If you were ever a theist...

[robvalue]

Hi Catholic Lady, well...I had an experience of faith a few months ago, something I'd consider was the Holy Spirit. I know that to many here (and I'd have thought this at one time too) that it could have been a coincidence, but even if I apply Occam's Razor to it, I believe it was spiritual as to what happened. So, I came back.

Such experiences kept me in Hinduism for years. Even after having officially crossed the line into atheism, I was still very vulnerable to the emotional component of such experiences. Thanks to some words of robvalue, I've become inured against those emotions. It's clear to me now how there is the standard apophenia that we all experience, seeing things that seem to defy our expectations of chance, and the tendency to invest such things with emotional value. The two can be separated, and in my case, they now are. The coincidences and experiences are no longer emotionally laden bombs, waiting to draw me back.

I'm really happy my words have helped you win the battle

You've done so well to fight through, it sounds like a really tough journey you had.