@the_great_she_elephant wrote:
Even though She-ele, you may call yourself an athiest, from your posts you seem to me like someone who wants to believe but because of the "hair splitting" elements to all the seperate Christian cults you've become disenfranchised with the Christian faith as a whole. Which kinda makes me sad. Life imo is better lived with Jesus in your heart, mind and soul
No it's more basic than that. I simply do not believe there is a God - other than in the sense I explained in my earlier post. I am quite comfortable with that, it hasn't destroyed my appreciation of this wonderful world I live in or my satisfaction that against incalculable odds I actually came into existence and am here to enjoy it.
Having said that, however, I do accept that this is my personal conviction and that there does exist a possibility that one day I may be proved wrong. This is where I differ from so many believers from so many religions who just know (based on very flimsy evidence, or sometimes no evidence at all)- that they have the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth and everybody else is wrong.
The reason you don't believe in God is perhaps because nothing supernatural has ever happened to you or maybe it has and you haven't noticed. I have so I know we are eternal beings our bodies are only for this earth but our souls never die. Once the physical body passes away the person is very much alive as a spirit. It is also possible to leave your body whilst alive and return to it. I know it has happened to me.
A woman my parents knew for over 50 years used to go to Church every Sunday and this lady was also a volunteer at the parish and dedicated her life to helping the unfortunate, homeless and anyone who went to her, she did whatever she could. You would think she was an angel if you knew her she cared for everyone more than she cared for herself. I used to wonder why she was always at Church it was like her second home.
This woman told me a story a few years ago in front of her husband that freaked me out she told me Jesus appeared in their bedroom and spoke to them for 30min and she was adamant about it talking with conviction. I asked her how do you know it was God and not someone who broke into your house? She said there was no doubt about it he had all the signs of the crucifixion on his wrists and his face glowed and he was dressed in a robe and he just appeared out of nowhere. Jesus thanked her for her devotion to the Church and spoke to her about heaven and whats there, they spoke about life and some other issues, she said he spoke just like any person would, he then vanished into the air just as fast as he arrived. Her husband verified the story and I could just tell her testimony was for real. This lady would never tell a lie she was very devout Christian.
