Admitting You're a Sinner

[LadyForCamus]

Because you believe that it is true, and I’d like to know what your reasons are.  I mean...you are a Christian, here, on an atheist forum.  I think it’s a pretty reasonable question, don’t you?

That's a fair request.

I can't remember the exact sequence of events in my life, but at age 4 I was introduced to whom I understood was God, through nature, without the influence of people or church. I was born into a situation of considerable suffering, to say the least, and this experience would prove to be my sanity and assurance throughout life. It was as if I came out of the dark into the light, from fear, pain and confusion to color, love and protection.
I began to read the Bible around that age, by my own choice and interest. So I don't really know what it is like to be seeking evidence, seeing that the natural world was clearly an example of power, integrity and intelligence.

The evidence for the Bible is what God is to me personally. The kindness and passionate interest in my spiritual welfare, temporal needs and future.

So, you started with a belief in god first, and then when you discovered the Bible, you felt that it fit nicely with the belief you already had.  Do you think if you had found a Koran, you would have become a Muslim instead?  If your reason for believing the Bible is true is because first you believed in god, and then you read a book that affirmed your beliefs, isn’t that simply confirmation bias?  Couldn’t I say that I always believed in Wizards, and then I discovered Harry Potter, therefore Harry Potter is true?  Would that be a rational reason for me to believe in the Harry Potter story?  What reason is there for someone like me, who’s never had a personal revelation the way you did, to believe a word of the Bible?