(May 11, 2018 at 1:46 pm)Hammy Wrote: The following questions apply to both ex-atheists and theists who have always believed since they were a small child (and everything in-between of course). Here come the questions:
If you stopped believing in God, and no longer considered the existence of God at all likely or probable in any way,
(1) How do you think you would react emotionally?
and
( 2) How do you think it would impact and change your life overall?
Thanks in advance.
Well I think you would know this even if I did not post it Hammy, I've said with all conviction I will never change what I know.
You started out your question with that huge two letter word "if." That is a statement to speculation and many times here I've said I do not believe in this type of speculation because it can hold no truth, it is guess work at best because no one can know the future. So the answer to both questions is this, how/why would you believe I could give up what I know is certain, it would be impossible to not consider God after having an undeniable relationship with Him, so how is it I could stop believing, it would be like trying to deny the existence of my mother and father just can't be done. I'm a Christian now, will be tomorrow and forever more. I can not speculate on what I know as the truth, for me it would be the same as betrayal and I'm not going to suffer through what Peter did, that is exactly why Peter's denial was put into the Bible, it's a warning of deep regret that could consume us.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
