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Can you question religion without questioning God?
In this episode of Unfiltered & Unapologetic, I’m talking about how my relationship with faith has changed as I’ve gotten older—and why questioning some of the religious beliefs I grew up with has actually made me more intentional about my relationship with God.
I believe in God. I pray. I read the Bible. I meditate. I also believe in manifestation. And for me, those things don’t have to compete with each other.
We talk about the difference between inherited beliefs and personal faith, having questions about the Bible and religious teachings, manifestation and God, discernment, surrender, and learning to trust God when I don’t have all the answers.
I also share how my relationship with God has changed the way I deal with anxiety, stress, sadness, and uncertainty. Instead of feeling like I have to carry and control everything myself, I’m learning to give what I can’t control to God and trust Him with the rest.
In this episode, we talk about:
• Questioning religion without losing your faith
• Separating inherited beliefs from what you actually believe
• Building a personal relationship with God
• Having questions about the Bible and religious teachings
• God, manifestation, meditation, and spirituality
• The difference between manifestation and trying to control the outcome
• Discernment and trusting God's direction
• Surrendering anxiety, stress, sadness, and uncertainty to God
• How faith can help you let go of the need to control everything
• Allowing your relationship with God to grow and evolve
• Respecting that someone else’s faith may look completely different from yours
Questions to reflect on:
• What parts of your faith did you consciously choose, and what parts did you simply inherit?
• Are there things you've been afraid to question because you thought questioning them meant questioning God?
• If nobody else had an opinion about what your relationship with God was supposed to look like, what would it actually look like?
You don’t need to have an answer right now. Just sit with it.
You don’t have to have every answer to have faith.
Maybe questioning what you were taught doesn’t mean you’re moving away from God.
Maybe you’re becoming more intentional about your relationship with Him.
Resources Mentioned in This Episode
If you want to explore some of the books and teachers I mentioned in this episode:
• Neville Goddard — Writer and teacher known for his work on imagination, consciousness, assumptions, and manifestation.
• Florence Scovel Shinn — The Complete Works / 4 Books in 1 — A collection of her teachings on faith, affirmations, intuition, the power of words, manifestation, and trusting God.
• The Secret by Rhonda Byrne — A book and documentary centered around the Law of Attraction and the idea that our thoughts and beliefs can influence what we attract into our lives.
These are resources that have influenced some of the ideas I’ve explored around faith, manifestation, mindset, and spirituality. Mentioning them doesn’t mean I agree with every teaching or interpretation—they’re simply part of what has shaped my own questions and perspective.
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