Some basic Questions about Religion from a total non-believer

[tolu619]

sapphi_snake said:

@tolu619:

The OP seems to have lost interest :( How come u only shot down the hearing voices part but none of the others? Is it bcuz that's the only 1 I gave any details on?

Yes, and quite frankly I've started losing interest in this thread also. Don't even remember exactly what were your other points. Of course when someone tells me that they're hearing voices I can't help but become worried.

And the voices, my brother's and another guy's, coincidentally came on the night my brother spoke with Jesus in his dream. Come on, what are the chances?

Do u believe in eternity?

What do you mean by "eternity"?

I mean your spirit living on forever after

If u don't, do u ever wonder 'What if they're right & there is a God? Will I spend eternity in hell?'.

Not really. Childish things like this (because they are childish for this day and age, sorry if I'm offending you) are just not worth taking into consideration.

There's no risk of offending me. Argueing against scientifically proven facts (like saying the world is flat) is childish for this day and age. But opinions on religion, politics, art and other things never become childish in any day and age.

If I were in your shoes and I thought there was even an 0.001% chance that a God exists, I would do everything in my power to be absolutely sure bcuz an eternity in hell is not a risk I'm willing to take.

I'd have as much luck trying to prove that griffins exist. Plus, I think it's a mistake on your part to assume that even if some sort of "higher power" would exist, that it would be your deity, and that everything you were told about it is true. There would be lots of things to prove, not just the existence per se.

I didn't assume that. I assumed the opposite. So I did some extensive research on many religions and found the truth by EXPERIENCE. Either that, or there are too many coincidences in my life. God tells us (I'm talking about me, my personal experiences & others of my faith as a group now) things that we couldn't have known otherwise and we find out that it's true. He heals what even medical science can't. 

If you want me to tell you specific instances in detail, I can. But either my life is full of amazing coincidences or I serve a living God.

Anyone who sincerely looks for the truth will find it. God promised that. But if you don't sincerely look for the truth, if you just half heartedly conclude things based on science and whatever else you drew your conclusions from, you may not find the truth.

LOL (with the risk of offending you again), I don't know what "truth" you think you found, but I don't think there's much "truth" in Fantasyland where you're living in.  I think one day, after you solve the whole hearing voices thing, you should try actually searching for some truth (you know, the true kind of truth ).

I still believe you will find God if you search for Him with an open mind. But right now, your mind is convinced that he can't possible exist.