Deconversion experiences

Hi Meldinoor,Sorry to here of your turbulent times and what appears to be ship-wrecked faith. I was looking over comments Buzsaw made and I agree with what he has to say. I think a Great Debate with him would be an excellent idea.Prophecy is one of the strongest reasons to put your faith in the bible and thus the God of the bible. Jesus Christ fulfilled over 300 prophecies just himself.In my opinion one of the major reasons you have struggled with your belief in God is because you compromise the truth of what God has revealed through his word with "worldly" wisdom. God's ways are not our ways and our wisdom is foolishness to God.Its all about faith and faith is believing what you cannot see.
When we go back to the beginning where man fell into sin it was a faith issue. We didn't believe and trust what God said and every since then its an ongoing lesson about learning to trust God no matter what Satan or the world says.I have been walking with God since 1983 and He has clearly revealed himself to me over and over and over again. One key as to why that has been my experience is because I trust him. I have faith what he has said is 100% true.And I would say the majority of the time that God waits till the 11th hour to answer prayers. Over the years as I needed money for bills or a job or something it usually came down to the wire then POW He would open some door in the nick of time. He does that for two reasons. One, to grow our faith and two, to make sure we knew it was Him and not luck or coincidence. I have seen this happen more times than I can count.....I don't know my friend, until you are willing to completely trust God above what the world has to say I think your faith will falter.I will keep you in my prayers,
IC

Well of course WHAT you are putting your faith in is only beneficial if it is true. Evidence is great when possible. Eve had no evidence that the fruit God told her not to eat would have the effect he said it would. All she had was his word.

God isn't going to appear before you and slap you in the face Meldinoor. Your relationship will always be based on faith. Even the most obvious "God" experiences retains the element of faith.
"Was that God or was that coincidence?" Its always a choice you will have to make.I think if you would just choose to trust him, read and study his word every day to understand how he thinks and operates, your faith would grow to the point where you would just "know"
beyond a doubt that it is the true and living God that you see at work in your life.Respectfully,
ICEdited by ICDESIGN, : No reason given.

......your laughter is much louder than you could possibly imagine......

Therein lies your problem. Your confidence. The problem isn't a lack of evidence. The world is full of hard evidence that God exists. Even the heavens declare his existence. You are standing there looking at the design claiming it only "appears" to be design. He answers a prayer in your life and you claim it only "appears" like he answered my prayer.Its a choice Meldinoor. No matter what you choose to believe, its going to be by faith. No matter what evidence is provided to you there will always be a way to explain it away if you choose to do so.Can you really have a design without a designer? Which choice takes the greater faith?IC

Deconversion is a faith issue.....and thank you for providing the wonderful pictures of God's great design.

There are hundreds of books outlining the prophecies that Jesus Christ filled. If you are to lazy to do the footwork I'm sure Buzsaw will be covering many of them when he has his Great Debate with Meldinoor.

......here are just a few...Old Testament Prophecy // New Testament FulfillmentIsaiah 52: 13&14 // John 19:1-3
Micah 5:2 // Matthew 2:1
Isaiah 7:14 // Matthew 1: 18-21
Daniel 9:25 // Galatians 4:4
Genesis 49:10 // Luke 3:23-38
Zechariah 9:9 // Matthew 21 1-4Edited by ICDESIGN, : No reason given.

Allrightiethen. So you are choosing to put your
faith in the idea that the body you live in (for example)
does not have even the appearance of design?
Am I understanding your position correctly?What exactly is your definition of a design and please
give me an example of something that would meet that
criteria.With great bewilderment,
IC

...WOW! I guess that says it all for me. No need to go any further down this barren trail.I wish you luck Meldinoor
IC

Hi Taz. I have noticed a lot of your comments have to do with Christians not tolerating the gay lifestyle. I assume
the reason this issue is so close to your heart is possibly because you are gay or someone close to you is gay.I would just like to say that any Christian who hates another person because of their lifestyle is wrong and walking in sin. I myself fall way short on many occasions having harsh feelings towards others because I disagree with them on issues that are important to me. When I do this I am wrong and walking in sin. The bible teaches us to hate sin but to love the person committing the sin. When you see these wacko's holding up their signs saying hateful comments with their gay-bashing and mean comments against whatever the issue is, you can rest assured they are out of God's will and do not represent what the bible is teaching on how to confront sin.Jesus himself is our model of behavior. He loved people right where they were at. Its important to note however that he never tolerated the sin. He loved the sinner yes. But you never see Jesus telling a person their sin was OK and to keep on keeping on. He said "Go and sin no more". These guys and the circus acts like them are not of God and will some day answer to God in a very frightening fashion. Their are a lot of solid Christian leaders who speak out against this heresy.Respectfully,
IC Edited by AdminPD, : Warning

Yes it is a lifestyle. Being a doctor, engineer and a lawyer is a profession not a lifestyle. Standing against the perversion of homosexuality in the voting arena is not taking away the rights of a person who is gay nor is it about the person. A gay person has just as many rights as any other person. Just because you are incapable of separating the two doesn't mean followers of God haven't learned how to. I have learned how and know many people who have learned how also. No, can't say that I do. I do see much hate within your heart though Taz. Your the one all turned off spewing hatred. I haven't said one hateful thing but look at all your comments. Like all the other hypocrites I see, you do a lot of big mouthing about tolerance and rights but that only applies if they are in agreement with your beliefs. Your obviously the one who needs to man up!!! Edited by AdminPD, : Warning