Questions for God
Yeah, God. It's me. I have some questions and I'm gonna ask them the only way I know how: Through writing.
Why do You hate me? What have I ever done to You? What did I do to deserve this? Why do You make bad people? How come the bad people always have it better than me? Why do people tell me to have hope and faith when all you do is make me suffer? Why do you make me suffer? Why should I believe in someone who obviously thinks I'm a waste of space? Is that it? Do You think I'm a waste of space? Then why did You make me in the first place? Why are my parents always bitching at me when I didn't do anything? Why am I the black sheep of the family? Of the world? Why does everyone say that all people are equal in Your eyes? Are they? Then why am I always treated like shit? How come there are so many people out there living shitty lives that deserve so much better? Why isn't life fair? Are You testing me? Is this, my whole life, some sort of sick joke? Do You get some sort of sick enjoyment out of bringing others pain? Or is it just me? Why does everyone look down on me, even the ones who don't deserve it? How could You let things like the Holocaust and slavery happen? If You love everyone, whouldn't You want to protect them? Why do people like me always get the short end of the stick? Why is everyone so contradictory? How come everyone can fit their religion to make it seem completely plausible? What religion is the right one? Is there a right one? Why do people believe in You, even though there's no proof of Your existence, but shun similar ideas, like the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, or Aliens? Why are the good guys always the bad guys? How can everyone believe in You so completely but still always get the short end of the stick? What's the point? Why, when people write about You, do they have to capitalize words such as "You, He, God, or Lord"? Where is that missing link that everyone's looking for? Are You hiding it so they'll still believe in You? Would You really do something like that? How come people think that the only place they can worship You is in a Church or Synagogue? Why is everyone always flipping out on me? Why do good people die young? Does that mean that all old people are bad people? Who made up that stupid saying anyways? Why am I blamed for everything? Are people really so desperate for a scapegoat that they pick on a thirteen year old girl? Why does no one believe me when I say You hate me? If all dogs go to Heaven, where do cats go? Is Hell all fire and brimstone, or is it more personal? Where am I going to go? Why do I always have to cry myself to sleep? Why do people think I'm insane? Am I? Why is it that no one is ever willing to take the blame, even when it's their fault? Why does circumstance always shift over to make my life hell? How could you have stuck me with that bastard Dave for ten years? How come everyone believes Jesus was the Messiah but everyone else that comes along with that claim is sent to a mental institution? Why do people believe every word of the Bible when (a) there are so many different versions of it, (b) it was written by MAN, an imperfect species and therefore bound to have a shitload of mistakes, and (c) the person or people who wrote it weren't there for every event and probably didn't know You besides? Why is it that no one believes in Prophets anymore? I mean, they believe there were prophets, but if one person comes along with the claim then once again, MENTAL INSTITUTION. How many sins are there? If homosexuality and bisexuality and the like are so wrong, why do you make people that way? If Jesus was born in Bethlahem, wouldn't that make Him Middle Eastern? If so, why do people always depict him as a white guy in a dress? If the Anti-Christ is the exact polar oppisite of Jesus and Jesus was a man, would the Anti-Christ then be a girl? How come people wear dark colors for funerals? Why do people mourn death instead of celebrating the fact that the deceased moved on to (hopefully) a better place? Why is suicide depicted as a surefire way into Hell? Can you really go somewhere you don't believe in? Then where do Atheists go? Do they just become trees? Then what happens to their souls? Do the Atheist souls become trees as well? So that means that trees have spirits like the Native Americans believed? Why do we only laugh at jokes that are made at another's expense? Why is everyone such a hypocrite? Why is swearing so bad when half the words are in the Bible and some of them are just made-up words? Why do bullies exist? What's the religious purpose of latkes? How come the Jewish faith has cool hats and the Christians don't? How come whenever I pray it always goes backwards?
I always felt like I could trust You, like You loved me and if I prayed hard enough everything would be okay. Why has that been disproven? God, if You could just answer some of my questions... Please? I have nowhere else to turn. No person could ever answer my questions, at least not with a completely valid answer. So can You help me? Please?
Why do You hate me? What have I ever done to You? What did I do to deserve this? Why do You make bad people? How come the bad people always have it better than me? Why do people tell me to have hope and faith when all you do is make me suffer? Why do you make me suffer? Why should I believe in someone who obviously thinks I'm a waste of space? Is that it? Do You think I'm a waste of space? Then why did You make me in the first place? Why are my parents always bitching at me when I didn't do anything? Why am I the black sheep of the family? Of the world? Why does everyone say that all people are equal in Your eyes? Are they? Then why am I always treated like shit? How come there are so many people out there living shitty lives that deserve so much better? Why isn't life fair? Are You testing me? Is this, my whole life, some sort of sick joke? Do You get some sort of sick enjoyment out of bringing others pain? Or is it just me? Why does everyone look down on me, even the ones who don't deserve it? How could You let things like the Holocaust and slavery happen? If You love everyone, whouldn't You want to protect them? Why do people like me always get the short end of the stick? Why is everyone so contradictory? How come everyone can fit their religion to make it seem completely plausible? What religion is the right one? Is there a right one? Why do people believe in You, even though there's no proof of Your existence, but shun similar ideas, like the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, or Aliens? Why are the good guys always the bad guys? How can everyone believe in You so completely but still always get the short end of the stick? What's the point? Why, when people write about You, do they have to capitalize words such as "You, He, God, or Lord"? Where is that missing link that everyone's looking for? Are You hiding it so they'll still believe in You? Would You really do something like that? How come people think that the only place they can worship You is in a Church or Synagogue? Why is everyone always flipping out on me? Why do good people die young? Does that mean that all old people are bad people? Who made up that stupid saying anyways? Why am I blamed for everything? Are people really so desperate for a scapegoat that they pick on a thirteen year old girl? Why does no one believe me when I say You hate me? If all dogs go to Heaven, where do cats go? Is Hell all fire and brimstone, or is it more personal? Where am I going to go? Why do I always have to cry myself to sleep? Why do people think I'm insane? Am I? Why is it that no one is ever willing to take the blame, even when it's their fault? Why does circumstance always shift over to make my life hell? How could you have stuck me with that bastard Dave for ten years? How come everyone believes Jesus was the Messiah but everyone else that comes along with that claim is sent to a mental institution? Why do people believe every word of the Bible when (a) there are so many different versions of it, (b) it was written by MAN, an imperfect species and therefore bound to have a shitload of mistakes, and (c) the person or people who wrote it weren't there for every event and probably didn't know You besides? Why is it that no one believes in Prophets anymore? I mean, they believe there were prophets, but if one person comes along with the claim then once again, MENTAL INSTITUTION. How many sins are there? If homosexuality and bisexuality and the like are so wrong, why do you make people that way? If Jesus was born in Bethlahem, wouldn't that make Him Middle Eastern? If so, why do people always depict him as a white guy in a dress? If the Anti-Christ is the exact polar oppisite of Jesus and Jesus was a man, would the Anti-Christ then be a girl? How come people wear dark colors for funerals? Why do people mourn death instead of celebrating the fact that the deceased moved on to (hopefully) a better place? Why is suicide depicted as a surefire way into Hell? Can you really go somewhere you don't believe in? Then where do Atheists go? Do they just become trees? Then what happens to their souls? Do the Atheist souls become trees as well? So that means that trees have spirits like the Native Americans believed? Why do we only laugh at jokes that are made at another's expense? Why is everyone such a hypocrite? Why is swearing so bad when half the words are in the Bible and some of them are just made-up words? Why do bullies exist? What's the religious purpose of latkes? How come the Jewish faith has cool hats and the Christians don't? How come whenever I pray it always goes backwards?
I always felt like I could trust You, like You loved me and if I prayed hard enough everything would be okay. Why has that been disproven? God, if You could just answer some of my questions... Please? I have nowhere else to turn. No person could ever answer my questions, at least not with a completely valid answer. So can You help me? Please?
And if this confused you in any way I'll explain, just let me know.
If this isn't what you wanted to hear, let me know what you wanted to hear and I'll tell you what the Bible says about it. I know you're curious. You have a lot of questions. (lol) Which is awesome! It's about time somebody asked.
Forever, April 16th, 2009 at 03:42:10pm
I'm not a complete expert on the Bible, but from what I read and I am taught based on complete scripture only, these are great questions..know this..God's not making your life miserable. God can't possibly make people miserable any longer, Jesus Christ took your misery on His body at the cross. That's why He had to shed His blood. God was putting His wrath on Jesus Christ so that He wouldn't have to put it on you. That was Jesus' purpose for dying on the cross. There's a different life reserved for you, to walk into. Here on earth, not just in Heaven. A life of no sickness, depression, lack, or confusion..and oh man I could just go on a soapbox right now but I'll stick to my point.
The biggest lie and biggest deceiver about God here on the earth is that He is the author of making people's lives horrible. "How could God do this?" "There must have been some purpose as to why He would take away this or put this and this disease in my body, oh praise God though, there was some reason!" That's the biggest lie satan could ever convince people of. And why would the devil do such a thing? To make people believe there's not a devil so that people get all confused about God and stop believing in Him. There's a few scriptures in the Bible I wanna bring up...I don't know exactly where they are, I think it's 1 Corinthians 14:33 that says "God is not the author of confusion, but of peace." What that tells me is God is a God of peace. Does disease bring peace? No, rather it brings confusion, disturbing thoughts, worry, panic. All these negative things. 2 Corinthians 4:4 says "whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them." god of this age in that verse isn't capitalized. Notice it says "god of this age....LEST the light of the Gospel of the Glory of Christ." Lest...the word lest indicates "in fear of." It's talking about satan. god of this age. This age. This world. There's another scripture somewhere that says something like "God is light, and in Him is no darkness, nor shadow of turning." So if there is no darkness in God, how could He be doing anything bad. If He is not the god of this age, if He is not the god of this world, how can He be in control of planet earth at all for that matter? Truth is He's not. Yeah but people say "Ohhh God is in control!" No He is not!! If God is in control of planet earth, why do you think it's in such a mess? God is the God of those who put their faith in Him and believe in Him. He can't do anything apart from faith. Let's face it; His hands are tied upon this earth unless opened by faith. That's what God does. He doesn't come where He is not welcomed; God is a gentleman. He comes when He is asked. God's no respector of persons either. That's true.
I'll get people coming to me and taking the book of Job out of context. They'll say "oh yes Job says in a scripture 'God gives and He takes away; blessed be the name of the Lord." And they'll base a doctrine off of one scripture, and that is misconception. You're gonna get people completely confused if you start doing that. At least get a few scriptures on it before doing anything. Because if you read on later, Job repented for his views about God. He repented for saying those things about God. And also...keep in mind, Job was alive way before Jesus was alive upon the earth. This was before God's wrath was poured out on Jesus. This was before the scripture in Isaiah came to pass...Isaiah 54:9...God speaks "for this is like the waters of Noah to Me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth (if you know the story of Noah and the Ark, God poured out His wrath on all humanity, in intention to wipe out the race entirely..) so I have SWORN that I would not be angry with you, nor rebuke you.
There are so many more things I could say. About how Jesus is our Mediator between us and the Father but I'm gonna leave it at that.
Any more questions, I'll try my best to answer. All my answers will be purely Word based, I won't bring religion or tradition into it. I'll give you what I know from the Bible.
Hope this helped you!
-Renee
Forever, April 16th, 2009 at 02:43:20pm
f*ck every one who says diffrent from this blog they can all go straight to hell this is the most logical thing i have heard in years THANK YOU!
Meli!, April 13th, 2009 at 02:27:23pm
Hello... I know X-Actally how you feel. I'm always fealing like God Hates me. That he just made us to be his own reality TV show.
I would just like to say that i think im going through what your goin through. & the way that your going through this; I know that the verry last f*ckin thing that you need to hear is some d*ck face screamin' at you that 'God Loves You!'
You want answers!!! Real ones!!! not "Well... God gave every one free will. And we abuse that." Which is intirely true, but "Why" did he give us free will. "Why???"
The answer is simpley this... "No One Knows."
Beleave me. Now I know this is hard to beleave but Im a PK (Paster's Kid) & my dad has said MANY times that the only thing we can do is Beleave. Then once we reach Heaven, Nothing will matter any more.
I question God ALL the Time!!! More so probably becaues Im a PK... So Dont EVER let n e 1 tell u that its wrong to question... because its just human nature... if you dont question... and just keep it bottled up, I think theres a Better chance of going to Hell...
I dont know how much this will help you, & beleave me i HATE Pastors. (Love my Dad... Hate his work) But my dad is a pretty good 1 who cuts through the goody goody fealings about God & tells u the truth. & he says that people (Like You & Me) That have questions, & do Question God, Have better Faith then those that dont... & the reason that is, Is that we dont want just a good fealing... we want proof! that God is who he says he is...
My dad used to minesture to Drugys & Alcoholics & Crimanels, & even though I was like, 3. Alot of these people were my freinds! & u no wut? almost ALL of those people, now have a better life & are now better Christions then any one you'll ever meat.
Im telling u right now You are NEVER gonna' find answers to every thing. but u sure az Hell can find a little bit if you can find the right people. But it takes time!
& your questions about church... for get about them... church is not right for you right now... your not a bad person for not going... you just do better alone...
I Hate!!! church... Im a PK & I avoide it as much as posable... I actually stay down stairs & teech the little kids cuz I Hate hearing peopl Preach!!!
But... if u DO decide to go to church... Be Carefull... Theres alot out there that just go through the motions... They just tell you wut you want to hear which is NOT wut u need to hear... & alot of them are just fake! pretending to love God but then after church is over go back to there normal s*ity lives...
Well... I hope this Helped u... at least a little bit... if you have n e more questions, feel Free to come to me... I wont judge u or nothin...
Neurotic2theBone, April 13th, 2009 at 03:28:56am
You're questioning God. God wants you to believe in him. I agree with everything Miley said. As far as your questions, I'll try to answer them the best I can with the knowledge I have of the Bible and God so far. Try your hardest to listen to God's word. Read the bible and take it in.
As far as "How come people think that the only place they can worship You is in a Church or Synagogue?" There is NOT just one place to worship God. You can thank God at any time. I've recently been going through many problems and I realized the reason God has placed these obstacles in my life is to bring us closer and to remind me that no matter how lonely things get He is always listening.
"Why is suicide depicted as a surefire way into Hell" Many people may say this because one of the ten commandments says "Thou shall not murder." Killing yourself could be seen as murder. But my uncle killed himself and the Lord told my grandma that he's in heaven with God. God is very forgiving, as long as you trust Him and love Him.
"Why do bullies exist?" Personally, I believe bullies are another reminder that you need to get closer to God. Lately I've been making horrible decisions and I've noticed that my life was lacking a strong relationship with God. In my study hall I've been moved next to very sexist guys who disrespect women. I'd argued with them and said things I shouldn't have and then I asked God to intervene. The boys have been a lot nicer towards me lately and I honestly feel like I can call them friends.
Another question you asked was "How come whenever I pray it always goes backwards?" Prayers take time. God answers prayers at the time he knows they will benefit you the most. You have to put your trust in God and believe he will help you.
"God, if You could just answer some of my questions... Please? I have nowhere else to turn. No person could ever answer my questions, at least not with a completely valid answer." I personally believe that sometimes God puts people in your life for a reason. Maybe someone's response to this blog may help you. God works through others sometimes. Hopefully, I've helped even a little. But I want to leave you with three things.
"Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet." Matthew 22:44
"Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed" John 20:29
And also, because I know music can be a big bridge between things in your life, I'm hoping this may help you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FesjBQy tz40&feature=related
I wish you the best.
-Jennifer
Jesse Lacey, April 11th, 2009 at 03:17:16pm
the reason there is so much pain in the world is because God gave us free will. if he interfered with human interaction, we would no longer be able to do as we please because we would be controlled. the best He can do is try to positively influence our actions.
you can't just pray and expect results. you have to really be attempting to make a direct connection to God and truly believe that He is listening. and even then, the things you want don't magically appear. when you ask God for courage or friendship, he gives you OPPORTUNITIES to be courageous or make friends, because if we didn't do things ourselves, our lives would be pointless.
there is a time for everything. in some periods of our lives, things will seem to be worse. but there will again be a time when you are happy. you have to be patient and continue to have faith in God and eventually peace WILL come to you.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
Miley Cyrus, April 9th, 2009 at 09:46:40pm
I didn't even read the whole thing. What I got out of all of this is you psycho analyzing a force of energy.
I'm not going even going to get into it because last time I did I got my blogging rights taken away.
Kevin Devine, April 9th, 2009 at 09:23:39pm
LOL @ skippy.
The world is confusing, I know.
icegirl., April 9th, 2009 at 05:50:32am
And I'm sure he wouldn't want everyone to be selfish, but it's quite selfish of him to want everyone to do their best to be just like him. But we can't be like him because we can't be selfish. I really don't know what I'm saying..
Skippy., April 7th, 2009 at 10:02:38pm
These are some really interesting questions to think about.
padfoot, April 7th, 2009 at 01:52:26pm