What It Means To Be Christian
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Bob Emmett wrote:
I do not know myself to be an atheist
I apologize, I guess I misunderstood what you meant in your other post when you said you were a "born atheist." I guess that in my view a non-believer isn't the same as an atheist.
Bob Emmett wrote:
I attended church. I respected many of the adults I met and sought to emulate their belief. Hence the Bible Studies and prayer.
I think that there are more than a few in churches that fit that description. They have studied their Bibles; maybe even have a PhD in Theology...they know a lot about God, but they don't know God. It's kind of like reading a biography about a famous man, when you have the opportunity to meet the man in person and get to know him intimately. I know of a local pastor over a very large congregation, who had been a pastor for 30 years, when he was saved at a revival service in his own church.
Bob Emmett wrote:
But belief did not come.
In your previous post you said, "but did not find God" and "But - no God." Are you equating those with "belief did not come?"
Gary Kirkham Forever Forgiven and Alive in the Spirit "Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. Me blog, You read
Gary Kirkham wrote:
when you said you were a "born atheist."
I was just picking up on Al's 'born atheist' line, and that, given my experience, I could be called such.
Gary Kirkham wrote:
in my view a non-believer isn't the same as an atheist
Good, we agree on that point. (Some don't.)
Gary Kirkham wrote:
In your previous post you said, "but did not find God" and "But - no God." Are you equating those with "belief did not come?"
Yes.
Bob Emmett