"The relationship with God that I attempted never felt very real. He never talked to me. I talked to him, but he was always silent. I had to just trust that he was really there and really listening.
I found what he said in the Bible very confusing and contradictory. It made me crazy trying to figure out which verses applied to which situations. Other people never seemed to have a problem with that. God never helped me to understand.
I finally gave up and decided this whole relationship was an imaginary thing inside my own head.
Aren’t there bare minimum standards for something to be considered a “relationship?”
What are those standards?
I also heard that in Islam, they are not trying to have a relationship with Allah. They revere him and submit, have certain duties, etc., but it’s not a warm and fuzzy thing like in Christianity. Hopefully I’m not misrepresenting anything here. I’m sure you see what I’m trying to get at.
Oh yeah, and would you want to have a relationship with someone you fear? Like they might throw you in hell if you’re not of the elect?
And God TELLS us to love him. Can you love someone just because they tell you to?
I don’t get it."
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