I'm an atheists and I seriously doubt anything anyone said here would change my mind. However I've been an atheists my entire life(50) even though I've lived in one part or another of GA my entire life. Living in the buckle of the bible belt I've heard it all. I grew up Baptist then Mormon till about 14-15 and I quit church for good.
I mention this because I have a theory that might shed some light if you are perhaps a converted leftist. Socialism/Communism is not an atheistic form of government. Its not secular in any way. Its actually a theocracy. Members of the Church of Communism worship the government itself like a god. The halls of government are their churches. The halls of education are their temples.
In fact much like Islam I would go so far as to say that it thoroughly breaks the 1st Amendment. It is impossible to separate church from state when dealing with the religion of Communism. That is the problem we have now. These lunatics have convinced the USA that the absence of a religious god is the default state of separation of church and state. They have removed prayer, 10 commandments, statues, etc... They fail to mention that they are replacing them with a worship of authority and a worship of the government itself as though its a god.
I'm all for getting rid of god but to do so without replacing the role it fills in society and the mental well being of millions of people is fool hearty and unhealthy. The communist would replace those functions with belief that the government will solve all your problems for you all you have to do is give up control/obey. Which is obviously a fools errand because once you give up control leaders at the top instantly become corrupt etc etc. Or at least then they show their true colors.
So without knowing your story I would just say look at how/why you considered yourself an atheist. You might find that you never one and in truth you just switched from worshiping the government/authority to worshiping god. I'm not trying to judge you. Just pointing out that in truth there are still very few true atheists in this world. Most people are agnostic and don't even realize the difference.
Tons of these leftists believe themselves to be atheists when in reality they are some of the worst religious zealots around. They believe with all their heart and soul the government is all powerful, all knowing, and will solve all their problems if they just believe hard enough. That's why they seem like crazed lunatics.
"God, I have never believed you exist. Why should I? It's pretty obvious there is no such thing as a Supreme Being who created the universe and everything in it. But, I know enough to know that I don't know everything. And I do like truth. So just in case you do exist, I want to know, because I want to know the truth. God, if you do exist, please reveal yourself to me." A simple prayer like that, in your own words, and said humbly and sincerely will get you the answer you crave. God bless.
I'm an atheists and I seriously doubt anything anyone said here would change my mind. However I've been an atheists my entire life(50) even though I've lived in one part or another of GA my entire life. Living in the buckle of the bible belt I've heard it all. I grew up Baptist then Mormon till about 14-15 and I quit church for good.
I mention this because I have a theory that might shed some light if you are perhaps a converted leftist. Socialism/Communism is not an atheistic form of government. Its not secular in any way. Its actually a theocracy. Members of the Church of Communism worship the government itself like a god. The halls of government are their churches. The halls of education are their temples.
In fact much like Islam I would go so far as to say that it thoroughly breaks the 1st Amendment. It is impossible to separate church from state when dealing with the religion of Communism. That is the problem we have now. These lunatics have convinced the USA that the absence of a religious god is the default state of separation of church and state. They have removed prayer, 10 commandments, statues, etc... They fail to mention that they are replacing them with a worship of authority and a worship of the government itself as though its a god.
I'm all for getting rid of god but to do so without replacing the role it fills in society and the mental well being of millions of people is fool hearty and unhealthy. The communist would replace those functions with belief that the government will solve all your problems for you all you have to do is give up control/obey. Which is obviously a fools errand because once you give up control leaders at the top instantly become corrupt etc etc. Or at least then they show their true colors.
So without knowing your story I would just say look at how/why you considered yourself an atheist. You might find that you never one and in truth you just switched from worshiping the government/authority to worshiping god. I'm not trying to judge you. Just pointing out that in truth there are still very few true atheists in this world. Most people are agnostic and don't even realize the difference.
Tons of these leftists believe themselves to be atheists when in reality they are some of the worst religious zealots around. They believe with all their heart and soul the government is all powerful, all knowing, and will solve all their problems if they just believe hard enough. That's why they seem like crazed lunatics.
"God, I have never believed you exist. Why should I? It's pretty obvious there is no such thing as a Supreme Being who created the universe and everything in it. But, I know enough to know that I don't know everything. And I do like truth. So just in case you do exist, I want to know, because I want to know the truth. God, if you do exist, please reveal yourself to me." A simple prayer like that, in your own words, and said humbly and sincerely will get you the answer you crave. God bless.