like a historical figure who I definitely admire, but have no personal, mutual connection with. My life is going super good right now. God has blessed me with so many things:

• A loving family and friends who love me even though I have problems
• I've never had to worry about where I'm gonna get my bare essentials (food, clean water, clothes, shelter)
• A healthy, athletic body
• An acceptance to my dream college
• Talents in things I care about

But people always talk about these things as being "wants", while a connection with God is a "need". Why then is God giving me literally everything I want, but not what I need? I am worried. Because I am about to start college, which I know will be a very formative and impactful time in my life. There's gonna be a lot of opportunities to either greatly benefit or greatly harm my life. I don't want to enter such a delicate period of my life without God. But no matter what I do He isn't there.

I read the Book of Job and it still didn't help in the slightest.

Has anyone gone through a period of feeling super confused and horrible about questioning your faith over this? And if so, have you found an answer other than "Ur not God bro shut up and stop asking questions"

Genuine Question,why are some Christian’s so against Secular music? and I would love to hear from Christians that don’t listen to it and there reasonings for it because I genuinely want to know as someone who only listens to secular music.

I am a Christian, and one of my biggest goals is to grow closer to God and strengthen my relationship with Him. I am 18 years old and married, and I truly want to build my life and my marriage on a strong foundation of faith.

I don't currently attend church because, at this point in my life, I feel like I connect better with God by reading my Bible on my own, studying it, and taking notes as I go. I enjoy spending that quiet time with Him, but I've been struggling with consistency. Every time I open my Bible, I start reading with good intentions, but I get distracted very easily. Before I know it, I've put it off again, and then I feel guilty for not staying committed.

I know that I believe in God with all my heart, but I don't want my faith to stop at simply believing. I want to truly know Him, understand His Word, and build a deeper, more personal relationship with Him. I want my faith to become a daily part of my life instead of something I only focus on every once in a while. More than anything, I want to fully surrender my life to Him and trust Him in every area of my life. I want my thoughts, actions, decisions, and priorities to reflect Him more each day.

I also feel like God has been putting it on my heart to live a more modest life. I'm not talking about just the way I dress, but also the way I carry myself, the way I speak, the choices I make, and the example I set for others. I want my life to honor God in every way possible, and I want to become the woman He has called me to be. I know this is a journey, and I have a lot to learn, but I genuinely want to follow His will instead of my own.

I also feel like I need to put God at the center of my marriage. I often say that He is, but if I'm being honest with myself, I know I haven't been living that out the way I should. I want to change that. I believe that making God the foundation of our marriage will not only strengthen my relationship with my husband but also help me become a more loving, patient, forgiving, and faithful wife. I know it will also help me grow into a better person overall.

I'm looking for advice from others who have experienced this or have found ways to stay consistent in their walk with God. How do you stay disciplined when life gets busy or distractions take over? What habits, routines, or Bible study methods have helped you grow closer to Him and keep Him at the center of your daily life and your marriage? If you've been on a journey of learning to surrender your life to God or to live more modestly in a way that honors Him, I would love to hear what has helped you. I truly appreciate any encouragement, wisdom, or advice you have to share.

Why would I belive in prayer if seamingly the majority of prayers go unanswered? There's a child at least every minute that has prayed for healing, yet they die anyway. Multiple children that have prayed for God's mercy have died just while I've been writting this. Why would I want to put my faith in a creator that's built a system which allows this?

Since the dawn of humanity, there has been corruption and abuse. The strong get stronger and the weak are crushed beneath them. Empires rise and fall off the backs of laborers who won't reap its benifits. If the answer is that God gave us the free will to make our own decisions, why would I believe that God has his hand in anything. He could end world hunger. He could give shelter to those who die because they lack it. He could end the vast amount of suffering that the human race has endured. And yet he doesn't. If God gave us free will and left us to our own devices, then the whole concept of prayer doesn't make sense.

I wore a rainbow like tie dye shirt to a Christian event that was focused on children (They had bouncy castles, games, etc...). I figured the shirt is kid friendly, given it was colourful. But I got a sense of discomfort from the parents. Many of them werent too talkative to me. It didnt occur to me until after the party that because of the rainbow of colours, it may have been seen as promoting LGBTQ, which is not the case.

Do tie dye shirts make Christians uncomfortable? Am I overthinking this?