Has anyone else struggled with this?

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I found that when I see a short post or comment on the Internet net against Christianity it gets stuck in my head and I can’t seriously focus on anything but how to reply to that comment for a long while afterwards. For example, yesterday I was reading a blog post about a video game I like and in the comments on someone wrote “I like this game because it shows that faith in friends, family, and the kindness of random strangers is more powerful than any God”. For the past day, when I’m not forcing myself to work on schoolwork I find myself thinking back to that quote and how I would argue against it, and it is starting to drive me crazy. This has happened to me before with Facebook post by non-religious friends or other comments on blog posts I have read. Has anyone else experienced any thing like this before?
 
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I found that when I see a short post or comment on the Internet net against Christianity it gets stuck in my head and I can’t seriously focus on anything but how to reply to that comment for a long while afterwards. For example, yesterday I was reading a blog post about a video game I like and in the comments on someone wrote “I like this game because it shows that faith in friends, family, and the kindness of random strangers is more powerful than any God”. For the past day, when I’m not forcing myself to work on schoolwork I find myself thinking back to that quote and how I would argue against it, and it is starting to drive me crazy. This has happened to me before with Facebook post by non-religious friends or other comments on blog posts I have read. Has anyone else experienced any thing like this before?
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Are u new to the faith? I know this generally happens for new people or those that have experienced a resurgence to their faith. I know I fell into the latter category, and whenever I saw posts or other people saying bad things about Catholicism, or God, I would get quite upset and want to try to argue against them to prove my point.

I think this is what would be called, misplaced zealousness.

But over the years, I’ve learned that u have to pick your battles, and generally, the best way actually of displaying your faith is to live it faithfully, instead of trying to convince others through words.

Anyway, If u are new to the faith, (I’ve never read this myself) there’s a book that u may be interested in, called How NOT to share your faith that I’ve heard was good, and basically explains how to “effectively share your faith in a charitable way-even if that means losing an argument from time to time.”
 
We just need to try not to allow this to become an obsessive, to know when to let go of it and when not to. Easier said than done, of course!
 
Yes. I think it happens to all of us who are true believers. I sometimes struggle with thinking about a response I did give and then wondering if I could have said something better. It just keeps on going through my mind until I get a chance to discuss it with others.
 
There was a billboard in my city that said in bold words,
“Without god, I am full of love”

it drove me crazy. If vandelism weren’t a sin…ohh, I tell you what. but then people would be all up in arms about crazy religious nuts and I just.

I wonder if the fact that we had a billboard of Jesus saying “He Died For You” up for so long a while back spurred this little movement.

Fortunately the atheist ad was replaced by a skiing equipment ad after a couple weeks so business as usual now.

I live in California, and my city is considered the most diverse in the state. We have all the born-here Americans who are majorly atheist (you know, famously liberal state and all) and then we have all these immigrants from Mexico and Phillipines and India and Russia who bring a lot of Christianity with them, and the clash is intense.
 
Take action! Get on those knees and pray for them. God loves them infinitely, yet they have hardened their hearts against Him and are at risk of eternal hell. If you are grieved by their comments, just imagine how this sits with the God who created them to love Him as He loves them!
 
Yes it happens to me also.
In my case it sometimes takes the form of reversing some saying or other…for example, someone says “God Bless America”…I think, Why should he when America doesn’t bless (honor) God?
Someone says, "Why doesn’t God answer my prayer? I think, “Have you answered God’s prayer?” - 🤷
There are many such instances where this can be done - some more spiritually profitable than others.

As another said - we have to be careful not to obsess on such things, but at the same time, such statements can be good starting points for meditation, examination, etc.
This is what it wounds like you are doing.
The upshot can be that you have a better understanding - of the faith and of yourself. It can help you to discuss the faith with others when such things arise in conversation.

Peace
James
 
All I know is that arguing with an atheist is like arguing with Pharaoh about why he should free the Israelites. Their hearts are hardened. Arguing is futile. Pray for such people and move on.
 
As has been mentioned it happens to all who walk with Christ. What you are running into is more evidence that we now live in a pagan society.

I’ve used it as a good starting point to help consider my beliefs and my work as a Christian. As the world gets more secular it will become increasingly hostile to those who hold the Christian faith. It will be very much like the early church in that the faith will be spread through small groups. The work now is to see how we can learn and work to build those groups of faithful.

You are not going to change most people’s minds like the one who made that post., but you can make a huge difference by working to further the kingdom so there are fewer of those people around.
 
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