Reply To: Failed Conversion

[_Robert_]

I remember the day I completely lost my faith. I had already been reduced to a deist and dabbled in the wiccan/new age stuff. I questioned the existence of God and religious dogma my entire life, but never really cared enough to call myself an atheist and well, eternal life certainly sounds better than non-existence.

I gathered with fellow engineers for a beer after work. One guy was exceptionally bright. I was divorcing my wife who was very religious and she was brutal (very Un-Christian as they say) in the courtroom and I was complaining about it all. I don’t recall exactly what he said (something akin to “come-on man, wake up) but I do remember that it struck fast and from that moment on the old man in the sky went out the window. I think there are many like I was, not really believers, but why make that final leap? There is almost always an initial cost.