The usual introductions

[Norfolk And Chance]

Hi, and welcome!

What is it exactly you're hoping to get from this forum?
And what were you before those three years?

Hope you'll find what you're looking for!

I'm looking to see and understand more about why people believe what they do. Before I was a Christian, I considered myself as an atheist.

So you "found" god did you?

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I'm looking to see and understand more about why people believe what they do. Before I was a Christian, I considered myself as an atheist.

Welcome to the forum.

*opens can*

So when you were an atheist, you:

• Believed that ALL religions were contrived by men, and ALL were works of fiction
• Could not accept the claims made by religious people or their “holy” books
• Believed that religious people, of all “faiths” were misguided at best, and delusional at worst
• Believed that physical reality was all that there was, and stories of “creation”, deities, spirits, angels, demons, souls, etc., were merely fantasies

And then somehow you became convinced that Christianity was no longer to be grouped as a falsehood with all other religions, because it is actually the one religion that is true. That the god you now “believe in” is in fact real, and that he really did create the universe, and that he really does rule over it. That angels, demons, spirits, etc., are truly real. And that after your death you will be resurrected and you will live forever in the presence of this god.

For some reason, I don’t believe you were ever an atheist, and you are making that claim as some lame attempt at an appeal to authority. I say bullshit.

*closes can*

And that sums up why it is almost impossible for an atheist to become a theist.

I just don't believe these "I was an atheist but then I found god" stories 99% of the time.