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How to distinguish crisis faith from authentic belief

Since my cancer diagnosis I find myself talking to God in ways I never did when I was healthy, and I don't know if that's genuine faith or just desperation.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Mortality's proximity strips away spiritual pretense, making it difficult to discern between authentic religious awakening and the mind's desperate bargaining with the unknown.

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