A question for nonbelievers that have become believers?

Question

You are blessed for having found the light buy I gotta ask ya why you become believers? How did you break throught the mold and saw that God was real.

Answer 1

I'm a believer that became a non-believer. I don't see becoming a believer as breaking any mold. I see that as conformity. Having your own opinion when all those around you believe differently is breaking the mold. Succumbing to the majority belief, especially when that belief has nothing to back it up except emotional arguments, is fitting right into the mold.

Answer 2

I had a bad upbringing just as many have and found my life got harder and harder as it went along....I took to destructive things to find peace..but found none..... and I finally found myself not wanting anything anymore...not to live anymore.....one day I was alone in my house and I had had enough and I was ready to end it all and I heard a small voice say to me give me a chance and I don't know how to explain it to you but I knew it was God and I went to my room and dropped to my knees and fell on my face and asked God if he was real to change my life.....and all I can say is when I got up from the floor I have never felt the same.....I had joy for the first time.... I didn't feel like ending it anymore...I felt like trying to go forward....and I did ...I started reading the Bible and praying every day and God brought me along and then after about a year I started going to a church and that was 17 years ago.. and I'm still here and still feeling the joy of the Lord...it has never left me...that's not to say I haven't went through some hard times ...I have ...but I can honestly say God has always made a way for me and helped me every step of the way through each and everyday since that day I fell on my knees and gave my heart to him........it feels good to want to live and not give in and want to die anymore.....Jesus is Lord!

Answer 3

What is wrong with having faith? Faith doesn't hurt you, I don't believe in going to church or having someone preach to me, but I do believe that their is a god and that he is there for us when we seek him out, God gave us the freedom of choice, so although he is there, we are the ones that make the choices in our lives, when bad things happen, people want to blame God, but why? He didn't make that choice for you, you made that choice for you. That's what I tell myself when something goes wrong. In all honesty what is the worst thing that could happen to you if you spend your life believing in God and then when you die there is nothing. throughout your life, you will have sensed some comfort and when you die you either go to heaven or hell if God is really there, or you just get buried and that's the end of it. There wasn't a single event in my life that made me believe in God, however there were times when I stopped believing like when my parents divorced and my marriage ended. And then I had to think, God can't make people stay together, he can't make people fall back in love, he doesn't control us. We control us. But he's there for us.

Answer 4

This has nothing to do with conformity. None of my friends were Christian, and I go to an entirely different church than my parents.

It had everything do do with seeking truth, and being able to recognize it when it's right there in your face. Most people (myself included) don't want to admit that the Bible is right, or that Jesus is the only way to heaven. If you admit that, it means you have to change your lifestyle. But God has shown Himself to be real on too many occasions, and has been there for me even when I wasn't there for Him.

Answer 5

I became a believer not by "breaking through the mold" but by God breaking through to reach me. God chooses the best time to show us that he exists, not always through miracles, but also by surrounding us with love and strength that helps us get through some of the worst times in our lives. It is usually through our trials that we come to a realisation in our hearts that God exists. Each person's experience is different. A 50 year old friend of mine had her experience when she became sick. She had gone to church as a girl, but had never really believed in her heart about God. About 3 years ago she was diagnosed with cancer of the ovaries and breast, with only about 2 weeks to live, another friend suggested that the church pray for her. While the church was praying, she said she felt a peace come over her and felt better. The following day when she went to the doctor and was examined, the doctor told her that he had to run more tests. After the tests, the doctor told her that the cancer was completely gone. He was in shock. Three years later she is still cancer free. Knowing how close she came to death and how she was healed is proof enough for her and the doctor who treated her.

My belief that God exists comes from something very simple. When I meditate, I see his existence in the beauty around me, in nature, as a presence telling me how to proceed with my life in the decisions I make.

In closing, open your heart to belief instead of unbelief and when you do, you will find that God was there in front of you all the while.

Answer 6

There are several reasons that can cause this conversion to religion problem. The most common is mental illness. Here’s some information to help you.

Going to jail is a good way to become a religious believer. Quite a few violent criminals on death-row seem to suddenly find God (surprise, surprise) so going to jail seems to be a good way to become a religious believer. No wonder so many religious people are violent.

We hear so much these days of religious leaders (vicars, priests etc) molesting children, especially innocent young boys, so becoming religious seems a handy way for some people to hurt children.

Religion is responsible for the majority of wars, conflict and murder of innocent life since humanity began. Becoming religious is handy if you like killing and murdering people.

Religion is a serious mental illness. It’s the inability to face the reality of life and the finality of death. It affects 85% of the USA and 75% of US victims are Christians. The more pathetic and desperate a persons life, the more likely they are to believe in a god. People with otherwise empty lives, are the strongest believers. It gives them false hope that there’s a higher meaning to their sad and pathetic lives. Religion is handy when your life becomes desperate, pathetic or close to its end.

I hope the above helps you understand a little better.

Answer 7

1) It was not any single event, but a collection of God's influences. Any single time a person approached me to witness, I never once grew closer to God (I was SO stubborn and full of pride). There came a point, though, when it all came together. I stepped back for a moment and asked myself, "Can you remember why you don't believe in God?".

2) My answer to this question (#1) was something like, "If God existed, He could certainly prove to me that he exists." I think He proved his existance through the love of everyone who approached me in Jesus name. On top of that, I went through a day where everywhere I turned, there He was: a cross to my left, the only radio station without static (for about 2 minutes) was a christian station, I received an email from a Christian friend with whom I hadn't talked with for 12 years. It all came crashing together (including everything in #1, above) and I opened my heart to love Jesus.

I was stubborn. I rejected God, with many of the reasons I hear today. I am immensely thankful to God for everyone who witnessed to me and that He placed it on my heart to love Him.

Answer 8

I'm a scientist. When my daughter died in an accident, I had this verse from Proverbs to rely on, "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding". As a highly fact based person, this was impossible to do and comprehend. Yet, as I did both these things in this verse, I became more spiritually engaged and my life blossomed.

Answer 9

I realized that if a committed atheist were to see a miracle right in front of him, his first reaction would be to try to rationalize it away. Therefore, miracles and how they are explained are irrelevant. Likewise Creationism/Evolution is irrelevant. Whether Christmas has borrowed pagan elements is irrelevent. Whether cynical church leaders have tried to manipulate things to their advantage is irrelevant. The multiplicity of human religious expression is irrelvant, The vast majority of what gets discussed on this forum is irrelevant. Even the question of whether or not God exists is largely irrelevant.

What's relevant?

What's relevant is who are we and what are we doing.

Answer 10

I just had to keep going to church and discussing everything with my believing husband. It took a long time to get rid of all the evolution theories and crap that public school crams down your throat.