Philosophical Buddhist who is still an atheist

[Jeffonthenet]

I've been an atheist for almost a decade and a half now. Back then, I made a deal with any deity out there: if you exist and you want me to believe, it's well within your power to reach out to me so you can do that. Until then, I'm going to not believe and assume that if any God does exist, it doesn't want me to believe. As you can guess, no supernatural being has revealed themselves to me.

I realize the point of this thread was not this, so forgive me if I am being rude. However, I am not sure about the rationality of this decision. I am by nature a very skeptical person, and I can't help but apply my skepticism to your decision here. Are you sure God has not revealed Himself to you, just in a way you aren't watching out for (perhaps by intuition, or perhaps it was your initial belief he gave you from childhood that you rejected later for possibly faulty reasons) And are you sure that if God existed he would be morally obligated to reveal himself to you at all? (say perhaps you have sinned against Him and he wouldn't be)

Kind regards,

- Jeff