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I was exposed to new ideas and thoughts, it eventually snow balled into me losing my faith.
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Meh, I just want to ask you, what has happened in your life to cause you to believe that there isn't a God?
he doesn't know, and at best he just thinks he knowsHow do you know these ideas and thoughts are correct?
How do you know these ideas and thoughts are correct?
I agree. Salvation is a matter of the heart. But if you look throughout the new testament, much of it in Acts, you will see how Paul and his companions, reasoned with people that Christ was the Messiah.
There is reason behind being a Christian that helps me to believe in what I don't see. 1) is in nature itself. it is far to complex to not have a creator.
I think it takes more faith to not believe in God. Because the basic human cell is so complex it cannot be an accident. Not to mention, the billions of stars.... how many different sorts of plants and lands, and people.... very complex... I know you say you are athiest, but do you believe there could be a higher being at least? There is so much evidence just looking out your window.
BLIND POST: Eh, not really. I'm really more excited about Creation being fully restored to the fullness of the Kingdom of God (Heaven).
While it is amazing this universe has conditions to create life, I believe there are countless universes out there, and the majority of them are dead and unable to create life. Out of the countless universes out there, a few were bound to strike the right combinations to spring forth life.
My brain evolved to perceive certain things with awe. Outside of my mind things are neither beautiful or ugly, just neutral. I find scenes in nature beautiful because that's how my brain perceives them. I hope I'm explaining this point clear enough.
I do hope you are aware that the idea of multiple Universes is based on pure speculation. It is the "solution" to a mathematical postulation. But you can prove literally anything by "solving" a given mathematical postulation. In other words it is no more likely to be true than a single Universe whose existence is the effect of a supernatural cause.
What possible use could evolution have for the concept of beauty? Such emotion and sentiment is a dead loss to survival on a macro level. And furthermore, how could evolution - something unaware of and unresponsive to "beauty" - develop it? More importantly, how could a universe fundamentally without awareness cause it to happen at all?
Naturalism has yet to answer these questions satisfactorily. If theology has not done so either, then at best you're going to be trading one set of unsatisfactory answers for another one. Personally I find naturalist answers to be less satisfactory than theological ones, because at least the latter permits the logical availability of meaningful choice, morality, and purpose.
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