Originally posted by paperplanes
"Atheist" is a more complex assignment than most people realize. It isn't necessary to assert that nothing exists within a spiritual or supernatural realm; indeed, atheists like myself leave that open to possibilities. I do not believe in any god or gods, but would I be so presumptuous as to assert that "There is no supernatural force."? No. I believe that there are many possibilities within this realm, but I don't feel compelled to seek them out. It just isn't of great importance in my life. So in this way, I can appreciate your idea of God as consciousness. I don't feel a great tug or draw to find a god for myself, though.
I'm still a bit vague about your opinions of the Bible. Do you consider yourself a Christian? Do you adhere to the traditional belief that the Bible is the infallible word of God? I noticed that you reference the Bible, but I'm unsure of your thoughts of the book in its entirety.
You would be agnostic. I also went from atheist to agnostic for the same reason you do, too presumptuous to assert there is nothing out there. Especially when you consider just how limited our perspection of even the universe we can see is.
As far as finding it, you will one day.
Nope, I'm not a christian. I actually follow and do what Jesus says.
I am someone who looks for the truth and understanding. I learned and found a bunch of things, had a vision/experience and so on. When I learned them, the bible and religion couldn't have been further away from me. When I see the words and actions of Jesus, I see truth. And there are other things I see truth in. But the bible is not my authority, I do not think it is the word of god, it is the word of men, and I think Paul is evil.
I seen the evil and hypocrisy of the church. I became atheist. I realized that it was kind of dumb of me for what is mentioned above, so I became agonostic. Which was to say, I don't know and I doubt anyone else knows either. After awhile, little things here and there got me to lean towards there probably is a god, but I doubt he talks to anyone, so I was a deist. Since I figured there was, I started to seek it out, and then I found the truth.
If you aren't interested in finding god, then I won't force it on you. But I can explain things in a way that will make sense, and in ways you have never heard from a christian. I can show you where it says it in the bible and give the bible a bit of sense, and I can also talk about it without the bible as well. I don't do that because the bible says so dogma crap.
