a way doubts can enter into our emotions is through emotional scaring that has taken place in our past. for instance, you may have suffered abuse from a parent when you were a child. or a dad may have walked out on your family or your parents may have gone through a divorce. or maybe a spouse left you. and when you go through that kind of abandonment very often that kind of experience can lead to chronic doubts in your life toward GOD. uncertainties that are deep down inside. you’re just waiting for GOD to let you down like your dad did or your mom did or your spouse did.
if you go through history and look at the lives of the most famous atheists who’ve ever lived – karl marx, sigmund freund, bertrand russell, madelyn murray o’hare, nitche, camu – you look at their lives – every single one of them either had a father who died when they were young or who abandoned them when they were young or they had a horrible relationship with their dad. every single one.
for most people that kind of experience doesn’t lead them to atheism, but it creates barriers between them and GOD. why? because they may have such anger toward their earthly fathers deep down inside that it’s very hard to even consider the possibility of a HEAVENLY FATHER that they would want to know. or they may be feeling like, “if i put my trust in GOD, i'm going to end up being abandoned just like my dad abandoned me through death or divorce or whatever.”
emotions can create barriers between us and GOD whether we’re aware of them or not.
just a thought from the front porch…
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Quote: if you go through history and look at the lives of the most famous atheists who’ve ever lived – karl marx, sigmund freund, bertrand russell, madelyn murray o’hare, nitche, camu – you look at their lives – every single one of them either had a father who died when they were young or who abandoned them when they were young or they had a horrible relationship with their dad. every single one.
I have worked in the juvenile justice field for 6 years, and gained an understanding of a common tendency among the youth in these programs. Lack of a father figure.
I know single mothers do an awesome job in raising children. I respect them highly. They are some of the hardest working people on the planet, if not the hardest working people. Obviously the assumption here is that the mother loves their children and wants the best for them.
Even in light of the above, fathers are essential in raising children. I believe in cases of abandoned children, I believe the single mother should pursue someone who will stand in that gap for their children's sake.
God bless, Richie
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