re: I want God to be real.

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But like I asked, why just have faith? It's kind of a frustrating response for those who have maybe lost their faith.

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That's an answer that varies. For me, I want to have a relationship with the God of all creation. I want to know the Author of Love. I want to know the One who shed his blood for me. I want to know the One who died so I could live. I do know Him, and I know He won't abandon me. Why do I know this? He promised, and God has never broken a promise. For me to have that relationship, I've got to believe and have faith.

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But like I asked, why just have faith? It's kind of a frustrating response for those who have maybe lost their faith.

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Look, no one can answer that but you. I could list off the whole litany of usual reasons: afterlife, everything happens for a reason, etc.

I have faith that there is a god, and that he/she is closer to the general Christian interpretation than others. Do I think things happen for a reason? Sometimes. But I also think God really doesn't give a shite if you have enough money to pay the rent, or if the Seahawks win the superbowl, or if Jimmy dies of cancer. I think he pretty much cares about being worshiped. If you worship and glorify Him, he sends you to heaven, if there is such a thing. Not 'if you are a good person' or whatever else people tell themselves.

Going off on a tangent, but the bottom line is, you have to decide if you want to believe in a god or not. It's a decision.