u/Financial-Stand-1960

I have been thinking about the existence of god and the Bible, but it seems that no one just wants to talk have a conversation if I even mention that I have started to guestion something, they just say to not worry about it that its normal and will go away.

How do we know that god exists, like is there anything other than the bible? How are isolated tribes or for example reindeer herders in Siberia getting saved, if they will never know Jesus? Did god choose to put babies to the Islamic families, so they get to only know Islam?

Im happy to get christians to answer, but I wont mind hearing other opinions too

What would you say to your son or anyone whos not motivated in life?

What would you say to your friend whos not motivated in school?

My Family is from Finnish and they belong to the Laestadian Lutherian Church, which is almost mainstream in the Northern Finland.

Basicly all of my family members, friends and relatives are all Laestadians.

I spent entire school year after middle school on a Christian college where we had morning devotion every day, evening devotion every wednesday and sunday and a Bible class every week. We lived on campus away from our homes for two week periods.

I started to guestion my faith on the summer holiday after the college year. It was the most miserable summer of my life, cause that was all I could think. I kinda had two voices in my head like the one voice that reminded that I didnt believe anymore and the other one that just desperately tried to cover the other voice.

It took months, but now it has been five month after I left.

My friends havent turned against me, but pretty much all of my relationships have cooled down, cause I dont share the same worldview, I dont take a part in the church services, I dont greet my friends in the same way, cause they say Gods peace, but I just say Hi or something like that.

I had a phace when I read books about atheism and philosophy and lets just say that it wasnt the smartest thing to do after leaving your old religion/ worldview, cause for example learning that you dont have free will takes effort to process.

I dont miss my old religion, but I miss my old life.

I dont have close friends, life feels pointless, I dont see any purpose in anything even to the point of wanting to give up.

I would be more than happy if someone shared similar experiences