RE: Is it a good idea to be an atheist?
March 19, 2015 at 1:29 pm
(This post was last modified: March 19, 2015 at 1:32 pm by Simon Moon.)
(March 19, 2015 at 1:04 pm)Jesusislord Wrote: I have noticed that some of the atheist members on this forum state that some members were previously members of churches and then became atheists. My question is simply were any of these members Christians before - Here I mean, did any of these members have a personal relationship with Jesus and then became atheists? Anybody can 'belong to a church' but to have a relationship with God is something totally different....
Let us all know how you determined that your 'relationship with God' is an actual experience, external to your mind, or you misinterpreting natural mental processes, emotions, feelings, etc.
After all, billions of non-Christians claim to have personal relationships with their deities. Yet, I'm sure you do not accept their personal relationships with their gods as being real.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
