Former atheist: I was wrong.

For me it was the Holy Spirt which washed over me when I was a teenager. I was being attacked by a demon when I slept (not physically) I asked the lord to protect me and drive the demon away. The peace and love that was felt convinced me that their was good and evil in this world. I’ve never been visited again and though my walk with Christ has had its ups and downs, I know he is always their waiting for me.

Congrats OP! Do not be afraid to lay all your burdens at the feet of God:)

I want to just note, I give the OP tons of credit. These days, it takes a lot for people to admit they were wrong, and a lot more for finding God.

Definitely, have respect for OP.

If you are sincere OP, you just made my day. Everything happens for a reason. God bless you.

Faith in some diety that hasn't lifted a finger to stop evil in forever should show you God is a construct by evil to prevent people from enacting real justice because they think some lazy ass non-existent superbeing will do what has to be done . Grow a pair and stop counting on imaginary friends.

Hallelujah! Praise the Lord Almighty! The Truth Will Make You Free! Not SET...MAKE.

Full repentance requires you to repent of your personal sins to Him. Know why they are wrong and that you truly want to give yourself to serving Him. Get saved and receive the Holy Ghost. He will guide you to who can do that for you. Follow HIS Voice you always thought were your instincts. KNOW Him. TRUST Him. After you get saved and receive the Holy Ghost you must be fully immersed baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of your sins. Acts 2:38.

When you are baptized all of your sins and the punishment for them will be washed away. Then your slate becomes clean and new. REBORN.

Then you must honor His Forgiveness by not going back of the world (Satan's world you can now see with your own eyes) for it will cause you to fall away and backslide back into the sin if you do.

Instead you must become the true servant Saint he is calling you to become in this Final Hour. He has missions for you to accomplish when it matters MOST! Hallelujah!

Pray 1-2 hours or more every day. Praise and exalt Him in most of that prayer, and continue to ask for his Eternal forgiveness. Do not ask of anything from Him except for your continued Salvation and just the most basic needs to be met.

Learn to fast all day some days while you pray to Him. Ask Him to tell you what to do to serve Him. He will fill you with answers.

Build your armor with prayer, fasting, and the KJV Holy Scripture.

His Pure Word is the TRUTH. He never lies! Open the KJV and start from the Beginning. He will feed you His Holy Truth! If you hunger for His Word it will read so clearly to you and be the most amazing book you have ever read. Because it is the TRUTH and all of His prophecy is being fulfilled before our very eyes!

And then you will see it all- and learn what it means to join the side of the only VICTORY that ever mattered- HIS!

Thank you, Lord, for opening OP's eyes and bringing him to You.

BLESS YOU, OP. Congratulations!

Amen.

True this. He wrote the book "Mere Christianity" describing this very thing. He saw the coordinated evil during WWII & deduced there MUST be God.

Watch “the end of quantum reality” on prime. You’ll like it...

That’s awesome, you finally see the light of God where their is no darkness in him. This is a ramped up war in the spiritual where satan’s army is fighting God’s army and God and his army has already won the war for the souls of men. Stay strong in Jesus Christ always and keep your eyes fixed upon him.

Religious people are often lost to. Dogmatic and with a closed mind.

Being open to anything is important.

How else can we all truly come to have faith in God, unless we experience all that God is not?

This way of thinking have the world messed up as it is. Bunch of supposed big shots that think they know it all ruining life for everyone..

From someone that knows, it's always fun until a demon punches you in the mouth and tries to rape your girl.

A real demon, or interdimension scum fuck, or whatever you night refer to it as.

religion, especially Islam = liberal(capitalist/feminist) bullshit that is made to look spiritual/conservative

Religion does not equate to spiritual awakening...what's your point?

Trusting a book 100% is for retards.

Talk to God instead.

absolute hogwash

Props

I'll take it one step further and say that words have power, inflection has power, belief in self and God's love has even more power than anything I've ever seen. And I've seen a lot, I've been to Morocco. wink wink

CS Lewis was still lost. Catholic hang ups.

Well you just opened a window for an avalanche of Theodicy, from people that probabaly don't know the history of what they are saying , or why they are saying it from a philosophical point of view.

I always found Job to be an interesting study for theodicy.
Either God is a gambler and doesn't know what will happen , and he does , and does t mind torturing Job , for an outcome he already knows will happen.
Making God 5th dimensional omniscient , raises questions.

When it comes right down to the end all one needs to know is that God gave man free will to govern himself.

And yet most all that worship him have no clue what that really means. If they did they would neither ask those questions, nor question their own nor any child's fate in this world.

Yet, most still pray for Him to intervene.

Ever wonder why we're always referred to as children?

Does God have free will ? Is God omniscient .

If God knows the future already, and created the universe knowing the future, how is it not determined?

I am a relaxed agnostic. Interesting that you base your change on the amount of evil in the the word. The devil said his greatest achievement was to convince the people that he did not exist.

I'm pretty certain my statement implies that I believe he doesn't, in any way shape or form. It is up to us to create.

Beset on all sides to watch, yet unable to contain, nor render, nor influence in any other way except by the avenue faith.

We have far less rules to live by, yet we turn to him when the lights go dark.

This type of thinking has been the only thing that has eradicated evil and changed then the world for the better called personal responsibility while people like you spend time talking to imaginary friends.

Welcome my friend. Your story is quite familiar. I was never Atheist but Agnostic. Anyhow, hit a low point in 2008, and asked Jesus to come into my heart. Really meant it that time. I was upset. Meant it like I would say to my parents as a kid. This was done in the privacy of my home. When no one was around. I felt an instant peace.

Afterwards that I noticed my prayers and everything changed. They were answered for the first time in my life. Some times
Immediately and other times over time. Although I was and am still very worldly and have sinned. Today I recognize it compared to the past, and ask for forgiveness. In the past I did not care at all.
Didn’t think about for even a second. It’s about care and loving one another. Certainly I do get challenged and try my best to correct it.

It is a journey and a test.