I only thought it polite to (re)introduce myself to you good folks, seeing as it's been over two years since I've last posted here. I had thought about those members I had been friends with, during the last two years, and hoped you were well.
I must be honest and say that I left because I didn't want to lose my belief in God. Having discussed various topics about ID, creation, Christianity and evolution on the forum, I could 'see' how atheism was a possibility and I felt a 'bleakness' of life, that I hadn't felt before. I didn't want there to not be a God, and I still don't. I dug my head in the sand and went back to flirt with Christianity and try to really 'believe' in it properly. I got baptised, went to meetings regularly. Did a bit of street preaching one day (well it amounted to handing out a few leaflets!!) and yet the doubts remained. My dad became terminally ill not long after this, and in my greatest hour of need, God didn't seem to draw near at all. I've more or less given up trying to 'contact' God (or rather the God of the bible). I still believe in an Intelligent Designer (and evolution).
If there's one thing I learned on here, you can't be content and at peace with yourself if you place 'feelings' over 'facts'. I'm still prone to do this unfortunately.
I look forward to continuing my pursuit of truth with the help of this community. Sorry I chickend out for a while there.....
I must be honest and say that I left because I didn't want to lose my belief in God. Having discussed various topics about ID, creation, Christianity and evolution on the forum, I could 'see' how atheism was a possibility and I felt a 'bleakness' of life, that I hadn't felt before. I didn't want there to not be a God, and I still don't. I dug my head in the sand and went back to flirt with Christianity and try to really 'believe' in it properly. I got baptised, went to meetings regularly. Did a bit of street preaching one day (well it amounted to handing out a few leaflets!!) and yet the doubts remained. My dad became terminally ill not long after this, and in my greatest hour of need, God didn't seem to draw near at all. I've more or less given up trying to 'contact' God (or rather the God of the bible). I still believe in an Intelligent Designer (and evolution).
If there's one thing I learned on here, you can't be content and at peace with yourself if you place 'feelings' over 'facts'. I'm still prone to do this unfortunately.
I look forward to continuing my pursuit of truth with the help of this community. Sorry I chickend out for a while there.....
"The eternal mystery of the world is its comprehensibility"
Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
