(November 7, 2013 at 6:31 am)Tonus Wrote:(November 6, 2013 at 8:46 pm)snowtracks Wrote: you probably already suspected God didn't give me personal revelation. by the way, that's one thing to be avoided - those that claim God gave THEM a message.
Then how have you become convinced that a god exists, and that it is the god that you worship? For at least some of the theists here, personal revelation is an important part of why they believe.
one way is an examination of bible prophecy. hundreds of prophecies have come to pass exactly as stated. in fact the true test of a prophet of God was ('was' since scriptures can not be added to by someone claiming revelation) 100% accuracy... absolutely no errors allowed.
Atheist Credo: A universe by chance that also just happened to admit the observer by chance.