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Atheists who have converted to theism?
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RE: Atheists who have converted to theism?
(January 3, 2016 at 10:55 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Two different questions.

What convinced me of God's existence after a brief week of Atheism?

What motivated me back to God's existence and acknowledgment of her link to me?

The motivations was the following:


First my belief that without God, it was not rational to be warranted and justified in believing in morality, value, praise, free-will, perpetual identity, inheritance of good actions, etc....since I doubted those things as much as I doubted God, or believed they probably were delusional as God as delusional...I was in crisis...I had to figure out the truth and know for certain. 

That is motivation though. None of that proves God exists. The other motivation was that I couldn't handle the thought that creatures insects, animals, humans, all die and become nothing. And at the end, for all I know, life itself may very well end forever (ie. no life in the future).

Another motivation I had was that such a being existing would be most worthwhile existence. I am glad for it to exist were to exist, and wanted to know if it did, for it is a cause of serenity and peace, if I were to know it does.

These things motivated me to be true to myself. I had to know not simply just convince myself God exists. The journey back to God was not long after that and grew stronger then before.  It was within few years that the identity of God became that of a religious flavor as opposed a deistic flavor. 

This was through long reflection over issue, arguments and counter arguments, and the end, what became more obvious to me (that God is a Guiding Lord, and there enlightened people who have certainty in vision of God, his signs, and the lights of his commands, and that God would manifest some of the people to be followed for humanity to gain vision in truth).
I don't follow, so you stopped believing in god for a week and you started to feel like morality, values, etc. can't exist without god? That means you never actually let go of your belief in god if you feel like morality can't exists without god.
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Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 3, 2016 at 9:45 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Chad32 - January 3, 2016 at 9:57 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by rexbeccarox - January 3, 2016 at 10:43 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by MysticKnight - January 3, 2016 at 10:55 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 3, 2016 at 11:46 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by MysticKnight - January 3, 2016 at 12:00 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Whateverist - January 3, 2016 at 12:25 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by MysticKnight - January 3, 2016 at 12:31 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Whateverist - January 3, 2016 at 12:50 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Nay_Sayer - January 3, 2016 at 5:23 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Red_Wind - January 4, 2016 at 8:29 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 5, 2016 at 10:37 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by MysticKnight - January 5, 2016 at 10:51 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 5, 2016 at 11:12 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by MysticKnight - January 5, 2016 at 11:19 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by MysticKnight - January 5, 2016 at 11:52 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by brewer - January 3, 2016 at 11:53 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 3, 2016 at 12:45 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 3, 2016 at 5:36 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Angrboda - January 3, 2016 at 5:17 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Crossless1 - January 3, 2016 at 5:22 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 4, 2016 at 9:35 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Whateverist - January 4, 2016 at 10:24 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 4, 2016 at 10:53 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Whateverist - January 4, 2016 at 10:38 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Grandizer - January 4, 2016 at 10:50 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 4, 2016 at 11:20 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 4, 2016 at 1:23 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 4, 2016 at 11:13 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 5, 2016 at 9:17 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 5, 2016 at 1:08 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 5, 2016 at 2:37 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 5, 2016 at 2:46 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Pizza - January 5, 2016 at 10:07 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 5, 2016 at 3:57 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 5, 2016 at 10:21 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 5, 2016 at 10:42 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 6, 2016 at 9:20 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 6, 2016 at 10:22 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 6, 2016 at 1:01 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 6, 2016 at 7:42 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Grandizer - January 6, 2016 at 12:55 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 6, 2016 at 12:49 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 5, 2016 at 3:05 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 5, 2016 at 4:01 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Jehanne - January 5, 2016 at 7:13 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 5, 2016 at 4:03 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 5, 2016 at 4:07 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by henryp - January 5, 2016 at 4:27 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 5, 2016 at 9:25 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Minimalist - January 5, 2016 at 9:33 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by The Valkyrie - January 5, 2016 at 10:46 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 5, 2016 at 10:47 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by The Valkyrie - January 5, 2016 at 10:49 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by *Deidre* - January 5, 2016 at 10:54 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 6, 2016 at 12:50 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 6, 2016 at 6:34 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 6, 2016 at 2:11 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 6, 2016 at 6:51 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 6, 2016 at 8:00 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 7, 2016 at 6:34 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by henryp - January 8, 2016 at 10:43 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 8, 2016 at 10:55 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by henryp - January 9, 2016 at 1:30 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 9, 2016 at 12:10 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by henryp - January 9, 2016 at 12:30 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by Mr.wizard - January 9, 2016 at 12:45 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by henryp - January 9, 2016 at 12:57 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 6, 2016 at 8:44 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 6, 2016 at 10:47 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 6, 2016 at 1:04 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 7, 2016 at 6:48 am
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by henryp - January 9, 2016 at 1:12 pm
RE: Atheists who have converted to theism? - by robvalue - January 11, 2016 at 1:26 am

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