NOSCharhar
Ill start off by saying...I am very much an atheist. I believe in science. Evolution. Dinosaurs. Blah Blah Blah
But at the same time, I feel it necessary to hear out the other side. The bible itself is not something that is able convince me to believe or even sway me to think there MAY be a God.
What exactly is it that makes one believe?
I'll start by saying that I am very much a Christian.
xd I believe in science (science and the Bible do not contradict each other!) I don't believe in evolution in the sense that something can become something different...there has NEVER been a case of anything
becoming something different, I do believe in "evolving" in the sense of adapting to the surroundings, yes, survival of the fittest, yes, those I believe in, but the only evolving proven ever has been stuff that has already been in the DNA already, maybe dormant, but in there...of whatever species to begin with. Something can grow longer or shorter legs, less or more fur, things like that, but not a different species.
I believe in Dinosaurs as well, they are mentioned in the Bible and there are skeletons, I can't believe any Christian would dispute those, lol.
I did grow up believing in a God though, it was how I was raised. I didn't think about Him too much though truthfully. Kinda like I grew up believing in air or gravity, nothing you think about too much. I didn't have a relationship with God growing up though, I didn't know that was possible. It wasn't until I was much much older when I was watching people talk about God on-line that I was curious more...intrigued even. But still sorta put-off a bit by it, it seemed so weird to me to have some sort of special relationship with God, even though I believed in Him. After several days of seeing people talk about Him though, I was curious to the point to wanting to see what I was missing. I prayed. I had prayed a lot of times growing up, but I never had a sense it changed anything or did anything really. But this time, maybe because I was really seeking to know what I had been missing, and I prayed a different prayer, something happened. Instead of asking God to protect and bless and keep me out of trouble when I did something wrong, I prayed, "God...I don't know what I have been missing, but I feel like I want to know. I am going to choose to believe you are real, and your Bible is real and I am going to start reading it and I want you to help me learn" and that is exactly what happened, It couldn't have been ME, there was no way I could conjure up such a different feeling in myself, all I can say is from then on, I I felt God living in me and speaking to me, everything felt suddenly different. When I had read the Bible before it was the most boring book ever to me, but suddenly it became alive to me.
I can't convince someone to seek God, I can only share why I believe, what I know NOW to be true.
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