I have been fascinated by religion most of my life. Funny thing for an atheist to be fascinated by I've always thought. The different religions of the world, the staggering number of them and how thoroughly the catholic church tainted so many of them. Religion existed long before Christianity. Jesus is a fairly new concept in the grand scheme of things.
They all stemmed from the same need, the same desire of humans to explain that which can not be explained. Or at least, 3000 years ago couldn't be explained. And also a fear of death. A desire for something to be after death. There has always been some version of heaven and hell, long before God and Jesus.
I see all the evil and hate in the world today, every day, and it makes it difficult to understand the faith people seem to have in some all powerful being. 80 children murdered in one day.
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Why don't you take some time and talk to Him and ask? How about you accept a challenge to talk to Him everyday for 40 days. I know you think that is weird. I know you don't believe. I know that it will be awkward. Take the time, just a few minutes every day, ask him these questions and just wait and see if the conversations turn from one sided to two. You may be suprised. Worst case scenerio, what have you lost. Perhaps it is a good blog experiment. You could post on your reactions daily. Do you accept the challenge?
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