RE: Why are you (still) a Christian?
September 20, 2023 at 4:18 pm
(This post was last modified: September 20, 2023 at 4:24 pm by FrustratedFool.)
I'm an ex-Christian. My prayers weren't answered when I was a Christian. I never saw any of the promised miracles, healings, angels, prophecies, signs, wonders, visions, etc when I was a Christian. I never saw anyone else have them either. That failed set of promises was part of why I lost the faith.
I guess I'm interested to see if some Christians really recueved what was promised, or if they just over-interpreted normal life to not have to deal with the issue of God's silence.
I don't really have a sinister ulterior motive. I am biased, and skeptical, and I dislike religion, but I think I'm upfront with all that.
I expect a part of me wants Christians experiences and evidence to turn out to be weak and feeble so as to better justify my apostasy to myself. I guess another part of me wants some truly outstanding, convincing evidence that God and the supernatural is real and give me hope that I too could have my prayers answered. Another part of me just wants to talk out of curiosity. Another part wants to mock out of bitterness. There's likely other more hidden motives in the mix too. But all of that is a given and normal, I think.
I guess I'm interested to see if some Christians really recueved what was promised, or if they just over-interpreted normal life to not have to deal with the issue of God's silence.
I don't really have a sinister ulterior motive. I am biased, and skeptical, and I dislike religion, but I think I'm upfront with all that.
I expect a part of me wants Christians experiences and evidence to turn out to be weak and feeble so as to better justify my apostasy to myself. I guess another part of me wants some truly outstanding, convincing evidence that God and the supernatural is real and give me hope that I too could have my prayers answered. Another part of me just wants to talk out of curiosity. Another part wants to mock out of bitterness. There's likely other more hidden motives in the mix too. But all of that is a given and normal, I think.
