Do I Believe In God?
(Opinion)
Naysha Jimenez
I
want to point out first
that I really have no
idea what the right an-
swer for this question is
and also I have no idea
why people are always asking
about it. “Naysha, do you be-
lieve in God?” I always take
a few seconds to answer this,
and 100% of the time I say,
“Yes, I do believe in God.”
Next to this answer always
comes a question for myself,
“Do I believe in God?” Say-
ing “yes” aloud sounds right.
The thing is that my mind is
not convinced about it but my
heart, my conscience and the
people around me agree with
this practical, common, and
apparently correct answer.
How am I supposed to know if
there is something that exists
somewhere? As my teacher al-
ways says, “It’s complicated.”
I have the liberty to ask my-
self these difficult questions,
but at the same time I don’t: I
have these powerful questions
solely for myself but I feel and
know that when I’ll say them
aloud most of the people are
going to judge me.
This society has an enormous
problem: there are social fol-
lowers. These people do,
think, and say everything that
looks “right” for the society.
This makes me want to suggest
a hypothesis: most of people
who say they “believe” in God
just say that because they are
social followers. Thus, now I
want to ask a question for all
these people: “Does this really
mean that you believe, or that
you are a social follower?”
At the same time, I’m scared!
I’m scared about “The Final
Day,” the Day of Judgment
because I can be doing things
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that maybe are wrong, and I’ll
go to a “bad” place. People are
constantly saying, “The end
days are coming soon; Jesus is
coming.” Does this day really
exist? Is the Final Day real, or
is it just a myth? I’m scared!
I’m scared about doing every-
thing right according to the
Bible, and then NOTHING of
this occurs. What happens if
I don’t do what I really want
because it’s “wrong” just for
nothing?
I grew up around people who
say they “believe” in God. I
can say that some of those peo-
ple are hypocrites. If you say
that you really believe in God,
just follow Him. Do your best
according to His instructions
in the Bible. But if you are
saying that you are a follower
of God that you believe in God
but you are doing whatever
you want, you are a hypocrite.