Does the 7 years I have spent as a seeker of faith (which is ongoing) answer that question? I am more curious as to if deities exist than specific actions on their part.
I bet he was really hoping you would also stop poking holes in what he called miracles. There are miracles I would buy into, but none that I have been exposed to thus far qualify. I have heard extraordinary claims by people on this site that would have swayed me, had they actually presented evidence that the events they described were not works of fiction.
I would have to know how you define atheist, but personal definitions are prone to error. I don't believe deities exist. I am an atheist. I don't feel that I know that for sure or have conclusive evidence on that, thus I am an agnostic atheist. I desire faith and make an effort to acquire it, hence I am an agnostic atheist seeker.
I bet you are hoping I will ask what that is. I won't. Unless you have pictures, I honestly do not care about any personal miracles you have experienced.
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Seven years as a seeker of faith, to me is wonderful. It took me fourty before I got any answer, and I think some people are never given the answers in this life time.
So yes to me, you are wonderful. I love that you would like to know. I do.
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On another thread, in Science something or another, he completely explained his position. I have changed to match that position of his. I am moving to him, in understanding rather than forcing him to come to my position, because of his explanation and therefore my mistake in not knowing something.
I am a mystic, I am called a medical mystic. I have the paperwork to put me outside of legal reach of those who do not understand and wish to call it mental illness, chicanery, or anything else. Yes, I needed that, but I didn't know it. I was given it anyway based on my way of living, which is totally open in all ways.
Anything a person recieves from God comes with a few other things simultaneously, that make what happens to them, only knowable by others by asking that person what it meant. Everyone else, is wrong, even a mystic like me, has to listen to what it meant.
Some time, I get to feel and see what they see. Usually though that is reserved for people really beaten up by others. In one case it was so light, but it matched totally what happened, so the other person was calmed in knowing someone out there, actually knows what happened, in the mystical realm, to them, and with them.
So, evidence to you, is really hard to give you. Normally no one but another mystic, can understand another mystic, as feelings with content are given, my definitions of the words are used, visions with content are given, and there can be material changes such as the lights going out, in full day light, or seeing things in full daylight with everyone looking on. Again, though in those cases, and with a total clearance for me of no Pathologies, it is only the one seeing that knows what is meant by what is seen, as that is normally given also.
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Without being burdened by words defined by others which need explanations to find out just what you said, and that is how someone other than you means those words, I understand your definition for yourself. I hope.
I used a research definition. I get to do that. I was a resercher then. In research much of the time, I am working further out than science is at.
In that particular piece of work, I was trying to find if anyone could tell me that they could say that a god did not exist out there, that is responsible for all of this. And I wanted them to say if they could that to them, there is no possibility that a god exists out there who is responsible for all of this. I finished data collecting on that, in about 10 years. It was that hard for me to find enough people, who could call themselves atheists, the common definition, and were committed and vocal about it, enough for me to talk to.
In those days, I was in a journey to find if a diety existed, just like you are now. I was not then 68, like I am now, nor had I hit 60 yet, when I finally had my answer. It took awhile from start to finish, for that question to be answered.
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No. I was just hoping I would not have to type anymore, and took a short cut. I was not and am not hoping you ask. If you do, I will answer, but no, I was not hoping you would ask.
If that sounds harsh to you like it does to me, then it was the result of 5 controlled experiments, all which gave one unambiguous answer.
LOVE,