Clizby WampusCat
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No. I am a atheist because I am not convinced God exists. I am still open to the idea because I am seeking truth. I want to know what is true and what is false. I did seek honestly for the two years it took to lose my faith. I believed but wanted good evidence for my belief. None came after two years. If God wanted me to know he existed why did He not do this during this time?All I have to go on is text, what you say here, but I don't know you. Since that is all I have to go on I may draw wrong conclusions, but all I can think is you were searching with your mind not your spirit. You have declared yourself an atheist so you are not a seeker, it is a hard position -and again we only have the text that you provide to go on.
Yes. To believe something without reason is unreasonable to believe."I then tried to find good reasons for my belief"
Do you understand that the spirit is not your mind?
It is the mind that wants reasons.
I did this for 16 years. Believing in something without good evidence is is a good way to believe false things. I can believe anything with this epistemology. Why do you choose to believe the God of the bible exists without reasonable evidence?And when you say you were a believer, again I don't know what you mean by it.
Was it a head knowledge belief? That never lasts. When all you have is head knowledge belief the mind is always looking for the next thing to confirm it. This is why the Israelite's following Mosses were constantly up and down. God would do a miracle and they would believe but some time later they would doubt until God did another miracle. When Moses went up the mountain they couldn't even hold onto their belief long enough for him to come back down and instead made themselves a golden calf idol.
When the Israelite's marched around Jericho they didn't do that because they thought it was a well reasoned plan. They did it because the leaders trusted God and they carried out what he told them to do even though it must have looked stupid. Nothing about what they did there looked sane or reasonable. Faith is putting all our trust in God even when it doesn't appear to be reasonable.
Well God had his chance, he still does. God has the ability to provide me the evidence I would need to believe. I can only conclude that he does not want me to know yet or that he does not exist."I was sincerely seeking and wanted God to exist."
And I am very sorry that you did not find God.
Yes evidence. I cannot believe God exists without good evidence, no one can. So this requirement is not just backwards but impossible for many to do. Belief is not a choice, we cannot choose what we believe. I can try all I might but how can i believe God exists by just trying? Choose to believe the moon is made of cheese. I bet you cannot do it.God says you must believe that he is first.
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Perhaps something was blocking your trust, again I don't know I can only guess.
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