never heard God's voice, never met Jesus, never prayed...
Would the arguments used in formal debates (Argument from First Cause, Beauty, Morality, Design etc) be enough to convince you God existed?
2007-10-15 09:40:32 · 6 answers · asked by Eleventy 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. To be perfectly honest.
However, it was only because of that other stuff that I was open enough to tell God that I wanted to believe in Him, that I was willing, and that I needed Him. When I took that first step, He met me there.
It took Him thirteen years, and it took me that long to understand that I couldn't TELL Him how to prove Himself to me. I was expecting lightning, a burning bush, angels, a parted sea...you know, something like the stuff that happened in the Old Testament. But when I learned to listen for the smallest whisper...that's where I found God.
2007-10-15 09:49:47 · answer #1 · answered by The_Cricket: Thinking Pink! 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Your question is an oxymoron. It is God who convinces us that He exists, therefore it is impossible for one to have accepted God without having experienced Him. Any real conviction resulting from a formal debate would have been a touch from God, whether direct or indirect. God is a Spirit who works in the hearts of men.
2007-10-15 16:51:13 · answer #2 · answered by Jedidiah 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I honestly don't think so.
It took the power of the Almighty to save me and bring me back from the depths of despair.
Nothing anyone said to me could have saved me or convinced me that God exists or Jesus is my Lord and Savior.
It was Jesus Himself who did that.
It's a miracle how He did that for me and I'll never forget it.
2007-10-15 18:10:26 · answer #3 · answered by Adelaide B 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I wasn't convinced until I opened my ears and listened to God.
2007-10-15 16:50:24 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs. Bear 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. In a dream, an angel came to me covered in light
he told me that god was angry with humans about religion,
He asked that i start a site
www.WorldDomIndustries.com
Myspace.com/WorldDomIndustries
He said that God wanted me to test people's beliefs because if you never have your faith tested, you will never grow stonger
2007-10-15 16:44:40 · answer #5 · answered by AwesomeJoeKnows 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Nothing formal would make me beleive nothing could change my hate for God............but this
----Long story, but it changed my life---
Well I can't say this was a direct encounter with God by any means, but I belive He was trying to get a message through me to turn my life around. Last march I was caught with possesion of marijuana and Paraphenalia when my car randomly broke down on my way to buy weed and I had no phone. A cop came in like 2 minuts found all the stuff, now on probation, quit smoking weed, started cigs and drinking alot, a month later caught by the cops again, couse I lost my keys in my car the next morning after drinking cop stopped, Breathalizer, arrested, I was so unlucky and hated God for doing this to me, quit everything and lived scared to leave my house for the last month of summer , school this year started me being a jr. Well homcomming lastweek so I had a party parents left and then found out the next day. I was so mad and hated everything gave up on life said I wish I would just DIE!!! later that day my room window wouldn't open I pushed pushed, and pushed my hand right through that baby. Cut my radial artery 90% of the way through and 70% of one of my tendantas about 2 inches down from my wrist. BLOOD BLOOD BLOOD I ran down stairs trying to stop it but I couldn't my mom rushed me to the hospital bleeding everywhere now my hand is almost blue i get there and was helped in the ER by a passing nurse with luvkly towls on hand. I now knew I didn't want to die I was scared and told my mom to tell everyone I love them thinging of my iminate death. Rushed to a larger hospital Luckly the cardiovascular surgen just happend to stop in to visit his aunt. I got there tears running like waterfalls afraid of my death knowing that there is more to life. I go right to surgery, I love you good bye, mask....................then I wake up in the hospital bed. feeling better than I have ever in my entire life. knowing that I was alive this ended quickly when i relized my arm was in massave amount of pain--- this last wednesday I was laying in bed resting thinking of how I can't move my arm or hand for a month or 2 and how hard it is to do daily activities it was really getting to me and that same Why me came up. just like that my tv turns on from my little sister accidently hitting the remote while leaving. Scrubs was on I watched it. never seen this one dr. cox asked why this 8 year old girl was stabbed and how any good would come of this lorreta the secritary said God has a plan and everthing happens for a reason you just wait. She had a tumor where she was stabbed, and the blade saved her life... I though maybe this is apart of a plan.........but what?....no way......not 15 second later the phone rings my mom comes up, gives, it to me, its the girl ive loved since 9th grade,(we're good friends too) well she told me that she just broke up with her bf ( wanting to do ths for the last couple months now, but he's threatend suicide if she did) so, after she told him about me he act all concerned, but later found out he said to his cousin that he almost had me outa the way. Well now we are very close, I've started to pray and thank God everyday, I stopped caring what the cool thing to do is and do what i know is right. I usta be a jerk to everyone couse people were always mean to me, a little kindness, help, or compliment goes along way. people start liking you for who you really are, Its childish to not realize these thing by now. I know God has more planed for me then what I was doing with my life, Its just sad that It had to come to this before the message got through to me, but this scar will always be here to make sure to remind me when times are tuff and seem hepeless there is always someone that will listen. You don't have to love or even like God, I even hated Him for a while, but my faith that there was still a God and He just didn't like me was enough for Him to know I could change.
so next time you get caught doing somthing illegal or immoral just think......maybe I'm better than what I've been doing with my life and Someone is trying to tell me.
--Don't take anything for granite and cherrish the moments here; Couse you never really know what will be your last.
2007-10-15 18:22:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋