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Thank you for these resources and ideas, all of which I've looked into, but not thoroughly yet.

Hi--As noted on the previous threads about evidence, I've read that many Christians say that one/the best way to faith is by looking at the evidence. This world is one of the things that keeps me looking, the complexity and detail, that all of our needs are met, that so many people believe in...

Hi... As said in the previous thread about evidence, I've read several Christians saying that the way to a strong faith is through looking at the evidence. Since people on this forum have been helpful, I'm asking for help with this. What can you tell about prophecies in the Bible that have...

Many Christians say that we should base our faith on the evidence. I'm at the point of wanting to look into that aspect of it. To avoid extremely long posts, I hope that you'll let me divide this into--hmm, sub-subjects? Here, if you have the time and the kindness, please tell me what you...

I don't know if the original poster is still reading this forum, but I want to say something anyway. As a fellow agnostic, I understand the first question, and thought of it many times in the past. "What's the big deal; He's not really dying." Then I thought of what many of the later posters...

Hello, I have problems with having faith/belief. There's a long story about this that's on a couple of long threads, but the short version is that I don't seem to be able to get the whole distance to God on my own. I've maybe made or been given some progress in the last week or two but I'd...

Thank you. I was actually wanting to ask everybody.

From this, it seems that there's no point in asking for faith. However, a person might still be given it in some other way. From reading the Bible, in my case, even though it sometimes brings me sadness, in quotes like this, in others that seem to say I'm not one of the elect, in the difficult...

I've had a lot of little pushes somewhat like that, especially in later life when I started going to church again (irregularly, but sometimes for several years in a row.) So maybe God wants me, but for some reason it's supposed to take a long time. I've had Christian, agnostic, and even atheist...

Similarly, it occurred to me that the wealthy young man was not following the commandment to love his neighbor as himself. If people around him were hungry or homeless, and he was hanging on to wealth, he failed in that. However, the Bible says Jesus loved him. Maybe he loved him somewhat in...

Hi... I'm still reading through these posts one per day and letting them roll around in my mind, seeing if there's something in there I need to hear. I got to Angelina's today, and want to answer her offer of help. It's many things. I have a skeptical mind, or maybe just a skeptical habit...

Avagabond, Are you still on this forum? Are you still an agnostic? If not, I'd be eager to hear how you changed. It's getting kind of tiresome and rather embarrassing with all the threads being mine.

Being an agnostic, for me, is unpleasant. It's empty and unrewarding. I'm not happy with it. If I liked it I wouldn't be here asking you questions. I'm here looking for the way out of it. I'm going to read everyone's replies, one each day, and think about them, and see if you've given me...

Thank you for the replies. I'm going to read them all, one per day (starting with the earlier threads), and think about what you're saying and what you've done, and maybe I'll find the bridge to the other side. I think some people don't realize that I didn't choose to be an agnostic. It's...

Hi. I'd be interested to hear how you came to faith. What happened to me, in the happy times when I could believe, was that something would happen that was so unlike things that usually happen in the material world, that I was "blown away" and my skeptical mind temporarily gave up. This...

Thank you again for your responses, although I did skim through them and see that some of them aren't about me. :) I will read them again more carefully, but I'm itching to ask a specific question that I think will be better in a new thread. Then I can moan about how I don't have time to...

As an agnostic, which of course isn't the same thing as an atheist, I can affirm that at least one nonbeliever isn't in love with sin. In fact, I'm not tempted to break any of the 10 Commandments, and a lot of people tell me to "live a little" and get drunk, or drive faster than it's safe for...

I have a Bible, actually 3, so that by reading several versions I can get a better idea what was really said, cancelling out some possible mistranslations or other errors. Anything that looks unclear, or anything that's especially important, I read in all 3 versions. Mostly, there's not much...

Thank you so very much! I don't know about finding the right church, but I'm pretty sure I've found the right forum. You guys give Christians a good name. I've encountered people, well, never mind that. I think at least one of you have encountered some similar people, very discouraging and...