Crisis of Faith? HELP!

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It’s funny to me because I feel like if I were to struggle with this, it would be extremely hard to give my life to God completely. Just not knowing is hard I guess
 
Our RCIA folks took a different approach to Genesis and some of the Old Testament works. More of an Adam and Eve as spiritual ancestors for what became Judeo-Christianity vs. they were the only two people on Earth. They also noted that some of the writing styles of the time led to the embellishment of certain details to make a point with battles mostly coming to mind. Some of the army figures are wild.

With regard to evolution, our priests out here take the approach of: why couldn’t something be designed to change and adapt over time. Of course, the Evangelical Lighthouse across the street would probably consider such to be heresy.

I understand the struggle, this Lent has been tough, and faith hasn’t exactly gone well.
 
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Adam and Eve as spiritual ancestors for what became Judeo-Christianity vs. they were the only two people on Earth.
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As far as I know the Church does not permit that. My understanding is that we can believe that the human body evolved but the soul did not. All humans with rational souls descended from a single pair of ancestors.
 
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“Giving your life to God completely” is not a walk in the park even for those of us with great faith. It is a weakness/ fault of humans that we want to be in the driver’s seat rather than letting God drive.
 
I am sure we could write entire books on how RCIA and other religious instructors screwed up teaching the Adam and Eve story. I had a religious sister for freshman Bible study course at Catholic school who laughed at us for believing Genesis and said, “Surely you don’t think that’s real? It’s all made up,” which of course threw the class into a tizzy and led several 15-year-olds to ask how they could believe anything in the Bible then.
 
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I am sure we could write entire books on how RCIA and other religious instructors screwed up teaching the Adam and Eve story. I had a religious sister for freshman Bible study course at Catholic school who laughed at us for believing Genesis and said, “Surely you don’t think that’s real? It’s all made up,” which of course threw the class into a tizzy and led several 15-year-olds to ask how they could believe anything in the Bible then.
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There is certainly a lot of misinformation. I correct what I see.
 
I have done a lot of research on the Adam and Eve teaching and I don’t believe science has enough data to prove they existed or not. We will have to wait for future developments. As for evolution, the same is true. They don’t have enough conclusive evidence to prove it. So, it remains a theory which they are saying is proven and," case closed. "
Believing in God is different from knowing there is a God. Experiencing the presence of God is cultivated in the heart based on faith, hope, and charity. Some saints called this the, “Cloister of the heart.” Jesus called the Holy Spirit the comforter. I don’t know if Jesus was talking about sense experience? Can anyone comment on that? There are many interpretations for this.
Based on personal experience, I tend toward a balance between sense experience in the heart and intellectual vision. Here is a quote from Einstien that, I believe demonstrates this, “Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Imagination, may be, the reality of light of the Holy Spirit within the ,“Cloister of the heart.” What do you think?
 
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You should try talking to a priest. Don’t base your beliefs on how you feel. Even if you don’t feel like it,God is with you every step of the way.
 
Doing my First Saturday meditations this morning, I was reminded that when it comes to the Resurrection, the Catechism (CCC 639) considers the eyewitness accounts by Peter (Cephas) and the Twelve, as recorded by St. Paul, to be “historic verification”.

If one believes that God wouldn’t let his Church be led astray, especially in such a crucial matter since everybody pretty much agrees that without the Resurrection, Christianity would be somewhere between totally hollow and downright “wicked” as I read this morning, then it’s pretty easy to believe the Resurrection actually happened. There were definitely more than 12 witnesses since the Lord was also appearing to the women and to disciples on the road to Emmaus who weren’t among the Twelve, etc.
639 The mystery of Christ’s resurrection is a real event, with manifestations that were historically verified, as the New Testament bears witness. In about A.D. 56 St. Paul could already write to the Corinthians: “I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the scriptures, and that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. . .” The Apostle speaks here of the living tradition of the Resurrection which he had learned after his conversion at the gates of Damascus.
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I personally don’t believe that twelve guys making up a story would have persisted for over 2000 years with not only tons of Catholics but also other Christians - who all accept the Resurrection even if they disagree with the Catholic Church on other things - living their whole lives with this belief and even dying for it, often in gory and brutal ways.
 
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Just google Catholic catechism and it should pop up. Also the app Catholic Mega has the catechism on it.
 
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