Daniel · 12 answers · 4y

What makes you think god exists/does not exist?

I've had enough psychic experiences to know that we're all connected/not 100% separate, and if we're all connected then there should be broader and broader/higher and higher levels of connection until you get to the unity of all beings, which is God. That's just one reason, though, the other reason I explained in my OKCupid profile under "The first time I truly believed in a higher power was:" at https://www.okcupid.com/profile/AirCastle333

Actually, on second thought, let me copy it here:

I was raised Christian; I went to Christian schools from kindergarten to 9th grade. Somewhere around Age 17 I started to question some of the precepts of Christianity and used my own reasoning and decided they didn't make sense.

After a year or two of struggling with the fear of eternal damnation for apostatizing, I finally came to be at one with my apostasy. I think that was a big step for me and shows how strongly independent-thinking I am, because most people never give up Christianity (or, probably, any religion) once they're raised on it no matter how smart they are.

I wondered for a while thereafter whether there really is a God, whether we're all just atoms bouncing around in a purely physical universe, etc.

When I came across the book 'Conversations with God' by Neale Donald Walsch (which isn't coming from a religious mindset, but rather spiritualist), I was struck by a couple of things. One was the utter purity of the energy of God's portions of the dialog. I'd never encountered an intelligent being so pure before.

And to explain the second thing, I have to start with the fact that I'm very good at recognizing flaws on all levels, especially or at least in writing, including intentions, grammar, word choice, etc. (not saying I'm perfect either in these domains), and God's portions of the dialog in the book (actually, in all of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversations_with_God#Dialogue_Books_series ) were all, amazingly, flawless on all levels. This was amazing to me because it was the first time I'd ever encountered perfectly flawless writing in my life. Taking the Dialogue Books series as a whole, it probably remains the only time.

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