/lit/ - Literature

>>14693979
I'm sick of sin.

>>14230779
Posts like this is why I come to this board, it’s the only real place left for intelligent discussion that isn’t circle jerky. But yes I have personally experienced the guiding hand of god and personally experienced falling from grace. It made me reevaluate my entire understanding of reality and realise that this is precisely what is meant by free will. So many atheists constantly decry god but the paradox is when god will actually help you, you will turn it down because you already have wandered too far. His omnipotence could force your cooperation but this would violate his benevolence aka be paradoxical.
Anyways I don’t want to give away details but essentially: very difficult period of my life, prayed for very specific things to happen, had every one of those (extremely unlikely things) happen exactly as I asked for them. Literally had these things go straight to my head and began to feel all powerful myself, did a lot of bad things (promiscuity, drugs, neglecting friends and family), literally lost everything in one year. The problem is inherent to man, when god grants you your wishes you will inevitably forget it was god helping you and think you are entitled to these gifts etc. Made me understand humility etc

>>14220721
>suicidal due to constant thoughts about what I’ve read

My body is clay, my spirit feels no pain. I fear no torment.

OP here, this is one of mine for comparison:

The growing of age,
Like the burning of sage,
Dispels our dreams,
And deepens the seams,

By all accounts and measure,
We buy little more from leisure,
Than the passing of the hour,
And the wilting of the flower,

Waste not your breath,
To speak of death,
Who by your side,
Walks stride for stride.

you all didn't tell me the that the Bible would depress me further
>2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
>3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
>4 One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.
>5 The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.
>6 The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits.
>7 All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
>8 All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing.
>9 The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
>10 Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
>11 There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after.