What does it mean to have a personal relationship with God?

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Not a troll, if you look. But ideology prevents, I know.
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A person with a wife and a girlfriend and having separate posts about each of them, on a Catholic forum, is subject to specific terminology that would include suspect as a troll. If not entirely serious. Given you are raised catholic as stated on your other thread.
In the Old Testament men were allowed more than one wife. Jesus stated very clearly that is not the case anymore.
 
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And you have formed consciousness and are now “in the fold of the righteous” so you can feel better than the rest? Or what? Either I am Catholic or what?

That is what Catholicism has taught me, that is what people like you have taught me: Be subscribing to an ideology so we can feel better than others…
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OK, you answered the question. You are not here to gain understanding, but to spout and pout. Grow up (or not, its all the same to me). By the way, you’re projecting mightily.
 
Tell us what true love is, according to the Church. That could actually be an interesting teaching moment for you.
 
Please leave the conversation. People like you have hurt me tremendously. Thanks.
 
Ok, guys, I won’t get any valuable (name removed by moderator)ut from you, other than shaming, or outlawing, or moralizing, or stating obscure spiritual stuff. This is not the right place for the answers I am looking for. No harm, no foul. Peace, have a good life.
 
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Please leave the conversation. People like you have hurt me tremendously. Thanks.
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That is an incredible insult to me. ‘people like you’ . I asked you a simple question, based on your comments about ’ my wife and I’ and your ’ my girlfriend’
This confuses those of us who are poor simple forum readers. Clarity in communication can be a very rare thing.
 
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Umm. Not looking for Catholic answers on Catholic Answers? Sorry you lost your way.
 
I looked up the last thread you started, and the difference is night and day (or should I say day and night, for you are being extremely dark in this thread). So obviously Something Happened. If you will be pleasant, people here will talk with you. The ball is in your court.
 
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paspec:
Please leave the conversation. People like you have hurt me tremendously. Thanks.
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That is an incredible insult to me. ‘people like you’ . I asked you a simple question, based on your comments about ’ my wife and I’ and your ’ my girlfriend’
This confuses those of us who are poor simple forum readers. Clarity in communication can be a very rare thing.
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We are all a bit shell shocked by the misrepresentation of the thread. Let it be water off a ducks back to you. God bless.
 
I asked what it means to have a relationship with god, and the first response I got was starting off with a scolding for not capitalizing “God”, which already put me in an aggressive mode.
 
paspec said:
My OP asked about what it means to have a relationship with god. Because I seriously don’t know what that means. I am agnostic, at least, and I find a lot of the Catholic stuff oppressive, if not outright abusive to a person’s mental health. At least, the Catholic stuff I have been told. Always open to learn. But I don’t know how I can have a relationship with an oppressor and abuser.
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You should read the book of Roman’s. Then the Gospel of John, then the book of Romans again.

The Old Testament law was thought to be oppressive until Jesus brought them to perfection in the New Testament. In the OT god was seen as the creator, a benefactor & we were hired men, even slaves. Jesus revealed god to be our father, yours & mine.

Those same rules that were oppressive are now liberating. They lead to life, true life.

You have a relationship with God right now. From what you’ve written it sounds like an oppressive relationship, but that’s not god’s doing. You’ve created your own prison. We all have.

Take some time, quiet time & just think about your life. All the good times, all the bad times. Think of all the rules you will have for your kids, the purpose for those rules & how they will help your children if they follow your rules. How not following those rules could lead to serious mistakes that will affect the rest of their lives.

Think about how your children won’t understand those rules & would rather make up their own. But as they grow older, make their mistakes they’ll eventually understand & appreciate your wisdom.

This is the relationship you currently have with your Heavenly Father. Right now you don’t trust His wisdom or appreciate how much he cares for your well being. However, He cares much more for your soul than your circumstances (though he does care about your circumstances). Your soul, the essence of who you really are is more precious to Him than anything in the whole world.
 
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