Theists - how certain are you that a God exists?

[Salacious B. Crumb]

No, you don't. You just think you know because you don't understand the basis of knowledge.

And yes, I did believe as you do. In fact, I probably believed even more strongly than you. Being a natural empath, my emotions are powerful and I feel them deeply, which is probably why it took so long for my logic to unseat my faith. If I hadn't believed as strongly as I had, I certainly would have de-converted sooner, and I wouldn't have been so deep into ministry and prayer rituals. I even kicked a "ghost" out of someone's house one time, and did a good enough job that it fooled everyone involved (myself included).

I know full well the kind of mental gymnastics it takes for an otherwise sound, intelligent mind to protect its faith in non-evident phenomena. Your insistence that you know what I do or don't believe is only more evidence that you are a pretentious, presumptuous, self-righteous shitbag.

 Now who's putting words in someone else mouth. I know God is real, that He exists, so you couldn't have known what I know or you couldn't ever be an atheist. You could say you've walked away from God, but you couldn't say He's not real. Can't help you have mental issues about ghosts, you might want to get that checked out. I'm none of the above, I love God and know that He will always be with me, and again your death will tell you everything about God, unless you reconsider you present belief.

Gc

You're telling someone that he had mental issues, because he believed in ghosts? Don't you believe in a ghost inside of you that gets teleported to this transcendent paradise or torture chamber when you die? If you believe in all of that bible bullshit, why would it sound so farfetched to you, to believe that a soul could roam this earth, if he didn't accept god in a way that you do? You think that is deserving of calling someone mentally ill? Meanwhile, you believe know that you have conversations with an invisible being, and no one can hear these voices while around you, except for you (because they're voices in your head), but that's perfectly ok, according to you. So, if a child is talking out loud to an invisible someone, it's not a ghost, it's an imaginary friend, but when you talk to some invisible being in your head, it's perfectly rational because it's based on a character in a book written by morons a few thousand years ago? That's sane to you? You might want to get that checked out. While you're at it, maybe listen to your pal, lkingpinl, he has more common sense than you do. It's a belief system. Prove these voices in your head are real, or seek medical help.