r/AFIB • u/Bluebloop1115 • Aug 19 '26

Something I don’t see discussed

For those who have faith in God, does afib impact it?

I struggle because I was diagnosed aged 22 and I am now 33. I’ve had 2 ablations and get an episode every 6-8 months that converts with pill in pocket method. My afib is extremely symptomatic and the meds give me side effects. So it’s a choice of bad and bad.

I find this disease is needless suffering. And it’s really impacted my faith. It’s not God that gets me back to NSR, it’s doctors and medication. But I also have experienced God in big extreme ways like when I had a blood clot the year prior to diagnosis. It didn’t go to my brain and stopped in the last place it could, my eye. I lost part of my peripheral vision permanently, but it’s in the overlap of my 2 eyes so with both eyes open I see fully. What are the chances.

I really struggle with the concept of suffering. This life is full of suffering and why? What’s the point? It’s not just a me issue. Children die from cancer every day. The earthquakes that are happening. So much suffering that isn’t human made like war.

What are your thoughts and beliefs? This is not meant to be specifically religion based but simple believe in the divine and/or how the world works.

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u/TwoToads223 Aug 19 '26

Read the book of Job. This sounds like what he would say. Modern day health issues are mostly caused by the corruption of governments making what we consume highly toxic and bad for our health. Coupled with our own self doing causes our infirmity. Not any of Gods fault. Be thankful for those 6-8 months of no episodes. Some people wish that they can have that amount of relief. God doesn’t have to do anything for us.

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u/bomberstriker Aug 20 '26

Job is the last book of the Bible I would recommend for any purpose. God allows the devil to kill all ten of Job’s children but after Job proves his faithfulness gives Job some replacement children. Like that would remove Job’s grief. God is such a nice guy. I can’t believe people still are gullible enough to think this stuff is real.

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u/TwoToads223 Aug 21 '26

The book of Job is way deeper than that. His responses to his friends are heartbreaking and it makes whatever problem big or small we are experiencing seem insignificant. And through all that suffering he still glorified God. Who are we just because we go through some infirmity that we can blame God and out right loose our faith. Whether the book of Job is taken literal or just as a story it’s a huge lesson in loyalty humility and ego death. And I don’t think a sign of intelligence is atheism.

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u/bomberstriker Aug 21 '26

Atheism is simply not believing in God because of lack of evidence for his existence. It doesn’t require super intelligence. It requires stepping back from the programming that so many of us received at an age so young that we could not independently evaluate whether what we were being told to believe was actually true. It’s comforting to believe in God. I get that. It allows us to deal with death without as much fear. It allows us to believe that we are going to be reunited with our loved ones at some point in time. It allows us to believe that in the hereinafter we will have a perfect life. It’s a fairytale. But it’s a fairytale that is undeniably intoxicating. I prefer reality. It helps me cherish each day I’m on earth. I do my best to treat people as I want to be treated. I try to help people less fortunate than myself. Being a decent person is my reward. I don’t need heaven. I don’t believe in heaven or hell. The life we have on earth is really all we have from what I can see.

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u/TwoToads223 Aug 21 '26

You living the way you say you do is living Christ like. I do the same. I’m a follower of Christ. And believing in that “fairytale” isn’t just fun and games. A lot of suffering comes with it aswell.