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Originally Posted by surrendersacrifice
How does faith in God brings us freedom
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It might work for you, but plenty of people in the world get along fine without God.
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Most people are enslaved by anxiety, worries, thoughts of revenge, hate, jealousy, feeling of inadequacy and selfishness. Lack of faith in God’s love is the common cause for all these enslavements.
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I'm sorry, but what a load of pretentious BS. It is not a lack of Gods love. There are plenty of good, god fearing christians that have these exact same feelings. Can you give evidence of this? Any verifiable sources and research into it? Until you do it is a vague assumption on your part.
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When we have doubts about God’s love we get anxious and worried. This makes us selfish. Furthermore, when we do not have faith in God’s love, we try to solve our problems by ungodly or hateful ways- such as: law suites, war, divorce and revenge.
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Do you happen to know that Born again Christians have a higher divorce rate than Atheists?
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Originally Posted by http://www.vexen.co.uk/religion/stats.html
Divorce statistics are sometimes a shock for Christians. The average divorce rate for born-again type Christians (27%) and others (24%) are both higher than that for atheism, which is 21%[2]. Empirically, atheists are more devoted to each other and commit to more stable relationship patterns than theists, yet the theists are the ones who say they stand for family values. There is a saying that those who shout loudest are normally the least capable. The Christian Churches shout loudly about love but... atheists are more capable. Seriously though, perhaps it is that atheists only get married if they're sure, while Christians feel pressurized more to marry, so sometimes marry prematurely in relationships that aren't permanent, Christian culture might exert unnatural pressure on relationships.
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It seems that if you have an utter faith in God that it leads to selfish ways.
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On the other hand, if we trust in God’s love; we know that His love can solve all the problems in the world. We will, therefore, solve our problems by forgiveness, mercy, compassion and self-sacrifice.
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Please verify, sources, research, etc. The above source I have quoted on divorce rates seem to conflict with that.
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Furthermore, if we believe that only God’s love in our heart is the true treasure we have; and also believe that no one can take this treasure away from us; then, we will feel secure and be free of anxiety, worries and selfishness. Furthermore, if we trust God we can be generous with our time and resource in helping others, because, then, we would not be worried about our own needs.
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Why your God, why not Krishna or Vishnu, Allah or Thor?
So far your assumption is false.