Have you ever felt that God was picking on you?

I guess this goes out to the religious folks.

I know it might sound pretty werid but have you felt that way? Kinda like how Jim Carey put it "kid with a magnefiying glass." For the past weeks it seems like ever single thing I've done has been seems to go negative. I've had a religious sense because of my family but lately I can't help but wonder why everything is going so down hill.

This isn't a religious debate and not trying to affend anyone. Just wondering if someone ever felt that way.

Of course.

No because the boogey man bullies me instead. He calls me names from under my bed and never leeeaavess!

God doesn't "pick" on you, he tests you.

God doesn't "pick" on you, he tests you.

adv_tr00per

God doesn't "pick" on you, he tests you.

adv_tr00per

though im not a big believer of the whole "dude in the clouds in a robe with a beard" depicted christian god, i do believe that there is something and from time to time it wants to make sure you keep cool under pressure. i also believe in karma, i've lived it.

Definitely, especially in regards to my car.

First it broke down at the end of last summer. I had to borrow money from my parents for the fix. I had been paying them back gradually.

Same week I was going to make my last payment to my parents, my car broke down again. I had to borrow MORE money to fix it.

Flash forward to 2 weeks ago. I am prepping to just pay all of what I still owed my parents ($500) in one shot as I had excess money thanks to taxes. Car won't start....

I pay $370 total fixing it, this time without borrowing and am still planning on paying my parents all that money back after getting paid for website I built. I had fixed it on Monday.

That Saturday I am getting ready to go to a concert. My friend was driving over and we were going to just take my car to the concert. He walks in and immediately says "Well guess we're taking my car." Of course I am like "WTF?". He informs me that my windows have all been smashed out. There had apparently been a party of drunken idiots at our complex and they took it upon themselves to wreck my car out of all the cars in the lot....

God doesn't "pick" on you, he tests you.

Yea but I take it like a man. :Pcyberdarkkid

The ones who love me the most pick on me as well.:P

God doesn't "pick" on you, he tests you.

God doesn't "pick" on you, he tests you.

adv_tr00per

Why does someone who already knows everything need to test you?

i can see how some people use that as an answer to there woes, but no i have never felt god was picking on me.

Of course.

Theokhoth

Yea but I take it like a man. :Pcyberdarkkid

Something I should do too.

No. he is afraid if he does I might tell satan at the friday night poker game. Than they will argue and all hell(no pun intended) breaks loose,and no one really wants that now do they?mattykovax

No. he is afraid if he does I might tell satan at the friday night poker game. Than they will argue and all hell(no pun intended) breaks loose,and no one really wants that now do they?mattykovax

Definitely, especially in regards to my car.

First it broke down at the end of last summer. I had to borrow money from my parents for the fix. I had been paying them back gradually.

Same week I was going to make my last payment to my parents, my car broke down again. I had to borrow MORE money to fix it.

Flash forward to 2 weeks ago. I am prepping to just pay all of what I still owed my parents ($500) in one shot as I had excess money thanks to taxes. Car won't start....

I pay $370 total fixing it, this time without borrowing and am still planning on paying my parents all that money back after getting paid for website I built. I had fixed it on Monday.

That Saturday I am getting ready to go to a concert. My friend was driving over and we were going to just take my car to the concert. He walks in and immediately says "Well guess we're taking my car." Of course I am like "WTF?". He informs me that my windows have all been smashed out. There had apparently been a party of drunken idiots at our complex and they took it upon themselves to wreck my car out of all the cars in the lot....

LostProphetFLCL

[QUOTE="mattykovax"]No. he is afraid if he does I might tell satan at the friday night poker game. Than they will argue and all hell(no pun intended) breaks loose,and no one really wants that now do they?unholymight

The only reason any of us is alive today is because God finds us amusing in some way.

The only reason any of us is alive today is because God finds us amusing in some way.

-Misanthropic-

Not really. I think this can best be explained by psychology *retrieves textbook*:

Possible explanations are mood congruency, illusory correlations, the fact that when you've been having a rough week you're more likely to be pessimistic, which can cause others to be repelled by you, self-fulfilling prophecy, and my favorite, good old coincidence.

The only reason any of us is alive today is because God finds us amusing in some way.

-Misanthropic-

It's Patrick Stewart. God's a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and He's keeping Stewart alive in the hopes that they'll make another one. That's why Patrick Stewart doesn't age or decrease in awesomeness.

[QUOTE="-Misanthropic-"]

The only reason any of us is alive today is because God finds us amusing in some way.

Theokhoth

It's Patrick Stewart. God's a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and He's keeping Stewart alive in the hopes that they'll make another one. That's why Patrick Stewart doesn't age or decrease in awesomeness.

Only when the light turns red as soon as a I get there, and there's NO other traffic around.

Only when the light turns red as soon as a I get there, and there's NO other traffic around.

Darth_Tyrev

Is it a bad sign that everything seems to remind me of an XKCD comic? http://xkcd.com/277/

No because the boogey man bullies me instead. He calls me names from under my bed and never leeeaavess!

MotherSuperior

Assuming God as illustrated in the Bible exists, then the whole sexual identity confusion thing I've been going through would make me think so.

All the time. I do all these nice things, but it always comes out as negative. I know how you feel.

Assuming God as illustrated in the Bible exists, then the whole sexual identity confusion thing I've been going through would make me think so.

Dark_Knight6

It gets better after the first couple of years or so. >_>

Maybe a little when I got jumped and stabbed when I was 15.

[QUOTE="Dark_Knight6"]

Assuming God as illustrated in the Bible exists, then the whole sexual identity confusion thing I've been going through would make me think so.

Theokhoth

It gets better after the first couple of years or so. >_>

Well, that's comforting. Too bad I'm incredibly impatient when it comes to that. :P

[QUOTE="MotherSuperior"]

No because the boogey man bullies me instead. He calls me names from under my bed and never leeeaavess!

VivaKatimari

[QUOTE="unholymight"][QUOTE="adv_tr00per"]

God doesn't "pick" on you, he tests you.

maheo30

I agree. For those interested, here is a link that discusses why God allows us to go through trials and tribulations.

http://www.gotquestions.org/trials-tribulations.html

[QUOTE="unholymight"][QUOTE="adv_tr00per"]

God doesn't "pick" on you, he tests you.

maheo30

Except my father doesn't damn me to eternal pain and suffering if I break some "rules." Just saying.

[QUOTE="maheo30"][QUOTE="unholymight"] You mean to imply they are different?Dark_Knight6

Except my father doesn't damn me to eternal pain and suffering if I break some "rules." Just saying.

lol, clever response.

[QUOTE="LostProphetFLCL"]

Definitely, especially in regards to my car.

First it broke down at the end of last summer. I had to borrow money from my parents for the fix. I had been paying them back gradually.

Same week I was going to make my last payment to my parents, my car broke down again. I had to borrow MORE money to fix it.

Flash forward to 2 weeks ago. I am prepping to just pay all of what I still owed my parents ($500) in one shot as I had excess money thanks to taxes. Car won't start....

I pay $370 total fixing it, this time without borrowing and am still planning on paying my parents all that money back after getting paid for website I built. I had fixed it on Monday.

That Saturday I am getting ready to go to a concert. My friend was driving over and we were going to just take my car to the concert. He walks in and immediately says "Well guess we're taking my car." Of course I am like "WTF?". He informs me that my windows have all been smashed out. There had apparently been a party of drunken idiots at our complex and they took it upon themselves to wreck my car out of all the cars in the lot....

hydralisk86

Yeah it is.

Thankfully I live very close to my work so walking to and from work isn't a problem at all. The thing that DOES suck is it is hindering my ability to keep involved with the film company I work for. I also hope to be asking a girl out within the week and a car would be nice for a date....

maybe...coz umm at first i was having this problem that i failed in class then everyone was against me except my friends my parents and family used to call me names and so on and then a teacher calls my mom saying that i was talking in class my mom got angry and started shouting and hitting me and then i worked so hard and managed to survive 2 months without ps3 or internet all those 2 months ive been studing in the end i got 55% and a C my mom didnt like it but atleast it made me pass and ididnt like it coz i know i deserve better but then my dad goes to register me at school but the principal doesnt want to sign which makes my dad angry and now he is saying to my mom that its better if he just sits at home causing no trouble and instead of wasting all money and basically now everyone is against me :'( all i did was got 1 suspension letter from school because my friend broke my medicine bottle and i fought with him then i got a suspension :( and now im stuck :( my mom wants to go to talk to the principal and see but now everyone is angry from me and laughs when they see me :'(

Definitely.

[QUOTE="adv_tr00per"]

God doesn't "pick" on you, he tests you.

RearNakedChoke

Why does someone who already knows everything need to test you?

"Test" might not be the correct word, he's rather molding you into a better person through perservereing through challenges and difficulties.

In other words, he's making you stronger by making you work harder. :roll:

I feel like that all the time