an anarchist
Your local anarchist.
I don’t require scientific evidence to reinforce my faith in God, it is ultimately irrelevant to me. I’ve dived into Christian apologetics before, I used to need it to reinforce what I believe. But I have developed a relationship with God, rendering useless the need to prove God.
People who follow God(s) (however you view God), do you feel like you have a relationship with them? How can you best describe this relationship? Is your relationship sufficient proof of God’s existence for yourself?
I want to describe what I mean by a relationship with God, as I feel like perhaps this isn’t something theists (myself included), or atheists, fully grasp. Then I want you to describe your relationship with your God.
My relationship with God feels very similar to my relationships with people. God feels present, and is interactive with me. The more effort I put into the relationship, the closer we grow. When I stop talking to Him, we drift. It is the same as my relationships with humans. Though with God there is reverence and fear, something I don’t have for my fellow humans. My God has taught me a lot through His word and through life itself. He has guided my footsteps from the very moment I walked. I was lucky to start developing my relationship with God at an early age, and it only matures as time goes on. He has taught me to call on Him when I am in need. He has shown that He will protect me from myself and others. Such is my relationship with God.
If my happiness was dependent on another human being, the relationship would be considered toxic. My happiness is dependent on my relationship with God, but it is not toxic.
A couple atheists were asking me how I could believe in (my specific interpretation of) God if I could see that science might be contrary to what I believe. It is because of this relationship I have with Him. It is important and (in my belief) real.
People who follow God(s) (however you view God), do you feel like you have a relationship with them? How can you best describe this relationship? Is your relationship sufficient proof of God’s existence for yourself?
I want to describe what I mean by a relationship with God, as I feel like perhaps this isn’t something theists (myself included), or atheists, fully grasp. Then I want you to describe your relationship with your God.
My relationship with God feels very similar to my relationships with people. God feels present, and is interactive with me. The more effort I put into the relationship, the closer we grow. When I stop talking to Him, we drift. It is the same as my relationships with humans. Though with God there is reverence and fear, something I don’t have for my fellow humans. My God has taught me a lot through His word and through life itself. He has guided my footsteps from the very moment I walked. I was lucky to start developing my relationship with God at an early age, and it only matures as time goes on. He has taught me to call on Him when I am in need. He has shown that He will protect me from myself and others. Such is my relationship with God.
If my happiness was dependent on another human being, the relationship would be considered toxic. My happiness is dependent on my relationship with God, but it is not toxic.
A couple atheists were asking me how I could believe in (my specific interpretation of) God if I could see that science might be contrary to what I believe. It is because of this relationship I have with Him. It is important and (in my belief) real.
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