danalec99
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I do not have any intentions to initiate a debate on God and Darwin here. Will just share about how I view this issue. Im not sure if Im good with explaining and neither do I have the ample time for a well-thought out essay. Here is the nutshell.
I was born to a semi-conservative Christian family. Was reared up in a "spiritual" environment. Life without Sunday Schools was a taboo. Skipping church on a Sunday was unimaginable. Like a good normal human being, the tendency to "break the chains" rose in me. While I was in 7 or 8th grade, I was drawn to atheism. I had no particular solid reason to believe that there is no God. But I simply chose to believe it. Well, what is the point in breaking chains??
. And I was happy to be 'above' everything and everyone. While my peers were playing cricket, I was eating books on atheism, Das Capital and similar titles.
BUT, none of this knowledge gave me the true inner peace and happiness that I craved for. The term 'hope' was not in my dictionary. Hope is one powerful feeling or phenomenon, if I may. No matter what you have if there is no hope in life, life would seem absolutely pointless. And I wanted it to cling on.
Fast Forward:
Im a firm believer of Jesus now. He gives me hope and the strength to sustain no matter what I go through in my life. Till the time that I came back I used to figure things out on my own. But later, realized that if I literally leave everything to God; He will definitely help you at His appropriate time. I have learnt that there is absolutely NO place for human intellect when it comes to dealing with God. I have become a simpleton to believe that God is the creator of everything that we see, know and dont know yet. If He could create umpteen number of galaxies (we still dont have an exact count), if He could create billions of ultra complex machines called human beings, if He could create a border for the waters, if He could feed the foul and foxes, if He could teach an eagle how to teach its kids how to fly, if He could place the solar system the way we see it, I definitely do not think His hands would be tied up when it comes to helping a tiniest little speck called human. So all I have to do is submit myself to Him, without an inch of reasoning. If there is intellect trying to figure things out, God cannot help us just because we are not letting Him do the work for us. I have gone through a handful of lows in my life and God was the one who delivered me at the appropriate time. And I couldnt thank Him more for the light that He gave me.
So for me, a suicide would be pointless. I worship the creator of everything that we see. It would be a disgrace for Him if I let myself go down the drain without letting Him solve my issues (no matter how huge it might be or how hopeless it might seem). Trust me, there is NOTHING that He cannot do. It is us (almighty and intellectuals) who limit Him.
I was born to a semi-conservative Christian family. Was reared up in a "spiritual" environment. Life without Sunday Schools was a taboo. Skipping church on a Sunday was unimaginable. Like a good normal human being, the tendency to "break the chains" rose in me. While I was in 7 or 8th grade, I was drawn to atheism. I had no particular solid reason to believe that there is no God. But I simply chose to believe it. Well, what is the point in breaking chains??
. And I was happy to be 'above' everything and everyone. While my peers were playing cricket, I was eating books on atheism, Das Capital and similar titles. BUT, none of this knowledge gave me the true inner peace and happiness that I craved for. The term 'hope' was not in my dictionary. Hope is one powerful feeling or phenomenon, if I may. No matter what you have if there is no hope in life, life would seem absolutely pointless. And I wanted it to cling on.
Fast Forward:
Im a firm believer of Jesus now. He gives me hope and the strength to sustain no matter what I go through in my life. Till the time that I came back I used to figure things out on my own. But later, realized that if I literally leave everything to God; He will definitely help you at His appropriate time. I have learnt that there is absolutely NO place for human intellect when it comes to dealing with God. I have become a simpleton to believe that God is the creator of everything that we see, know and dont know yet. If He could create umpteen number of galaxies (we still dont have an exact count), if He could create billions of ultra complex machines called human beings, if He could create a border for the waters, if He could feed the foul and foxes, if He could teach an eagle how to teach its kids how to fly, if He could place the solar system the way we see it, I definitely do not think His hands would be tied up when it comes to helping a tiniest little speck called human. So all I have to do is submit myself to Him, without an inch of reasoning. If there is intellect trying to figure things out, God cannot help us just because we are not letting Him do the work for us. I have gone through a handful of lows in my life and God was the one who delivered me at the appropriate time. And I couldnt thank Him more for the light that He gave me.
So for me, a suicide would be pointless. I worship the creator of everything that we see. It would be a disgrace for Him if I let myself go down the drain without letting Him solve my issues (no matter how huge it might be or how hopeless it might seem). Trust me, there is NOTHING that He cannot do. It is us (almighty and intellectuals) who limit Him.
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