Going to church as an atheist?

I was raised non-religious, but became a christian when I was 14. After some things happening the past বছর I've found I can't/don't really want to believe in a god that would let bad things happen. I've become really close with people from my church, though. I'm not close with my family and they don't really support me much. People at my church are really like my family. Does anyone else relate to this and know what to do? I প্রণয় the people there but every time I go there I get so frustrated and annoyed. (I hang out with some of them outside of church but others we can't really get together any other time).
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misanthrope86 said:
I don't have any personal experience with this sort of thing, but I would suggest that maybe আপনি could focus on the fact that church now for আপনি is much আরো about the people than the religious stuff. The people there are obviously important to you, so if আপনি feel like আপনি can't connect with them fully outside the church, আপনি could try shifting your conceptualization of what the church is to you.

Alternatively, আপনি could find a different activity that আপনি can all get together and do. Something official and regular, but not necessarily connected to the church...? A movie night অথবা something, I dunno, just something that removes it from the church setting that is making আপনি uncomfortable.
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LoneOmega said:
If আপনি only talk to them while youre in the church with them, then that may be the problem. If ou're in a church the topic will always be God.
Try inviting them to do other stuff somewhere else where the topic isn't god. Go shopping with them, cinema and stuff like that.
And আপনি ব্যক্ত that আপনি meet them sometimes outside the church and it doesn't work, if that doesn't really work, I think the best way to solve this is দ্বারা telling them that আপনি can't believe in a god and ask them to accept আপনি the way আপনি are. Real বন্ধু / family wouldn't stop seeing আপনি because of that. But be advised : Truth may hurt you...
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AngelicStar206 said:
GO TO CHURCH! Look the reason why God lets bad things happen is so he can make আপনি stronger অথবা pre pare আপনি for something.Have আপনি ever seen the movie heaven is for real? God let a 4 বছর old die but then brought him back to life.That kid saw যীশু if আপনি dont belive him well, he saw his dead sister in heaven and his parents never told him about her so that proves he actually been to heaven and seen jesus
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This is an atheism club, friend...He's asking what to do, not an explanation about why god does bad things...
LoneOmega posted বছরখানেক আগে
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That was a movie... চলচ্চিত্র aren't real life.
DandC4evacute posted বছরখানেক আগে
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Great response here LoneOmega. para-scence is looking for উপদেশ about maintaining a connection to community, not about "bad things" অথবা the specifics of her belief system. Being yelled at to "go to church" and talking about dead children is actually quite an insensitive answer to an important question.
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SakuraKyoko said:
uh fuck no logic
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ElsaFrozen said:
Tried - Hated it.
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