# Something I haven't done in a while **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [April 24, 2005, 9:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898 "2005-04-24T21:33:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/21 "2005-04-25T08:08:08Z")
> [@Be\_Rad](#): > > I’ve never been this bad about it before but ever since I graduated high school and started working I just havent made any attempts to go on a regular basis. Like, I only ever go on religious holidays like christmas and easter and new years but I suddenly have this need to go to church. :hs: Does anyone else who never goes ever think about it sometimes? i feel ya. i skipped out for about 6 years straight and started up again last year. feels good when you choose to go and you’re not forced. ---
**Author:** ![bobby311](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bobby311/32/5971_2.png) [@bobby311](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bobby311)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/22 "2005-04-25T08:20:13Z")
> [@whitey](#): > > i think it just comes with being at this age. I know for me, I am in a job that i kinda like, i am not living where i want to be living, i want to go to grad school but have no money to go, i have bills that are stacked up like no other, i spend money when i shouldn’t leaving me with little money. > > It seems like right now I am just kinda going through the motions, paying my bills and making money at work. Hopefully in another year I will be better financially set to make a big move and get my career/education into gear. job that i kinda like - check not living where i want to be - check ---
**Author:** ![fshowcars](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fshowcars/32/5937_2.png) [@fshowcars](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fshowcars)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/23 "2005-04-25T08:25:47Z")
job i like - check moving to house i want to live in this weekend / next week - check hating on schooling - check hating on not having time to build my car - check ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/24 "2005-04-25T08:28:33Z")
If you feel the need to goto church, then go. I don’t quite understand the reasoning behind it, as you can just look deep into yourself for the answers you want and don’t have to rely on someone telling you what you should think. If you think you are stuck, have no future, hate your job, or anything else the answer is not to go pray for it to change, but to go out and change it yourself. believing in god was opposite for me, I felt stuck when I believed. Now that I know there is nothing out there deciding my future, I can do the things I need to do to help me get by, and not base my decisions on the beliefs of other people who got theirs from a 2000 year old story. my $.02 ---
**Author:** ![deadeyehatch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@deadeyehatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deadeyehatch)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 9:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/25 "2005-04-25T09:18:20Z")
> [@rookee](#): > > feels good when you choose to go and you’re not forced. x2 ---
**Author:** ![EcoThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EcoThunder](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EcoThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 9:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/26 "2005-04-25T09:32:16Z")
I think It’s great that you feel the need to go. What denomination are you? ---
**Author:** ![ShalerPunk](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shalerpunk/32/5976_2.png) [@ShalerPunk](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ShalerPunk)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/27 "2005-04-25T10:01:34Z")
my interpretation? you’re looking for structure and consistent commitment involving an authoritarian figure. but that’s just my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![mp3ray](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mp3ray/32/5994_2.png) [@mp3ray](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/mp3ray)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 11:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/28 "2005-04-25T11:24:20Z")
I went every Sunday my entire life, then a somewhat crises of faith came up, now I am going again and it’s been pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![rookee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rookee/32/5972_2.png) [@rookee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rookee)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 11:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/29 "2005-04-25T11:59:23Z")
> [@ShalerPunk](#): > > my interpretation? you’re looking for structure and consistent commitment involving an authoritarian figure. but that’s just my opinion. yeah church and military skool illicit the same feelings in me too :blue: ---
**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/30 "2005-04-25T12:15:37Z")
I went to church one time only. I was on vacation with my friend’s family who is very Christian. Out of respect I went to their service with them (they even attended a church out of state while on vacation… thats how intense they are). Anyways, its definitely not for me. I choose to beleive in other things. Namely things that are real. I think alot of people who go are looking for faith in general. To have true faith in something is a good feeling. But that also brings to mind something a friend of mine told me… if you want something to have faith in, have faith in yourself. ---
**Author:** ![OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/olds_rocketman/32/5942_2.png) [@OLDS\_ROCKETMAN](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OLDS_ROCKETMAN)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/31 "2005-04-25T12:15:40Z")
> [@Be\_Rad](#): > > Does anyone else who never goes ever think about it sometimes? i get like that from time to time. ---
**Author:** ![EcoThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EcoThunder](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EcoThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/32 "2005-04-25T12:24:14Z")
I think we all go through times where our faith is tested, and we fall away. Its funny though, because in most cases the things that bring us back to God are usually much larger and more impactful than the things that let us slip away. I used to be a sunday school teacher, and a youth Leader, and then i let it go for a while. I’m going to college this fall to be a Youth Pastor. Its time for me to make a change in my life…no more dead-end jobs and worrying about what my life is all about. We all have a place and purpose, and mine happens to be helping others, especially our youth. It’s not about money for me anymore…its about purpose ---
**Author:** ![oneslowbowtie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@oneslowbowtie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oneslowbowtie)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/33 "2005-04-25T12:26:25Z")
> [@EcoThunder](#): > > I think we all go through times where our faith is tested, and we fall away. Its funny though, because in most cases the things that bring us back to God are usually much larger and more impactful than the things that let us slip away. I used to be a sunday school teacher, and a youth Leader, and then i let it go for a while. I’m going to college this fall to be a Youth Pastor. Its time for me to make a change in my life…no more dead-end jobs and worrying about what my life is all about. We all have a place and purpose, and mine happens to be helping others, especially our youth. It’s not about money for me anymore…its about purpose good luck with that ---
**Author:** ![EcoThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EcoThunder](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EcoThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/34 "2005-04-25T12:38:24Z")
Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/35 "2005-04-25T12:40:58Z")
> [@oneslowbowtie](#): > > good luck with that I’m picking up a hit of sarcasim? :dunno: ---
**Author:** ![oneslowbowtie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@oneslowbowtie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/oneslowbowtie)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/36 "2005-04-25T12:41:46Z")
> [@Sight N Sound](#): > > I’m picking up a hit of sarcasim? :dunno: nope its genuine…really ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/37 "2005-04-25T12:44:28Z")
> [@oneslowbowtie](#): > > nope its genuine…really oh ok cool…lol ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/38 "2005-04-25T12:46:36Z")
> [@EcoThunder](#): > > I think we all go through times where our faith is tested, and we fall away. Its funny though, because in most cases the things that bring us back to God are usually much larger and more impactful than the things that let us slip away. I used to be a sunday school teacher, and a youth Leader, and then i let it go for a while. I’m going to college this fall to be a Youth Pastor. Its time for me to make a change in my life…no more dead-end jobs and worrying about what my life is all about. We all have a place and purpose, and mine happens to be helping others, especially our youth. It’s not about money for me anymore…its about purpose you can have purpose and help people and be completly devoid of religion. I had an athiest-Jew shrink when I was in high school. We got to talking about religion and he said something to me that really hit home: Who is a better man, a man who does good deeds and lives a good life because he belives in god and wants the prize for doing so, or the athiest who lives a good life and does good deeds simply because he thinks its the right thing to do. ---
**Author:** ![EcoThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@EcoThunder](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/EcoThunder)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/39 "2005-04-25T12:57:30Z")
I have friends who dont believe in God and are great people, they are always helping others. My post wasnt a strike against anyone, it was about my personal beliefs and the things that Im doing in my life. Sorry if I offended you ---
**Author:** ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2005, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898/40 "2005-04-25T13:04:51Z")
> [@EcoThunder](#): > > I have friends who dont believe in God and are great people, they are always helping others. My post wasnt a strike against anyone, it was about my personal beliefs and the things that Im doing in my life. Sorry if I offended you you couldnt offend me if you tried… 😉 I was just saying that as food for thought. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/something-i-havent-done-in-a-while/173898.md?page=1)