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600 upvotes
Jul 31, 2026, 12:37 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Choice_Pack_5379
It pulls your heart away from God and the life you want to live It can become something you depend on instead of turning to God for strength It trains your mind to focus on lust instead of love, respect, and purity It can damage your view of yourself and other people It takes aw…
297 upvotes
Aug 1, 2026, 11:24 PM UTC
Posted by /u/theghost9447
It's 1:19 in the morning as I'm writing this, stuff happened and I knocked over a bottle of water that splashed onto my setup and computer cables, I immediately started panicking and jumping aroud trying to get towels and clean it up, then I saw the Bible on the table (because I…
220 upvotes
Jul 31, 2026, 10:06 AM UTC
Posted by /u/TransitionNarrow
If I ever doubt God again I shall come to this moment. Thank you Lord for listening to me. Im sorry if I ever doubt you again. I was looking out to the night sky too, sitting on a bench by myself, im in a neighborhood as well, so lots of light pollution, although I was able to s…
210 upvotes
Aug 3, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC
Posted by /u/rockydennis
Please
198 upvotes
Jul 31, 2026, 3:16 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Thrill_Kill_Cultist
Bit of a weird one. I run a small training business, so teaching students is literally the whole job. I hired a Jehovah's Witness who, after starting, told me she couldn't teach male students because of her religious beliefs. She knew the role involved teaching both men and wome…
197 upvotes
Aug 2, 2026, 3:02 AM UTC
Posted by /u/J_dougherty0610
My young son is 14. He’s been raised in a Christian household his whole life. Recently he’s been having some mental health struggles and talking a lot of about socialism and other politics. The conversation shifted over to religion. He told me he doesn’t think he believes in God…
184 upvotes
Aug 3, 2026, 8:24 PM UTC
Posted by /u/pcamejo
I wanted to share something that happened to my wife and me at the end of 2024. I still don't really know what to make of it, and I'm curious how other people, especially Orthodox Christians, would interpret it. For context, I am not a Christian Orthodox. At the time, my wife an…
169 upvotes
Aug 4, 2026, 6:34 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Its_Seeker
Hello! I would like to start off by saying this post is primarily aimed at those that struggle with believing in God as I have struggled for the past 20 plus years now. For years I have been a major science nerd, I love physics, chemistry, biology, genetics, computer science, ph…