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I've seen orthodox religious people get into serious psychological problems after someone they loved died prematurely and unexpectedly. When you really believe

I've seen orthodox religious people get into serious psychological problems after someone they loved died prematurely and unexpectedly. When you really believe that God has its hand in everything, death of a loved one is a hard thing to swallow: it must be some punishment or lesson, but why? Orthodox christian religion is i.m.o. not helpful at all when coping with death.

Juliate 11y ago
Most people grieve after someone dies. Some have a harder time than others. Being religious or not has hardly to do with it. Being Christian has nothing to do with either believing that God has its hand in everything that governs your one personal life, or that it will actively intervene in a perceptible way, either believing that death is a punishment or a lesson or easy stuff or anything of this sort. Although one may always add such opinions, or bigotry, to any kind of faith (be it Christian or not). I mean, you may believe in God, or not, that won't stop the world. That won't make life different than what it is: you live, you die, shit happens, for some reason, or just because of no reason particular to you. The core of being Christian is believing in the Credo (which is sort of crazy, indeed, and that's totally accepted) and following Jesus way (and even Brian's one - you know: always look at the bright side of life) and spirit. Which requires some sort of introspection, observation, patience, love, etc. Not to say it's easy either. Then you add what tradition (catholic, eastern, orthodox, protestant, or so many others) you're in, or you've chosen. What you believe is one thing. That should logically not prevent you from living and seeking. (Catholic writing here)
wolfhumble 11y ago
Christianity has never been about not suffering. Many early disciples had painful endings to their lives and went through many hardships. God was with them in their pain, not their ticket to a problem-free life, on their journey to heaven where "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more" [Revelation 21:4]. One women I know that was sick in cancer said it like this to a friend of mine: I have been with him [Jesus] too long to leave Him now.
- sneak 11y ago
  Your god is good, powerful, and all-seeing: pick two.
  - Rusky 11y ago
    So if a parent does something their child doesn't like, but for a good reason, they must be one of 1) a bad parent, 2) incapable of doing anything better, or 3) unaware that the child won't like it? Given a deity and an afterlife, I don't think that argument holds up. Generally the idea of God is that they understand a lot more than humans do or can. (Whether that's true or not is a different question, of course.)

Juliate 11y ago

Most people grieve after someone dies. Some have a harder time than others. Being religious or not has hardly to do with it. Being Christian has nothing to do with either believing that God has its hand in everything that governs your one personal life, or that it will actively intervene in a perceptible way, either believing that death is a punishment or a lesson or easy stuff or anything of this sort. Although one may always add such opinions, or bigotry, to any kind of faith (be it Christian or not). I mean, you may believe in God, or not, that won't stop the world. That won't make life different than what it is: you live, you die, shit happens, for some reason, or just because of no reason particular to you. The core of being Christian is believing in the Credo (which is sort of crazy, indeed, and that's totally accepted) and following Jesus way (and even Brian's one - you know: always look at the bright side of life) and spirit. Which requires some sort of introspection, observation, patience, love, etc. Not to say it's easy either. Then you add what tradition (catholic, eastern, orthodox, protestant, or so many others) you're in, or you've chosen. What you believe is one thing. That should logically not prevent you from living and seeking. (Catholic writing here)

wolfhumble 11y ago

Christianity has never been about not suffering. Many early disciples had painful endings to their lives and went through many hardships. God was with them in their pain, not their ticket to a problem-free life, on their journey to heaven where "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more" [Revelation 21:4]. One women I know that was sick in cancer said it like this to a friend of mine: I have been with him [Jesus] too long to leave Him now.

sneak 11y ago
Your god is good, powerful, and all-seeing: pick two.
- Rusky 11y ago
  So if a parent does something their child doesn't like, but for a good reason, they must be one of 1) a bad parent, 2) incapable of doing anything better, or 3) unaware that the child won't like it? Given a deity and an afterlife, I don't think that argument holds up. Generally the idea of God is that they understand a lot more than humans do or can. (Whether that's true or not is a different question, of course.)