Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[Immersiveunreality]

Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

Immersiveunreality said:

Also had catechism as a child but we did not really have a choice.

I find it curious you decided to go to church to try to clear your mind after being so sceptical about it,do you live in a community with a lot of churchgoers that may have influenced you to do that or was this decision solely your own ?

I'm catholic because of my parents, but they never forced me into it. When I was a kid, I enjoyed going to church and catechism with my friends and family. When I entered my early adult years, I stopped caring about religion. I didn't became atheist or anything, I just stopped it.

However, when I found out that I had mental illness, my mom suggested me to start going to church again (and of course, taking my medicine too). I accepted, and to my surprise, the Catholic Mass was quite relaxing, and helped me to calm down. I even talked to the priest about my problems, and he suggested me to trust my psychiatrist. I guess you find some sort of confort believing in God.

To answer your question, I have some very religious friends, but they are from other religions. One of them, when I was ill, asked me to go with him to his church. I went, but... Somehow, I didn't feel good there. Also, his mom was clearly trying to get me out of catholicism, so it was kind of a weird situation.

Oh alright so you were never really seperated from that religion but you only had a looser bond with it for a while and that made you more able to feel closely connected to it again when you needed peace of mind.

How did you found out you had mental illness and why did you not notice that at first stead,were you unaware of being depressed for a while or did this involve influence from others?