From atheism to Christianity? How so?

[agapelove]

Out of curiosity (I won't try to deconvert you, promise ), what sort of supernatural experiences? And what religions did you explore prior to xtianity and why were you looking for a Messiah (you said you became convinced that "Jesus is the Messiah"), many religions do not hint at a messiah.

Thanks Pineapplebunnybounce. The experiences were mostly of the same character, which was that at different times I started to feel an overwhelming sense of unconditional love all around me; from nature, from people, from situations. A beautiful current of pure love that went to the core of my being. I didn't correlate it to the Almighty at first, but it opened my eyes to the idea there is a spiritual reality. That led me to investigate the various religions and philosophies and led me into the new age.

I was not initially looking for a Messiah but in my new age wanderings I started to believe that there were people who had achieved spiritual enlightenment, and Jesus was one of those people. I began to see all of the problems happening in human history as ignorance to the spiritual reality, and so there was a need for a great teacher to illuminate the world about the spiritual principles behind reality. Eventually this coalesced into the understanding, under Christianity, that the problem was not ignorance but sin, and that we need a Savior to deliver us from sin.