tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753958103633107328.post1725305359678434733..comments2023-08-27T01:27:41.121-07:00Comments on Teacher, I Don't Get It: Followingms.understoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08661886349768454375noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753958103633107328.post-9250530390247716702011-01-17T13:55:22.625-08:002011-01-17T13:55:22.625-08:00Lucky Frog, that's exactly what my problem is....Lucky Frog, that's exactly what my problem is. It's also a lifestyle issue for people I know. I know so many people just living their lives with something that would qualify as "sin". I know they are good people being true to who they are and how they were raised. I do okay living my life in parameters set out in religion, but if circumstances had been different or something within me had been different I can't say that I would still do that.ms.understoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08661886349768454375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2753958103633107328.post-43831826440780955922011-01-17T13:19:39.413-08:002011-01-17T13:19:39.413-08:00I also struggle with some specifics of religion, b...I also struggle with some specifics of religion, because many of my good friends are not religious but they are GREAT people. For many people, God is vengeful- as I see him, he is gracious. How, then, can I simultaneously believe that God is gracious and merciful but also willing to let good people go to Hell just because they never came to know Him?<br /><br />It's hard for me to rationalize, especially because as I grow older I see that the people most distant from religion are those that weren't taught it as a child. It's hard for me to blame them for not coming to God when a lot of their resistance comes from their lack of exposure to religion when they were little, because now it feels strange to them.<br /><br />It may be different for you, but I have a hard time believing that the God I believe in wouldn't let a good person into Heaven because their parents didn't take them to church and therefore now they find it hard to believe. That doesn't seem fair and it's hard for me to balance with my faith.luckeyfroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09338266098096236978noreply@blogger.com