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converting back unto theism - yes it's true.
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RE: converting back unto theism - yes it's true.
(March 13, 2010 at 4:20 am)TruthWorthy Wrote: It's true, I'm going back. There's little reason to refuse this. I remember my bapticism, I remember it all. There's no way that would happen otherwise. Good luck guys, I wish you all the best in your pursuits.

You say that you are going back. If this is as a result of a vision or experience, which I accept was probably very real to you, then I suspect that you had never truly left in the first place.

From a psychological viewpoint I think that many atheists would attribute this kind of experience to something like an aftershock for all the years that you where a believer. The human brain is a very complex and wild place which throws up all sorts of images and feelings when you least expect it. As an example, the other night as I was getting to sleep, I was suddenly confronted with a virtual slide show consisting of countless clear and vivid memories from my teenage years. Very strange it was too but also rather comforting. What had caused these visions? I prefer to think that it was my mind trying to re-connect itself to younger and happier times (not that I'm unhappy) rather than any supernatural intervention attempting to give me a message.

Could your experience not be a similar phenomenon, especially if you had been struggling with the atheist worldview. It may simply have been a psychological reaction to some deep seated subconscious conundrums your mind had been mulling over. Do you not think that this, or some similar explanation is more likely than resorting to a religious answer and may be well worth exploring?
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RE: converting back unto theism - yes it's true. - by Darwinian - March 13, 2010 at 11:11 am

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