From Belief to Agnosticism

I was invariably wondering wherefore people experience miseries, travails and hardships while others argon on cloud 9 experiencing great happiness and contentment. wherefore I questioned myself wherefore it so? Why is it that not any people experience happiness that they deserve? Why is life unfair? It was not until one day, I heard my p arnts talking ab bring out saviour. I then asked myself, who is Jesus? Is he that important to the lives of the people? Why were my mom, grandp arents and dad talking about him? In their conversation, they said that Jesus is the Savior of all humanity.It was the only time I heard them talking about Jesus. That probably was the effect of their TV watch about religious belief and great evangelist. My parents, especially my mother, taught us that creed in God is very(prenominal) important. My mother is very religious, very beive in other church service activities and the one who really pushes us to go to church though my incur is very laz y in attending sunshine services in the church. Just alike(p) my mother, my grandparents are also very religious. They never miss to go to church all(prenominal) Sunday. My parents and my grandparents actually gather in the church.My parents motives that we should earnestly go to church every Sunday and happen to it that it volition only be spent for Jesus alone. Eventually, we prepare a church where we alship canal fellowship. It is also where I grew and ripe spectrally. As I served Jesus through the years, I never experience such great manifestation of His goodness. I always hear my friends and church mates talk about Him and the miracles and help that Jesus did for them and for their family. only if why is it that I pipe down do not experience it all? It was not until my dad passed away.I felt so empty inside of me it was like something is hardly so missing. I questioned the existence of God that if He really existed why would all this aimings happen to me? I was fa ithful to Him all along and all I deserve is this, the lost of my father? I was so misfortunate and so discouraged at that time. I was full of uncertainties and insecurities at that time. Then one day, I found my bible inside my cabinet and when I opened it I saw Gods words face that whoever is lonely, weary and tired should just call upon His name and He go forth feel all of the emptiness one feels.He is also our great gentle father that heretofore we lose our earthly father He will remain our father now and forever. I then realize my worthy and regained my faith back to him. I put on my mind that any(prenominal) happens, God has a plan for it. That everything happens for a purpose, for a reason. I act my kind with God and as I mature I began to see things in a different office. In the ways that Jesus wants me to. Things that I should perceive that are right, noble and perfect. But I stomachnot deny that this generation be lights cruel.Others do not consider righteousnes s an important tool in ones life. As we all know Religion involves the affinity between domain and what is regarded as sacred. Religion almost always includes the belief in the magical and a code of ethical behavior. Why do men suffer? What is the nature of the Universe and how it is governed? What is the nature of man and what is his destiny? Religion tries to declaration the questions of ultimate existence and of life and death and human and destiny. Many righteousnesss confirm the universe is governed by God.Through religion man may see signifi provokece in the universe and find a personal place in it. Thousands of years ago, religion played a very vital role in the lives of the people. Even thought that time things were not that so perplex not like now, people still has a closer connection to God. People then put a greater emphasis on going to church, fellowshipping with their brothers and sisters in the schoolmaster and in maintaining their relationship with their cr eator. As of now, in our present times I think that Religion is ten times important than it was before.As the modern humankind is evolving and is now being introduced to different kinds of beliefs and theories that could likely shake our foundation of faith for God. The basis and the only foundation of our faith is Jesus Christ. We must take a leak on to him more especially these days that there are some(prenominal) deceivers out there that are being used by the antagonist to destroy us and to keep us away from the loving implements of war of God. When we dont have a strong foundation of our relationship to God, we can easily yield to the temptations and offerings that demon will present to us, like the engineering science of today.If we dont know how to control the usage of technology of today, we can be manipulated and controlled by it. That is just one of the tactics of Satan to permit us fall into the pit he is preparing for us, for us to be kept away from Gods destiny f or us. Today, there are many existing religions. There are the Protestants, Orthodox and the Roman Catholics. But whatever our religion is, let us always remember that buyback is an individual concern. One cannot be saved because of his religion but what counts is his relationship with Jesus.As I look around and observe the magnificent things, I can really say to myself that how awesome is he who created the heavens and the earth. I can truly say to myself that there is someone up there, who is greater than us and omnipotent. There are times that I try to figure out things but the truth is I cannot fathom it thus, that is how religion came in. Through religion, I have learned that there is God the God who created the universe and I am his masterpieces. But his existence has been questioned for many years now whether he does exist or not. Doubts and disbeliefs reign in others minds because of lack of knowledge in knowing God.Religion plays a vital role in helping us to know our Crea tor thus, many religions are coming out because they want to help the mankind to know about God. Like the family and the economy, religion is a universal and pervasive phenomenon, a ruin of the cultural system, because it is assumed to act as some basic need of human being. Religion is an integrated part of human experience and shows remarkable continuity through time. Personally, religion has a significant role in my life. It helps me know who my creator is. Through religion I can be able to know the words and the ways of God.Yes, I do have religious convictions. My principles and philosophies in life are guided with the teachings of my religion. I have faith in my religion because it helps me to do what is right in the sight of God thus, it helps me live life wisely by loving and putting God first and love my neighbors as myself. I desire that God is my Savior, He is my redeemer. He redeemed from the darkness. I was once was lost but now I am found in His arms already. I believ e He created from His image and likeness. He restored my dying soul when I was still lost. I believe that He rose from the dead and ascended in heaven.He is my comforter, my best friend and my loving father that I could never have here on earth. My personal perceptions with regards to religion are very much different from my mother and my grandparents. They believe that the countersign is for every individual and its principles can be applied to all ages and everything should whole caboodle the same way as the word of God never changes and still the same yesterday, today and forever. But in my own opinion, I believe that the Bible was written to the older audiences so some of the concepts and rules do not apply to the world we are in today.An example of this is that, the Bible says that parents should point up their children to where they should go and when they are old, they will not depart from it. As I have observed, most of the parents right now do not train their children t o the right thing (excluding my parents). They fail to supervise their children. They just let their children talk back to them and allow them to do their own thing even though it is not right. Just like aborting a baby without a valid reason. They consent and condone their childs immoral act by aborting the babies. I can say that because I have observed it.Another thing, the Bible also agrees that parents should not spare the rod in disciplining their children. In addition to this, the Bible commanded the children to obey their parents for this is right and honor them so that we may live long. Yet, children nowadays are very disrespectful to their parents authorities. There are still a number of religious issues being tackled by now. The issues that keeps impact the different aspects of human life. Different religions keep on competing for them to invite individuals to come and join with them. Sometimes because of these, the essence of having a religion is lost.The real perspectiv e of establishing a deeper relationship with God is lost because of the overwhelming issues that could bother the spiritual and emotional aspect of a person. The real role of having a religion is to develop a deeper and serious relationship with our Almighty Creator. God does not base our salvation on what religious denomination we join to. He looks at the position of our police wagon and of we really love Him and long to be with Him sincerely. He does not base his judgment on the things we do and achieve. It is our hearts that He looks up to.