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Do you recommend a book to start believing in God?

>> No.11624608

The Bible

>> No.11624609

Harry Potter.

>> No.11624612

>>11624605

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

>> No.11624614

>>11624605
don't bother
he doesn't exist and there's more than enough proof of his inefficacy
anyone who argues for him is delusional

>> No.11624693

>>11624614
praying 4 u anon

>> No.11624824

In order to believe you must surely first educate yourself on topics such as: the evil on this planet and how the elite is praying to satan, sacrificing children and taking part in rituals. When you see how they manipulate and use humans, you will surely undestand that there is real evil. And once you get that maybe GOD will bless you.
Reading a book won't help, you must see the reality.

>> No.11624834

>>11624824
based schizoposter

>> No.11624842

>>11624614
>proof of his inefficacy
>his
maybe he's real and just doesn't give a shit

>> No.11625901

Why do you want to believe in a god made by a reform of the judaism created 2000 years ago in the Roman province of Iudae ? I don't understand.

>> No.11626610

>>11624614
she*

>>11624824
fuck off Alex

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>>11624605

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>>11624605
Anything by pic related.

>> No.11627171

>>11624605
Confessions by St. Augustine

>> No.11627183

>>11624605
Kierkegaard
Pascal
The Church Fathers

>> No.11627197

>>11624605
If you're coming from a complete blank slate, I guess I'd think about starting with CS Lewis' various Christian apologia.

Otherwise (or after), >>11627166 and >>11627171 and >>11627183 are good.

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Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche

>> No.11628119

Timaeus

Enneads

Valentinus (fragments)

Jakob Boehme

>> No.11628196
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>>11624605
dostoevsky, specifically the brothers karamazov

>> No.11628210

>>11624605
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis.

>> No.11628222

>>11627183
Where do I start with Pascal?

>> No.11628259

>>11624605
Your heart.

>> No.11628309
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11628309

Orthodox Study Bible $34
https://www.amazon.com/Orthodox-Study-Bible-Hardcover-Christianity/dp/0718003594/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1534381720&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=orthodox+study+bible&dpPl=1&dpID=51Q%2BZMVMhpL&ref=plSrch

On the Incarnation by Saint Athanasius $8
https://www.amazon.com/Incarnation-Athanasius-Alexandria/dp/1537586319/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1534381771&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=on+the+incarnation+saint+athanasius&dpPl=1&dpID=51BMwPjGqbL&ref=plSrch

An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith $6
https://www.amazon.com/Exact-Exposition-Orthodox-Faith/dp/1497573092/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1534381831&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=an+exact+exposition+of+the+orthodox+faith&dpPl=1&dpID=51qcVzjgjyL&ref=plSrch

>> No.11628327

>>11628309
>hate the sin not the sinner
Enough of this idiocy please.

>> No.11628352

>>11628327
Not that guy but sin is literally understood as a disease of the soul in Orthodox theology, so yeah, you hate the sin and not the sinner.

>> No.11628369

>>11628352
Disease implies lack of free will.

>> No.11628378

>>11624605
It's better not to believe in any god because the punishment for worshiping a false god is usually far greater than worshiping no god at all.

>> No.11628427

>>11624605
Catholic revert here.
On Guard by William Lane Craig got me back to the faith. It's basically a simplified version of his other book Reasonable Faith.
From there I moved to C.S Lewis, then once you've got those down, you should start with the New Testament if you hadn't already. Before reading scripture, I felt like my faith was only logical and not spitirual/emotional at all. That was fixed with scripture and praying.
>>11625901
>"maybe if I attack the source of his idea, it'll undermine the validity of any claim he makes"
What has /lit/ become?

>> No.11628429

>>11628369
Living a pious life and participating in the Holy Mysteries of the Church one works in accordance to God's Grace and because of Christ redemption one is able to finally cure the disease by the means of theosis.

>> No.11628447

>>11624605
The Quran.

>> No.11628457

>>11624605
confessions st augustine
or
shorter summa st thomas aquinas

both are short

>> No.11628460

>>11628447
I just noticed that Torah, Bible and Quran have the same number of letters.