My confidence comes from multiple things.
- The way I became a Christian. I’ve typed it out before. In a nutshell I believed in God but did not really know the teachings on him. I also just moved over 2,000 miles from my home and was in a city where I knew no one and was pretty lonely. I looked forward to work just for the small talk. I literally was working multiple jobs, coming home, spend time with the woman I was with and go to bed. Was very boring not having any friends outside of my relationship for almost 2 years. So I prayed to meet some other guys who were Christians that I could hang with that enjoyed working out and some other things. Right after that prayer I went to subway. The guy was making sandwiches ( worker ) and giving a free one to a homeless lady and he was telling her about God. I wanted to talk to him, felt like he was the friend I just prayed for a few moments ago. But felt stupid and so said nothing. So ashamed I left and went back to my condo and told her what happened. She ad that’s the fastest she has seen a prayer answered and I should go back. So I did but he was not there and I asked this girl who worked there and she said he just left and that was his last day.
I went back feeking defeated. The next day I woke up and went to go get coffee. While inside waiting to order I saw this time a group of guys praying and studying the Bible. I felt God gave me a scone chance. But as I was waiting to order someone else told the to shut up they don’t want to hear about the Bible. The person was extremely rude. They Eve threw their coffee at the table. So I was like this is far to much drama and went to leave. I had just pushed the door open and was already one for out and I heard someone running towards me yelling “ hey “ and so I turned expecting trouble but it turned out it was one of the guys from the Bible study and he was also the same guy from subway the day before. The fist thing he said was that this is going to sound weird but he felt like God was telling him to talk to me and he felt weird yesterday and when he saw that it was me again , he got up and wet to get napkins I think I because of the coffee ad saw me. He als enjoyed working out and became my running buddy for a while.
So that’s to many coincidences for me to just believe it did not have some sort of inspiration from God.
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The fact that science does not demand atheism but leaves the door open for theism.
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The beautiful complexities of the biblical stories.
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Other Christian, especially my local congregations I go too.