I guess I behaved the same way when I was a teenager, but my daughter (who's 16) goes around with a sullen attitude all the time. No matter what I tell her, she just rolls her eyes as if I'm the dumbest person on earth. Will she ever grow up?
I graduated from college recently, and now I can't get a decent job. I have a temporary job in a restaurant, but I'm beginning to think I wasted four years of my life by going to college. I know this isn't a spiritual question, but do you have any advice?
I'm old and sick and stuck in a nursing home now, and I don't understand why God even keeps me alive. I'm tired of living and I want to go to Heaven -- the sooner the better. Is it wrong for me to ask God to take me?
I've been in constant pain the last two years because of some back surgery that didn't work. Now I'm afraid I've gotten hooked on painkillers. I get prescriptions from several doctors who don't know I'm getting them from the others. I know that's wrong, but I can't stand the pain. Why doesn't God take it away?
Does God always punish us when we do wrong? I used to think so, but now I'm not sure. I have a friend who has no use for God and lives a very immoral life, and yet she seems a lot happier than some of the Christians I know.
Our son no longer believes in God. He's been influenced by his high school science teacher, who says we should only believe in things we can prove, and we can't prove God exists. What can we say to him? I'm afraid it's causing a lot of conflict in our family.
When is the world going to come to an end? I know scientists say it'll probably be millions of years from now, but what if we end up destroying ourselves instead? That's a real possibility, in my opinion.
My uncle (who's been very successful in business) makes a generous donation to his church every month, but other than that he almost never attends (he says he's too busy). We think he's just trying to buy his way into Heaven. Are we right?
My friend just went through a major health crisis, and I thought it might make him finally think about God and eternity. But it didn't, and he just laughs at me and says he plans to go on enjoying life. What more can I say to him?
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Why do you preachers quote the Bible all the time? Don't you know it's out of date and utterly useless today? People thousands of year ago might have found it useful, but we live in a different time.
If God loves everyone, then why won't everyone go to heaven when they die? It seems to me that if He really loved us, He'd overlook the bad things we've done and welcome us into heaven anyway. Or maybe He doesn't really love us.
