Have you ever bothered asking God about it?
I notice many people just assume it's a bunch of nonesense.
Have you asked God to explain his word to you and if it's true to please open your eyes so you can see?
Or........do you just assume God is not there?
You do know what assuming does, right?
2007-09-05 04:59:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
My husband went through 2 years of depression when his Atheist Dad died. It was then my husband realized how permanent death really is. He began to ask God to reveal himself if he is real. He went to various churches asking for prayer and some blew him off. Finally a Lutheran pastor took the time to pray and God did reveal himself to my Atheist husband that he is the one true God........my husband is now a believer but still asks God many questions about his word as he is a realist all the way.
2007-09-05 05:00:43 · update #1
Christianity is what is most attacked here at R and S that's why I asked this question.
2007-09-05 05:09:59 · update #2
What a nice story. God bless you and your family.
Its really a gray area. The person has to want to see, even then science can tell us that the brain, and persuasion are powerful things...("we don't know how, but it's not God")
When I was atheist, I began having weird things happen to me, clairvoyance, prophecy, visions of the supernatural. So I became pagan(wiccan), and it just didn't seem like that was all there was, so I began studying Christianity (along with the controversial LDS, and JW), Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Scientology. I prayed and meditated (I actually asked God to reveal the truths of each one to me). I ended up being a believer that Jesus was the gate to the after world. Every time I feel uneasy about a doctrine I ask God to reveal to me the answer, and bring comfort, and He does. Sometimes I don't want to hear the answer, but I can accept it.
I still don't quite understand people's arguments of "If God were so loving...etc then Why blah blah blah?" Since when does God have to conform to our own personal ideals? God is God, and he knows more than we can ever fathom. Maybe people in general need to work on their humility (not shame, but being humble)
Peace & Blessings in the name of Jesus!
2007-09-05 05:25:03 · answer #1 · answered by ♫O Praise Him♫ 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, I assume God is not there, in the same way you assume it is. Any belief or disbelief about anything supernatural is inherently an assumption, as we have no means of determining it's truth. I think "nothing exists but the physical world" is the best assumption and so that is what I have selected. You have selected "something exists that is outside the physical world and, further more, Jesus was the offspring of this entity and, further more, we have "souls" that don't exist in the physical world and, further more, these souls go to one of two (nonphysical) locations after our bodies die and...etc." They are all assumptions.
2007-09-05 05:09:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sure. I think most American Atheists were Christians at one time. It was only after really studying the Bible that I realized it was nonsense.
Question for you: Why don't you read the Koran and ask Allah to open your eyes for you? Are you just assuming that Allah isn't there? You know what assuming does, right?
2007-09-05 05:04:00 · answer #3 · answered by fredanderssen 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Cute anecdote, but like all anecdotes it doesn't prove anything. There are equally compelling stories from people of all different religions in the world, and absolutely no reason to think I should take your word over theirs.
YOU are the one doing the assuming by assuming the deity and other characters from the book exist in the first place. If you believe he exists in the first place and that the Bible holds some validitiy to begin with, then of course you're going to "see" things in its vague mixture of stories. It's just the Rorschach inkblot test applied to a book.
Have you asked Allah to explain the Koran? Asked Krishna to explain the Bhagava Gita? Didn't think so.
2007-09-05 05:01:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 2⤋
I am sorry for the spiritual loss of your father in law. Death is permanant for the unsaved. For the believer there is no death only eternal life. Anyway, I don't think you are going to get the answer you are looking for from this crue....
May God continue to reveal himself to your husband and continue to convict his heart.
2007-09-05 05:06:16 · answer #5 · answered by fire_side_2003 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I was the opposite. I was catholic, god was NEVER there, and I am now atheist. I never just assumed, I took years to ponder it. If god helps you, great. "he" does nothing for me.
2007-09-05 05:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
God has "revealed" himself to many people and allegedly told them to kill and do other heinous acts. I get very nervous when someone tells me that God has spoken to them.
2007-09-05 05:03:30 · answer #7 · answered by Stephen L 6 · 7⤊ 2⤋
Uh, I never got an answer.
I've seen and heard some pretty awful things, and have concluded that nothing anyone, deity or not, says will make it ok.
Talking to myself doesn't make it better. Actions make things better.
2007-09-05 05:02:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋
If your god is omnipotent and omniscient, why would I need to ask him? He'd know what I need and provide it, unless he didn't care, in which case there is no reason to follow him.
I believe in many gods, but not yours.
2007-09-05 05:03:38 · answer #9 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 6⤊ 3⤋
I'll tell you what...send him over to my house and I'll ask him. Otherwise I am just talking to the wall.
2007-09-05 05:02:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋