/lit/ - Literature

>>17914325
Yeah, i get it. But you're expecting something like 'if God is real, send me a sign' and you look at the clock and it's 11:11, or you see a blue car. I'm talking about something much more profound than that. It's like an illness, but the opposite. You'll feel a foreign presence working within you, if you let it, and it will change you and prompt you to do things. Just try it and see.

>>17914332
Oh, 100%. The best way to know God is a combination of mental inquiry (through the philosophy and doctrine of the Church) and subjective, personal experience of Him. Robust inquiry cannot prove the existence of God and never will be able to, because that's not the point. All it can do is tenuously point to a higher power. But once you KNOW God, really have felt Him and experienced Him, it's unmistakable. The rest of your life will be defined by its relationship to your 'subjective' experiences of the divine. Like I say here:

>>17914369


Anyhow, I have to go now. Best of luck to everyone and God bless.

The Brothers Karamazov helped shape my faith

Steppenwolf helped lift me out of deep depression

Stoner helped me realise my vocation (at 23, a little late)

Diary of a Country Priest helped me come to terms with my own nature

I'm a big believer that all good books change or influence in some way no matter how small, but those are the big four for me that spring to mind

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