On the subject of Hell and Salvation

[MilesAbbott81]

So your position is that you could be wrong and you can't be wrong. Faux humility.

To be clear, I'm talking about my personal faith here, not God's existence, which I've addressed prior to this post. And I didn't say I can't be wrong. Simply because the Lord has given me confirmations that I'm not wrong doesn't exclude the possibility that I am, it merely means He has provided me with confirmations that have strengthened my faith in Him. There is a difference.

False. A moments consideration would tell you why.

Vague answers aren't very helpful. I said "most" people are still searching for God, not that "all" are. If you're an atheist, then I suppose it's probable that your search has ended, at least for the time being. But I think many atheists are still searching, even if they pretend otherwise. I could be wrong, but it seems odd to me that places such as this exist. Why are you and others so interested in discussing the non-existence of God? What is your aim? To make yourselves feel better? To save others from what exactly, the comfort that believing in something beyond this horrible world provides? Not exactly a noble pursuit, if so.

Maybe you have decent reasons, or at least reasons you believe to be decent, but I know that everyone puts on a front at some point in their life, and that atheism is never justified.

I don't think you can support that claim in any way.

Perhaps not according to your standards, but I'm not here to operate by those.

Suuuuuuure.

(You said this in response to my claiming not to boast of knowing the Lord)

Maybe you're right; maybe I do mean to boast. The Scriptures say this is the only kind of boasting allowed: "Therefore, as it is written: 'Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.'" (1 Corinthians 1:31)

If I boast, it's not in or of myself. Everything I have God has given me, which speaks not of my righteousness or worthiness, only of His greatness for giving something of value to a worthless creature such as myself.

If I come off as proud, you're mistaken. It's simply confidence in the Lord and what He has given me.

Oh yes they bloody well can.

How so? If someone has no faith, but they're still searching, how can you possibly compare them to someone who has found faith and is no longer searching? One is no better than the other; they only happen to be in different positions.

You are not acknowledging anything other that your own certainty that you are correct.

So what? Would you consider the words of someone who claimed to be uncertain more seriously? Am I supposed to pretend to be uncertain in order to get your attention?

Ah you have swallowed that BS christian line.

God has NOT made his existence crystal clear to me, you or anyone. That would obviate faith completely.

Being an atheist takes no faith at all. As an atheist, I do not believe in any god/s of any sort. That is my claim. As evidence, I present me. I believe in no gods at all.

There you go. Affirmative claim made. Absolute evidence provided.

Are you going to wheel out the presuppositionalist crap yet?

Perhaps it's my fault for not being clearer here, but I think my previous posts addressed this fairly adequately. I don't consider the existence of God to have anything to do with faith. His existence is perfectly logical to anyone who has given it due consideration. If you've given it due consideration and are still unable to come to the same conclusion, then He has blinded you.

When I speak of faith, I speak of my faith in Who God is, that He is Yahweh, the Lord Jesus Christ.