RE: I have converted to Christianity
May 14, 2012 at 10:29 am
(This post was last modified: May 14, 2012 at 10:31 am by Logic.)
It is extremely difficult to explain my experiences in the limits of language, but I will endeavour to do so.
Over the past month or so, I have encountered a number of experiences that I attribute to God, so yes I believe that I have encountered God. The experiences are primarily based on emotion. Rather than being an experience of extreme mystical euphoria, which is how most seem to describe it, it was more of a gentle sense of emotional wisdom and having a profound feeling of what is "right". The fact that it feels true, right and profound is important to me. This could obviously be explained by neuroscience as a neural biochemical reaction within the monoamine system in my brain. There have also been instances of synchronicity, which could be explained in a mathematical/probabilistic sense. I have learned to accept what I truly believe deep down, instead of suppressing my beliefs.
Another interesting question: I define Christianity as an extremely complex system of beliefs. To sum it up into a simple sentence, the central messages that I see in Christianity are based on being "good", moralistic, forgiving and loving.
Over the past month or so, I have encountered a number of experiences that I attribute to God, so yes I believe that I have encountered God. The experiences are primarily based on emotion. Rather than being an experience of extreme mystical euphoria, which is how most seem to describe it, it was more of a gentle sense of emotional wisdom and having a profound feeling of what is "right". The fact that it feels true, right and profound is important to me. This could obviously be explained by neuroscience as a neural biochemical reaction within the monoamine system in my brain. There have also been instances of synchronicity, which could be explained in a mathematical/probabilistic sense. I have learned to accept what I truly believe deep down, instead of suppressing my beliefs.
Another interesting question: I define Christianity as an extremely complex system of beliefs. To sum it up into a simple sentence, the central messages that I see in Christianity are based on being "good", moralistic, forgiving and loving.
