Would I like to know? Sure, if it doesn't require blind belief first. You say I am in a fishbowl, but are you not in a fishbowl also? Explain to me how Christian's are free to believe, but not free to leave.
Sound's just like another fishbowl too me.
The difference is that Christians have heard from the outside. Whether a still small voice, or a vision, or any number of encounters. I myself was caught up in the spirit to experience the supernatural realm--and yes, "super" leaves no contest as to what is actually real or literal. "Created" takes on a whole new meaning...well, not really, just not the illusion of actual reality we consider the world to be--what idiots! We've been the characters in a color cartoon thinking light and pixels and the whole story line was life...when we were told from the start that it is all "created" out of nothing--"
Let there be light!"--camera, action, roll'em! Idiots.
The good news is, there is good news...there actually is a real reality beyond this cartoon fishbowl, and the end is not the end unless you close your eyes and plug your ears. In which case, when the color cartoon ends--no popcorn and no main event.
So, you can take the word of countless eyewitnesses to the only complete ribbon of cohesive truth the world has to offer, or pull your fingers out of your ears and open your eyes and your mind, and [duh!] listen for yourself and get a clue that there is more to life than the shallow and organic patty cake world, or hey, just enjoy the limpet tale and then go home.
But let me help you with that... Imagine you were born into a big room with a bunch of other people and there were no apparent doors or windows and no one had ever been or seen outside--we talked about this. Anyway, if no one inside had ever been or seen outside, who could actually know what was outside? A scientist? A professor? A monk? A politician? Any one? No. That means the only actual truth and not just some conjecture based on what no one actually has, would have to come from-the-outside-in. Well...like I said, We have heard from the outside. In fact, its all written down--that's what the Bible is: a written record of personal encounters with the outside--with God. I know, because, I am one.
The rest is on you. Got perception? You can do this!
But hey, don't be upset (most are), it is not as if there is no purpose to the whole preview rehearsal. That's what it is, it's practice. If you have it in you, you will practice opening the door when you hear the knock, if not, you will practice closing that door and hiding in your room. It's your future. As they say, "No one is going to drag you up."
And don't bother asking any of us to prove it--there is only One who can prove it. You gotta ask Him. But let me caution you (sibling to sibling), think about how you as a child might ask your own father. The response might depend on your attitude...if you know what I mean.
