(February 14, 2012 at 2:26 am)MysticKnight Wrote: Then they look for evidence. As philosophical arguments are not convincing, the person ends up becoming agnostic. Then they develop a distance from God, have no relationship, and it feels natural to want arguments against God to be sound and valid. The person moves from being agnostic, to that of atheist is the strong sense.
But if we went back to the first step, and the person thought perhaps God gave him knowledge of himself, and that it was properly basic, in the same way knowledge of morality is properly basic, and doesn't need a formal argument or deduction or justification, and it's a warranted belief. Then the person could have really asked himself the next question, "Do I know God exists?".
I believed in god for nearly 20 years even though there was no relationship. I talked to him all the time but never heard anything back. Even if he does exist, he clearly has no interest in a relationship with me. I never even "felt god" whatever the hell that would feel like. I witnessed other Pentacostal's that admitted that they were taking a feeling of excitement and labelling that "God".
Clearly if god exists he wants to see other followers. I don't believe he does. Either way I have more useful pursuits to devote my time to.
