Ex-"New Atheist", Now Christian

[Love]

What it is and what gets us there are two separate things.

I am aware that I asked two separate questions, hence the reason why I included two question marks.

The idea of the "actual truth" is whatever may turn out to be the way things stand.

I know a lot of atheists utterly despise philosophy, but the topics we are discussing are very deep, and this is why I keep repeating myself. The study of "truth" is a very complicated topic within the field of epistemology.

As you are so fond of reminding us, rationalism and empiricism only take us so far.

I have stated on many occasions that I am very fond of science and reason; I still greatly enjoy reading and watching work by Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss, for example. There used to be a time when I was absolutely convinced that science and reason could account for basically everything; my view was if science and reason could not answer a question, it was a question not worth asking. My view changed entirely when I started becoming interested in philosophy; studying these topics has changed entirely the way I view things. My thinking has become very abstract and compartmentalised because of it.

You say Christianity fills the bill for you.

I have changed my "Religious Views" title to "Mystical Christian Panentheist"; I think this is a much more accurate description.

After browsing this forum as a guest for a while, I decided to join because the discussions are engaging and a lot of the members are obviously very intelligent. I joined the forum to engage in the exchange of ideas, not to try and convince you that "I am right, and you're wrong".