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I would like to ask of those people who profess to believe in God a few simple questions. What event or state of mind convinced you of the existence of God and if you questioned this event/state of mind what eventually convinced you of the validity of the experience?
Did you in anyway investigate into the possibilty of self-deception and other means of fooling yourself such as confirmation bias,wishful thinking,selective thinking,post hoc reasoning etc..?
If you did investigate perhaps you could share with us what you did to eliminate any of these or if you did not why not?
Ever since I can remember I had a belief in God, my family is Roman Catholic, I went to church every Sunday. I can remember praying to God to tell Santa Claus about the Batman I had imagined in my mind. I got the exact Batman I thought of.
I have gone days without talking with Him but not doubting his existence. More like not being grateful. I have thought about it. Said to myself there is no God. But I could never believe that. It's just a fact for me that he exists. He's my best friend and I can't shake him. It's like I know he's there and I can't convince myself he's not. I take a wiz in the morning and as I go I try to change mindsets, can't do it. I would be living in denial. Like seeing a chair in front of you and not acknowledging it's there. It's hard to explain. But that's why I could never be convinced there is no God because he's right there to me.
I can't say there was a beginning to this relationship because I can't remember recognizing his existence. To me he has always been there.
-porcelain
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