(September 5, 2009 at 11:52 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: Firstly Welcome.
Why be open to religions at all?
Can I suggest it might be better to see if non-religious means can fulfil your needs.
Personally I can't think of a single 'real' benefit from religion that wont have a secular alternative.
Edited for my stupidity
(September 5, 2009 at 11:57 am)Tiberius Wrote:(September 5, 2009 at 11:52 am)s.gal83 Wrote:Ok, so what are some of these miracles. In other words, why do you believe there is a God? What led to your belief, other than your upbringing?(September 5, 2009 at 11:43 am)Tiberius Wrote: Welcome to the forums.
Might as well ask, why do you think a god created this world, and why do you think it is immoral?
The belief in God who created this world was there even when I was a child. I was brought up in a taoist background, but my belief is always in a Most High Creator God. Therefore, when I learned about the christian concept of God, it matches with what I had always believed about God. As both a taoist, and later a christian, I had witnessed some of God's miracles.
I believe in a God because well, I just always do.
Then, when I was around 12 years old, I went to Canada as a tourist. However, I was sick and had asthma. So, I could not go with the rest of my family to visit a snow mountain there. I had to stay in my hotel. I was disappointed and talked to the unknown god about it. Well, right outside my hotel, it started to snow that day. I later learnt from my tour guide that it was not a snowing season that day.
When I was 18, I converted to christianity. I wanted to commit suicide one day. I wrote a letter to God, telling him that I want to die and asking him to forgive me for my crime of suicide. Just after I finish writing the letter, my doorbell rang. My best friend came, buying me some food and drinks. She didn't know why she suddenly visit my house. She just felt her inner voice telling her to visit me and she obey her inner voice.
When I was 20, I attended a charismatic church. There, I witness peolple who had terminal illness being healed miraculously after they were being prayed for.
Such miracles in my life convinced me of the existence of God. Though later on, I began to doubt on his morality.
