Yup I sure do
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Yeah, I used to be an atheist but I converted to Catholicism after a bad trip on shrooms
Can you tell me why? I have a friend who was atheist and one day converted simply so,to ultracatholicicm (he's not pushy about it, just very... definite), and I suspect that he had a sort of bad trip. I'm pretty sure he's hurting himself and his wife in the long term in the process, and he won't tell anyone what caused his sudden change.
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I try to separate “believing” things — ie, concluding that I will accept something as true (helpful) — from “believing in” things, which edges more into hoping and convincing myself (problematic).
Yeah. Even if it intellectually makes no sense, I still do. I never discuss it and would never attempt to convert someone or anything, I really have better things to do. But despite the fact it isn't logical I still always do.
Yes, without a doubt. Been an Ordained Minister since 1987.
Just curious, but why? Which one, and why that one and not all the others? Any particular reason (like was it a choice) or was it just the one you were born into?
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Yes. I see evidence of an intelligent designer in things like DNA and the functions of cells. I find it difficult to believe everything evolved by accident through a series of quadrillions of beneficent mutations.
Look at the trees!
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Yes, I believe in the Christian God.