Please don’t try to shake my faith. It’s weak enough already.
I’m a young teenage guy. Please don’t try to shake my faith.
To the OP, in particular,
I would not Ever seek to attempt to undermine your faith. As Christ states, even if it’s as small as a mustard seed… hold onto that thought, and lean into His understandings, if you feel shaken.
So I responded with some of my own return questions and “thought processes” in italics in response to yours, as my faith can be a bit shaky at times, myself, and this is how I ask my own self, keeping the Whole of God in mind while I ask, The Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who was here before time began, and will be here after time “ends”, if there ever was such an “end” =)
A) Can it possibly be eternal
Can you ever stop counting to a higher(positive) or lower(negative) number?
B) Is it possible that God didn’t reveal Himself to other worlds
*We can Imagine other worlds… I can imagine there have been other worlds, even other Universes, before this one… or perhaps in conjunction with this one, as God is said to transcend all time and space… and I say this in mind of not being an absolutist, but in the sense that God is Above and Beyond all things, to the extent, as stated, can even count all the individual hairs on each individual persons head, ostensibly, at the same time…
With God, Nothing is Impossible. A statement that I take to heart.*
C) Is our behavior dependent on that of those in other worlds
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Is our behavior dependent on others behaviors? Are Others behaviors dependent on ours? In the case of Children born new to this world, I would say, yes, to a certain degree. Our actions, rather than our words, have the greatest impact on how they learn to relate to themselves, and the rest of the world, but at what point does a person become responsible for their Own actions, words and thoughts?
There’s enough to deal with in this world, alone, that I would say that the behavior of the populations of other worlds is on Them, not on Us. We have to start where we are, in our own homes, neighborhoods, etc…*
D) Is there any way that this is illogical
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I think logic is overrated at times, if you exclude all else. Feelings may not always be “true” in the literal sense that one can easily make a logical equation out of them, whether with words or, as easier to express, with simple math (1+1=2) … however, if one has a deeper understanding of how feelings can become misguided, and how to follow ones own feelings to the roots, what and how we learned as children, ourselves, then reflecting on the behaviors that result from them, in “good” or “bad” ways, and how they effect our own lives, and the lives of others, then one can start “calculating” emotional math/reason/logic into the sort of “black and white” of what many consider to be “logical” vs “irrational” and perhaps come up with something clearer and more Rational, than either one, alone.*
I’m in my 40’s, but I’ve been thinking about these things since I was a teen, also. I don’t want to just “give you MY answers” because I expect I’m coming from a different place in my life, than you are, in yours. Your own answers will, I expect, be a better guide for you, than mine will
Kyrie Eleison
For something to come about naturally, you need laws of nature in the first place. And if the laws of nature are what you’re aiming to get …