Hello, Bible Forums.

Yes, it is true, I am an atheist; so you might be wondering: Why are you here, Drei? Well, that's a totally reasonable question. I'm here because I want to cover all my bases and be absolutely sure that there are no good reasons for me to become a Christian.

I was never taught to believe in a God by my parents, who are both atheists, and I guess I am curious what Christianity is all about. I like to think that I'm pretty educated about philosophy, and I am familiar with a handful of arguments for the existence of God, none of which have ever seemed too appealing to me; but I've never really had a conversation with a Christian, and I've never really been seriously been challenged on the issue, and that's what I why I'm here. I'm open to listening to the Christian perspective, and who knows, I might actually be convinced.

So, have no fear; I come in peace. I'm a respectful, open guy and I love honest, considered conversations. Hopefully we can have a few here. ;)

Hello, Bible Forums.

Yes, it is true, I am an atheist; so you might be wondering: Why are you here, Drei? Well, that's a totally reasonable question. I'm here because I want to cover all my bases and be absolutely sure that there are no good reasons for me to become a Christian.

I was never taught to believe in a God by my parents, who are both atheists, and I guess I am curious what Christianity is all about. I like to think that I'm pretty educated about philosophy, and I am familiar with a handful of arguments for the existence of God, none of which have ever seemed too appealing to me; but I've never really had a conversation with a Christian, and I've never really been seriously been challenged on the issue, and that's what I why I'm here. I'm open to listening to the Christian perspective, and who knows, I might actually be convinced.

So, have no fear; I come in peace. I'm a respectful, open guy and I love honest, considered conversations. Hopefully we can have a few here. ;)

A fellow citizen of the People's Republic of Chicago I see. Welcome comrade!

Welcome to the Bible Forums. :D

Good to meet you, Drei, and welcome from the West Coast!

Wisdom is shown in one who is open to the truth.

Welcome to BibleForums.

Good morning, Drei, and welcome. There are many great discussions here about both Christianity as well as just plain old life.

I look forward to reading your contributions.
V

Welcome :) :) :)

A big welcome to you, glad you are here. :)
I look forward to getting to know you on this forum.
Blessings, T :hug:

Welcome........

G'day Drei, Welcome to the Bible Forums.. Wonderful place to be, and even more wonderful you joined us..:hug:

Welcome and welcome a again. may we all be blessed by your being here!

Hello and welcome to the board!

Hi welcome to the forums. I'm new here as well. And a new Christian, I began walking with Jesus last summer. So this is all new to me. But one thing I am sure of your not here by your own means, God is drawing you to Him.

John 6:44 says: No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. KJV

You could start with a bible and start reading in the New Testament. The first 4 books are written by 4 different authors. All had known Jesus
at the time before he was crucified, except Luke, ( correct me if I'm wrong) Luke was a physician and travelled with the Apostle Paul, he also wrote the book of Acts , so Acts would be the next book to read, then Romans was written by Paul. Now some people argue that you should only read King James Version but personally I can understand it better without all the thee's and thou's, which were not in the Hebrew or Greek language , so I have a New Living Translation Study Bible , (which is awesome in interperting the scripture,) then I usually check it out with other translations and basically they are saying the same thing only in different wording so the reader can understand. (But as I say some people really think the Kjv version is best, the New King James Version is good.) You don't need to buy an expensive one. It's worth it to buy one and study it, if your at all curious. People can tell you this & that but the Holy Spirit will teach you through the Word if your open to it. The word Christians means (Little Christs) . My testimony to you is that no matter how much I tried to block Him out of my mind He never gave up loving me. Bless you in the name of Jesus. (o:

Welcome to the forums, I'm so glad you found it.

Hi, I wrote this for someone else but thought you may be interested in it.

Ephesians 6:12

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

The following is a quote by Mark W. Hamilton from this website: http://www.wineskins.org/filter.asp?...=39&co_key=516

About Doubt:

Not only are doubt and disbelief not synonymous, they may be opposites. To disbelieve is to conclude that ideas or beliefs are false. To doubt, on the other hand, is to experience uncertainty, even profound questioning of widely held beliefs or ideas. While disbelief may mean rejecting God, doubt involves only uncertainty. Doubt, in fact, is necessary for a growing faith.

Bible itself embraces doubters like Job and even extols them as models of the faithful search for greater understanding and growth. The book places doubt in its proper perspective as the inevitable result of human limitations—we are not God and do not have perfect access to God’s entire mind or will.

Take care.

oh, by the way, I come from a family of scientific minds, not sure if they're Agnostic or Atheist. I'd lean towards Agnostic. It was difficult to be the only believer. My father recently passed and I was pretty devistated not knowing what his fate will be. I don't mention that to anyone though. I always felt that the pressure was on my shoulders about it. I felt that I didn't do my job. Well, that's another story.

Also, this info may be helpful. You probably know Christian means basically followers of Christ. The word Christ in Greek is Christo which means Annointed one.

There's a particular thing that stood out to me about Jesus that to me proved, with that alone, who He was. The fact that while He was being brutally murdered, He still said ... "Father forgive them, they know not what they do." Does anyone know who can do that?

Take care.