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Is beign jaded really a bad thing?
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Jaded... about what...?
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"Jaded" and "cynical" are such overused words. Most people who describe themselves as jaded or cynical really aren't... they're just pissed off at the world or some particular part of it.
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I would assume being jaded is a bad thing, then again, I am pretty jaded and cynical from time to time.
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Originally Posted by corporate Is beign jaded really a bad thing?
Although honored that you value the opinions to be expressed in the forums, I believe that taking this issue up to God and listening to what he says will be much more beneficial.
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Originally Posted by In My Mind Although honored that you value the opinions to be expressed in the forums, I believe that taking this issue up to God and listening to what he says will be much more beneficial. One of the issues I've experienced with people who are jaded/cynical (not to mention being so myself from time to time) is that it's very hard to approach God. How do you pray to a God you can't see when nothing thrills you, you only see the disadvantages to everthing?
I think that this is actually where the coming together of believers is most beneficial. If you get enough people in a setting where they are all able to speak openly, honestly and kindly to each other, someone's bound to be happy, or perhaps even cheerful by nature. And that kind of thing is infectious. It's not the cure, of course, but it helps get you closer to the cure.
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Originally Posted by In My Mind Although honored that you value the opinions to be expressed in the forums, I believe that taking this issue up to God and listening to what he says will be much more beneficial.
God does not generally reveal specifically to people what is already revealed in his word.
Why is being jaded bad?
Simply put, one of the things Christ does in our life is take away our heart of stone, and replace it with a heart of flesh. Jaded, comes from the beautiful, but extroardinarily tough stone that bears this name. Being jaded is essentially having a heart of stone as scripture would put it, and that is not a good thing.
Also, its generally a bad idea to tell someone to ask God as if he will answer apart from his word. It is far better to search his word, and if it is not contained therein to ask for wisdom.
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Originally Posted by corporate Is beign jaded really a bad thing? Cynicism demonstrates a lack of trust in the existence of authenticity. In other words, it says that you don't believe that anything out there is genuine, or at least not worth relating to. In Christ, however, we have a world entirely worth interacting with, and a Redeemer to free us from our pride and fear so that we can be vulnerable and get genuinely involved in and related to this world.
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It also demonstrates a lack of hope. It is easy to become cynical when our eyes are on the sinfulness of those around us, not to mention our own. That just means that our eyes are not fixed on Him.

Psalm 71:13-15
May my accusers perish in shame;
may those who want to harm me
be covered with scorn and disgrace.
But as for me, I will always have hope;
I will praise you more and more.
My mouth will tell of your righteousness,
of your salvation all day long,
though I know not its measure.
Lamentations 3:19-40
I remember my affliction and my wandering,
the bitterness and the gall.
I well remember them,
and my soul is downcast within me.
Yet this I call to mind
and therefore I have hope:
Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
I say to myself, "The LORD is my portion;
therefore I will wait for him."
The LORD is good to those whose hope is in him,
to the one who seeks him;
it is good to wait quietly
for the salvation of the LORD.
It is good for a man to bear the yoke
while he is young.
Let him sit alone in silence,
for the LORD has laid it on him.
Let him bury his face in the dust—
there may yet be hope.
Let him offer his cheek to one who would strike him,
and let him be filled with disgrace.
For men are not cast off
by the Lord forever.
Though he brings grief, he will show compassion,
so great is his unfailing love.
For he does not willingly bring affliction
or grief to the children of men.
To crush underfoot
all prisoners in the land,
to deny a man his rights
before the Most High,
to deprive a man of justice—
would not the Lord see such things?
Who can speak and have it happen
if the Lord has not decreed it?
Is it not from the mouth of the Most High
that both calamities and good things come?
Why should any living man complain
when punished for his sins?
Let us examine our ways and test them,
and let us return to the LORD.