Ok so im at a difficult part in my life. Ive been bullied my whole life and almost to the point where i felt i didnt have a spot on this earth for me. I had nobody to turn or help me. Its wierd because i consider myself athesit. I dont believe in god but i believe in my ancestors looking out for me in what i encounter. Ive just wondered what i should do. Ive been to two churches in town and i still feel left out. Does "god" if he exists not care about me and want me off this earth or am i no longer "worthy" of life.


Tonight when you guys pray think about me and what i should follow. Should i just shun "god" and say fuck him or just live like a little bitch my whole life always being picked on because he obviously doesnt care about me.

This post was edited by jshaisman on Nov 25 2012 03:58am

just going to church doesnt mean that you automagically find God

reading the Bible's Gospells is the best way to find God in my opinion

once you find God your life will change

This post was edited by the_rest on Nov 25 2012 06:17am

God's response to suffering was to come right down into it Himself. On a cross beaten, humiliated, bleeding, just like us. He suffers with you. There's good in your pain. I promise you.

Ignoring God or laying down to bullies are not your only two alternatives, but I cannot say what will be the best way for you.

In one of Eldredge's books, he talks about his kid being bullied at school. They were at the dinner table and his kid looked pretty bummed and he asked him why. His kid said he was being bullied at school, and Eldredge responded, "The next time this bully hits you at school, I want you to hit him back as hard as you possibly can." Too many people think of Jesus as this passive man always "turning the other cheek." That's crap. Jesus was a fierce, fierce dude. He spent his whole life stirring things up, clearing temples, and staring down those opposed to him.

Not advocating violence or anything of the sort, just don't think that God would want you to just grin and bear it or 'live like a b*tch' as you say.

God does care about you more than anything in the world. Your life will have pain in it always; you have to forgive Him and understand- as Paul states in Romans 8- that all things work together for good for those who love God.

I am very, very new to Christianity myself having been an athiest for the last 25 years, but I will be praying for you and am on JSP on occasion if you would ever like to PM.

read the bible and be child-minded be open and willing to believe. Like what you read. just like how children believe in aliens and other myths, you should in the same way believe in god the he really might exist and try to be interested in the whole subject.

This post was edited by seorul on Dec 2 2012 05:29pm

hahahahaha love

god does not do everything for you, you have to do for yourself and he just keeps out a watchful eye, think about what happened in Job, you have it easy some kids pick on you...

The Sabeans stole all the oxen and donkeys and killed the servants tending them (Job 1:15).
The sheep and the servants tending them were consumed in a fire (likely started by lightning) (Job 1:16.)
The Chaldeans stole the camels and killed the servants tending them (Job 1:17.)
Job's seven sons and three daughters are killed as the brother's house (whom they were at for feasting) fell on them from a horrendous wind (Job 1:18).
Job is covered with hideous boils and festering sores (Job 2:7).
His wife, three friends (Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar) and Elihu speak harshly against him (not a divine punishment, but worth mentioning.)
And in the end Yahweh comes down and lectures Job for verging on speaking poorly of Him. Of course, Job repents whole-heartedly for even pondering such thoughts, and due to resisting for so long Yahweh blesses Job with a renewal of what had been lost, and then some.


you need to man up and face your issues with the kids being bullies, if you can't do it you need to befriend somebody who can.

dont blame god because you are bullied, especially if you are an aetheist who goes to church only looking for some kind of magical help...