New Ager to Christian to Atheist

[Davka]

[quote='Davka' pid='846254' dateline='1421336058']

Sorry, but I'm not writing this according to your specifications. I was telling a condensed story, which means choosing the quickest way to advance the narrative. Inserting "god said" and "the spirit of god filled me" and "i was led by god" and "there were multiple confirmations of god's message" every few sentences does not accomplish that.

And let's be honest: you're just nit-picking because you don't like the story.

You're correct I find your story suspicious, even more so as you continue to post. I'm not nit-picking, I'm scrutinizing. What you say about why you wrote the OP the way you did is probably true, you haven't addressed anything I noted, leaves much to be cautious about. [/quoted]

I've addressed a number of things you noted. I didn't address all of them because, frankly, your posts are waaaaaaaay too long, I'm not wading through all that text.

I said nothing about other god stories of dying and rising, my statement was matter of fact, "no other god has died for the sins and redemption of those He created.

No other god created evil, allowed the enemy of his beloved children into the "perfect" garden, and then blamed his innocent and clueless children for doing what he (being omniscient) knew they would do in the first place, either.

I know that God is the only real God,

No, you don't. You believe it. That's not the same thing.

How is it you can claim you were a Christian and accept there were other God's, that is totally against the belief.

I didn't believe it when i was a Christian. I don't believe in any gods now, so of course they are all equal, as in equally false.

[quote]But of course every religious person must believe in the supremacy of their religion over others.

Why, only one is true, with no stone, wooden idol or animal being the god.[/quote]
You really don't know much about other religions, do you?

I have no desperate need to explain away your actions

Then why are you expending so much energy on it?

[quote]Oh yes, over and over again. I prayed fervently about every detail of my life, stopping often to ask for confirmation.

This can't be true, you have rejected His existence and to do this means you had deluded yourself for whatever reason.[/quote]This is circular logic.

It's also exactly what i would have thought when i was a Christian. "Real ChristiansTM cannot reject God!" It's a pretty clever loophole to insert into a religion. It's not in the Bible, but it's what American Evangelicals believe.

[quote]My wife and I endeavored to live by faith, according to the overwhelming love we both felt from "god." For many years, whenever I encountered doubts i would simply look back on all the "miracles" in my life and conclude that none of it could have happened by chance.

How could there have been love if there was no God.[/quote]

The science of love

No gods need apply.

Christians do this from time to time, but those who know God will most likely not leave God.

Now you've backpedaled from "it can't be true" to "it most likely didn't happen"?

make up your mind.

[quote]Whatever you do, don't study Confirmation Bias, or read about the experiments in this field.

Like I said, I'm not afraid of that kind of book, I have the book of Truth that has confirmed much in my life. You listening to man instead of God has brought you to this point in your life.[/quote]Your fear of man has brought you to this point in yours.

Bored now.