Hi..my name is Skyla. I'm 18 and I luv 2 give and recieve advice and just luv 2 talk. So, if you ever have a question or need advice, i'd luv 2 hear from u. I'm not the brightest person in the world, but I'll try to fill u in on what I know... or if you ever wanna just talk, you know where to find me!! =)
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ever since i've been a teenager i've been having confusing thoughts and doubts about my religion. i'm methodist christian, and was raised that way. we go to church on sundays, but we're not overly religious. like, my parents drink and stuff, we cuss, they party, i party, we're not like all "ZOMG DON'T SAY GOD'S NAME IN VAIN" or anything of the sort. okay in all honesty, i'm probably the worst christian alive. but from what i was raised to believe, that doesn't matter as long as i'm on the right path. and i wasn't worried about anything up until about 3 or 4 years ago.
i had found out that my closest friend was an atheist and it scared me. i didn't wanna picture the thought of a sweet girl like her burning in hell for eternity. but i couldn't change her mind!! no one could. so i finally gave up a year ago and just let her believe in what she wants to. and after i switched to public school and saw how everyone was either atheist or satanist or wiccan or something, and only a choice few were still christian, i started thinking in terms of more of an atheistic point of view, and if not that, agnostic. i want to believe anything will happen to me when i die. i mean, living for however many years and then going straight to the ground for eternity? what fun is that? i mean, i know dying isn't supposed to be fun, but what about those 4 year old kids that get run over or die of pnuemonia or something? they barely have any memories and they're just going to the ground, never to live again? i want to believe that there is a heaven. and i suppose if i believe there is a heaven, then there has to be a hell. but then i started thinking, how could any of this be possible? if god is real, well then why can't i hear him? i've tried to, and at times when i thought he was talking to me, its just been my own thoughts or my imagination. i find it really unfair that jesus was able to prove himself to everyone in the bible, so that they knew what to believe. well what about the rest of us? what do we have to lean on?! i have ABSOLUTELY NO PROOF of anything, and my clock is ticking! i don't want to stop believing, just to find out i was wrong and then go to hell for it, but i don't want to keep believing, and find out i was wasting my time on the wrong god, or that there is just no god, period. i need help and i need it fast. i have other things to worry about and this helps absolutely nothing. and everytime i turn around, one of my friends stop believing. the love of my life just said he didn't know if there's a god at all, and how can i help him if i can't even help myself? i don't want to lose him like i did with my other friend. it was too late to change her mind but i want to save him. (link)
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Well, I agree with howard. The Bible does state that we don't need to hang out with the unholy ones, because they can influence our decision on God. Like the predicament that you are in right now. I know, I've been there. I never stopped believing, but it influenced my decision on how I lived my life. But with your atheist friend, I've been through the same thing. I had a close friend that went atheist. I never gave up on her. It took time though, but she eventually changed, 'cuz i never gave up on her. So don't give up on your friend.
All you can do is continue to pray. God will eventually speak to you. God has a plan for everyone. You've got a good start because you know that there could be a heaven. Others don't care of they don't believe that there's a Heaven. Continue to pray for the one that you love. Continue to pray and God will help you find yourself, then you will be able to spread the word and minister to people and share your story!!! I'll keep you in my prayers. Just continue to pray, read the Bible, and keep CHRIST FIRST in your life!!!!
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i am insanely scared of the world ending. i am soo scared that 12/21/12 is true. is it true? if it's not true, what is proof that it's not true and what are some sources to lead to the idea that it's not true. (link)
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There are several sides to this story. People may have several dates to where they think that the world is going to end. you can find in revelations and several other places in the Bible stating that no one knows when the world is going to end except for God himself. So who can say that the world is going to end 2012? No one has the authority to say that. Well, we can all say what we want. The Bible states that no one knows the day nor the hour that Jesus will come back for his second coming. It may be today, tonight, or maybe 10 years from now. But the Bible does state that it will be unexpected though.
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Lately my school has been talking to us about abortion. They think it's wrong and I'm not sure about it. I'm NOT pregnant, but there are girls in my school who are and each of them has said they wish they would have had an abortion. I think it's wrong, but it could also be for the best if one was to have an abortion.
Please voice your opinions on abortion. I would love to hear everything you have to say about it. (link)
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IT'S ABSOLUTELY WRONG!!! in the Bible it clearly states that God is against it, and if we're his children and a follwer for him, we should be against it, too.. i agree with the person in front of me, if your willing to have sex, then you should be willing to face the consequences. getting an abortion is just like killing someone, and in the ten commandments it says thou shall not kill.. besides, idk how people can even think about getting an abortion when you know your killing a poor little innocent child that was supposed to be coming into this world and has a purpose, until they're lives were destroyed by an abortion, yet God takes them home where they can have peace and happiness eternally with our Savior Jesus Christ!!! hope i helped make everything more clear.. =) Skyla
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I am a Christian but my entire group of friends is not. I want to tell them about Jesus or my faith, but I constantly find myself afraid of their disapproval, but I need to because it won't be long before I become tempted to go against my beliefs. How do I make my stand? (link)
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well, just continue to talk to them about Jesus, and if they choose not to listen, continue to pray for them.. but, we all have to remember that we can't get too close to people that aren't Christians.. it even states that in the bible, i'm not for sure where i found it the other day, but it looks like i'm gonna have to highlight it.. but, try to go against your beliefs.. that'll be the last thing you'll ever wanna do.. but if it does get that bad, then honestly it looks like your going to have to find some Christian friends.. just continue to pray, and God'll help you through everything.. =) hope i helped Skyla
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okay please dont answer if you cant handle this subject!Also please dont answer if your going to start preching to me because ill jus rate you a 1!!mmmk! so i was talking to my bf and he said that his mom somedays made him read the bible and he asked me do i read it and i said no.then he asked me did i go to church and i said no and he said well thats bad because your probably not going to go to heaven.then this girl who sits next to me who i am friends with who is very religious(dads a preacher)had to jump into the conversation and add her two cents.she started preachen about how if you dont beleieve in god your going to hell and blah blah blah.i simply told them i dont really beleive in jesus and that whole heaven and hell thing! then these other to girls jumped into the conversation to add some of there two cents.they said its common sence that if you dont beleive in jesus your going to hell and i said again that i just dont beleive in that stuff.then the girl sitting besid me started telling me about how she had seen and been through stuff...like she said that she knew somebody that had died and come back from the dead.i just kind of looked at her and was like,yeah sure whatever you say and tried to end the conversation there!I just want to know why people get so jumpy on the subject! why do people constantly try to convince u that jesus is real?!?i take civics and it clearly says in the 1st amendment "freedom of religion" so why are people constantly trying to get people to beleive in that stuff?!?then people start to get mad because i dont beleive in all that and i dont go to church!honestly the theory that are bodies disinigrate and become part of the earth is more logical then- there is a GOD in the sky that tells people if they diserve to go to a good place if they have been good or a bad place if they have been bad!and another thing...the bible was not written by GOD!it was written by a bunch of people who wanted to make it for whatever reason! so yeah...i dont get mad at people if they beleive in all of that but i dont understand why people get mad at me because i dont! its absolutely completely immposible to talk to these danm ignorant people about christianity!!!all they do is argue about how were going to hell!!!there is no hell to go to so it really doesnt matter!!!!i just wish some people would leave it alone!!why do they feel they are right in every way and everyone should beleive in jesus! i just would like to know a good way to deal with these kind of situations if i ever do get into one again which i probably will! i do not want to start going off at the mouth which sometimes i badly do want to because there so ignorant and stuborn but i do want to get my point across so any advice?!?!? (link)
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well, i'm a Christian, but i don't push religion onto people.. I understand what your going through, even though i believe what they're saying, they shouldn't try to pressure you into their religion because that just pushes people away.. most Christians don't understand that they can't just push Christianity onto people, those people have to be willing to get into it. yeah, people do have a right to their own religion, and if you don't want people to be all up in your business on what you believe, just tell them that you have a right to believe what you want.. i mean, some of us nice christians just try to talk about their religion because they care about others and where they're going to go for eternity, they just sometimes don't realize that they're pressuring some.. and others, on the other hand, only do that to look good in front of others so they'll think they're all goody-goody.. hope i helped.. =) Skyla
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i always feel like i am approaching death. like im 15 years old i dont have any real friends anymore. everything i try at, i can't succeed. ive never gotten along with my family at all. it might sound liek im complaining but honestly nohting can go right in my life no matter how hard i try. it just doesnt seem liek there is a place for me in the world at all, or like i dont know i dont feel like the purpose of me being alive is doing good for anyone or myself. i get very very depressed most of the time and i honestly just want to kill myself, liek there really isnt a point ofme staying alive. ive gone to a therapist for over a year but nothing really seems to help.
i guess i dont know what im asking but please help meee, and dont just reply with something like "hang in there it will get better" i want actual advice (link)
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A lot of teens go through this.. trust me your not the only one.. well, you did put this under the spiritual section, so I'm gonna give you spiritual advice.. There's a lot of people who go through this kind of depression, I was going through some, but I knew Satan was trying to bring me down.. Same goes for you, Satan is trying to destroy you.. If you thought about suicide, then Satan tried to let you know that you aren't worth anything, and trust me, he'd luv it if you actually commited suicide.. The Bible says that Jesus came to give eternal life, but Satan came to kill, steal, and destroy and that's what he's trying to do with you. I'm not going to lie, it's hard getting out of depression. you should try to find you some Christian friends, and you might tell me that you've already tried that, but I'll pray that you find some true Christian friends, and you should pray that you find some as well. When I read this, it honestly made me cry.. It hurts me to hear when people say they feel like they're nothing in the world and they feel like sometimes suicide is the only way.. but honestly, the truth is if you kill yourself, then you'll just go to hell.. i'm not trying to be mean, but it's true. and even though i don't even know you, I would want to see you in Heaven though one day, so please never feel like you need to commit suicide, Jesus is the only way to life!!! maybe you should try to read the Bible alittle, if you have you, just start reading anywhere you want in the New Testament, it'll give you strength to deal with what your dealing with. I would really luv to just talk to you one on one, I'm also trying to get over depression, and sometimes you just need that extra shoulder to lean on... W/B if you wanna plzz.... Skyla
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I just moved to Moore, OK a couple of months ago. Everything seemd to be okay. Except, Ive been deppressed lately. Not just like once and it goes away or my bf broke up with me deppressed, I mean deppressed on and off. I hide my true feelings, like I'm trying to shoot down my tears with other things. But I can't because either way, i feel way to deppressed to think. With personal problems, school drama, self-esteem issues. I mean Ive gotta a lot of problems. My friend, Rachel, thinks that I should go get some help for it. Like it's major. But I think all that's gonna do is make things worse. So should I just coop up all my stuff and stay deppressed and hide it? Or should I just go to my school counseler. Help me.... before I do someting really stupid. (link)
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Being depressed, or just going through some tough stuff is normal becoming a teen. You go through lots of depression when you become a teen b/c things just seem to get much harder for you. But, try not to hide your depression as much as possible. You need to go to someone you trust and get all of it out b/c if you don't, then there would be a possibility to where you do [do] something stupid in which you might regret. If you think you'd feel comftorable talking to your counselor, then try that. If you feel comftorable talking to your parents, then there may be a possibility to where they can help you as well.. But being able to tell your friend Rachel how you feel is very important because a lot of times telling your friends how you feel makes you feel better sometimes b/c you just feel like that person you really care about cares about you because they listen to what you have to say. Try to go out and do some fun stuff with your
friend(s) and that will help you cheer up some-what. The more you become happy, the easier it will be for you to become happy more often. well i hope i helped some-what * Skyla *
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recently i took a pic of myself and in the back ground it looked like some one standing like 5 metres away from me i was home alone i zoom in and its got like a demon scary face i showed my sister and freinds and they say it looks like the grim reaper one says its wearing a black cape ive felt for a while like a ghost or something is following me how long do you think it is til i die? (link)
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Yeah, I think your just scaring yourself. I mean, it's easy for us to get scared or scare ourselves, especially when we're alone. Yeah, I don't believe it was the grim reaper or anything like that because I don't believe in that stuff and that they could show you how long you have. Only God himself knows when your day will come to either spend eternity in heaven or hell.... hope you don't scare yourself this bad again...=)
16/f * Skyla *
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I would prefer Christians who are strong in their faith to answer this one, particularly those who have gone through what I am experiencing now.I was raised by a Christian mother who puts her faith completely in Jesus. I never doubted God and was saved at the age of twelve at VBS. I was baptized at 15. Since the day I was saved, four years ago, I've prayed to God every morning, night, and whenever else I felt like it. I read my Bible every morning and night and have almost finished it. I attend church every Sunday and do a Bible study with my family every night. I also attended a small Devotion before school every day for three years. I was certain that I had a personal relationship with Jesus. Then, one night recently, I started thinking. I was just laying in bed and all of the sudden, a wave of doubt hit me. I started questioning everything, including my belief in Jesus. I've prayed and cried so much about these things that I've made myself sick over worrying about them. I've been reading the Gospel again and again trying to find solid evidence. Then, I started wondering if everything in the Bible was real. Please, someone help ease my mind. I want to reccommit myself to Jesus, but first I need to put to rest all of these doubts and rekindle my faith. How can I do this? (link)
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Well, this is all Satan.. Satan tries to fill our minds with doubts that God isn't real and that he doesn't live within us. Remember, Satan comes to kill, steal, and destroy, not to bring us life and life abundantly, that would be Jesus Christ. See, I'm 16 and always known that I was missing something in my life 'till I was about 11 or 12 and I became a Christian. Almost every day, Satan fills my head with lies and doubts that my parents are never gonna get saved and that I should just forget about it. See, I'm the only one in my household that's saved and it is so hard for me, but since I believe in God firmly, I keep my mind on him and seek him every chance that I get he lets me know all the time that he hears my prayer and that he is real and he's promised me that he is going to save them.. I continues to pray that he would give me a sign and ever since then he has given me so many signs in so many ways.
Example: Last Friday we went to a youth rally out of town and we were up in the front of the Church and this guy came up to me after I got through praying and asked me what I wanted.. I told him that I wanted to see my parents saved and he told me that God wanted him to come up and help me pray because God is gonna save them but I have to keep my faith in him and continue to believe and that he would help me to continue to pray for them.. See, that was God working in one of his mysterious ways once again.. he knew that I was still praying 4 them every chance I got, and let me know that he still is real, he's the same today as he was yesterday or the day b4, and that he hears my prayers and that he's gonna continue to let me know that he is real and he is gonna save them soon!!! well, write me back and let me know everything, and if you ever need to talk just im me at skylalou_1 i'd luv to talk hope I helped * Skyla *
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i'm not really religious at all. my family doesn't go to church or anything and one day my parents found out i don't really believe in god. and they kinda like freaked and said we're going to start going to church and stuff [we never did]/ k so i have some questions about all this religion stuff.
-who wrote the bible?
-i mean really how is it possible that theres some great god up in the sky?
-who all thought of this? like there had to be someone who came up with this?
-who created these so called sins?
-if being gay is a "sin", why did this god create them?
-how do people know anything of what they looked like or did?
thanks =] (link)
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well religion is all about faith.. what you believe in should be very important to you..
- Jesus' disciples wrote the bible..
- well.. again.. faith is what get's you places..
God thought of this all, he was here first, he's the begining and the end, the alpha and omega..
- the devil created the sins, 'cuz remember Satan tempted Eve to eat from the tree of Life that God plainly told her not to do..
- well God didn't create gay people, us humans did..in the begining God created Adam and eve, he created man and woman to be together not man and man or woman and woman..
- technicaly, we don't know everything that went on in the time before we were here on Earth, all we can go by is the bible that God has left us to read of him and his son in which his disciples wrote..
well, i'm a Christian, so I tried to answer these questions to the best of my ability so you would get to where I was coming from.. It's all up to you on whether you should believe in God or not, but if you wanted to try to learn more about this subject, maybe you should try and talk to your parents about going to Church and if ya, or you, like it then you can continue to learn about what your interested in. It's all up to you on whether you believe in God.. I hope this didn't sound like I was pushing you toward my religion b/c that wasn't what I meant to do, I was just giving you my advice.. but I would like to leave you a small piece of advice from me.... * would you rather live to the end times believing there's not a God and just die or believe there is a God and recieve the gift he's promised all of his people, eternal life with him and his son Jesus (*the one who died for our sins*) in Heaven, where there's gonna be no more tears or sorrows up there, but to live freely with them forever and ever...?? just a thought.. but write me back and tell me what you've decided to do, whether just continue to not have a religion or try the Church idea..but really i'd luv to hear from u again.... hope I helped * Skyla *
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