I became an atheist recently

[LittleMan123]

On 9/8/2021 at 9:06 PM, Josheb said:

Science can prove the physical brain stops functioning at death. It cannot prove memories cease to be retained or exist once the physical brain is dead. These are assumptions, not scientific proof. Science cannot prove consciousness ceases to exist when the body dies. That is simply beyond the ability of science to prove.

I apologize for the late response, but I had no Internet for a few days (I had to replace the router).

Science proves that memories are stored in the brain. They are not stored in a thing called soul that takes them with it when it exists the body. Therefore, when the brain is lost, memories are lost, just as feelings, consciousness etc

[LittleMan123]

21 hours ago, Josheb said:

Science does prove memories are stored in the brain. Science does not prove memories are stored only in the brain and science does not have the ability to do otherwise. Science does not have the ability to prove the existence or non-existence of the soul, so science therefore does not have the ability to prove anything about the soul one way or another, especially about what memories may or may not exist in the soul or whether they are lost. Al science can prove is that memories stored in the brain may be lost when the person dies.

If there was an immaterial thing called soul in the body and memories were stored there, there would be no need for them to be stored in the brain as well.

[Starise]

A true atheist does not believe in God. Any god. What I have found to be true is that many who claim to be atheists are really men running from God or men who don't like the god they think they know. Similar to a family member who has disowned you. They may go around saying to them you don't exist when really nothing has changed.

Many athesists have that same feeling about God. They don't like the ideas or the concepts and so they take what looks like the easiest way out. They seek ways to live in denial about God.

A TRUE atheist probably wouldn't bother to come to a Christian web site to tell everyone he is an atheist and then proceed to argue any points given as false. 

Why would such a person care about Christians or what they think? After all they all believe in something he or she says doesn't exist. A person who is comfortable in their own skin about what they believe has no need to debate it.

This means there is still hope for you. Maybe not much.

Edited September 15, 2021 by Starise

[AandW_Rootbeer]

This Thread is like the child weeks before Christmas telling his Mom he loved her so much.   Then on the day of unwrapping gifts, when he discovered what he wanted most was not there, he screamed at his Mom how much he hated her.  So, the Mom took away every gift and gave them to those who were less fortunate.

 

Atheists, are little children mad at big Daddy God for not giving them everything they wanted.   When God didn't give them finances, vehicles, homes, suddenly they become atheist's.   jmo!

 

 

[Arrabon]

@LittleMan123

No matter to me, what you've decided for now in your life, there are some of us who still love you, including myself, no matter what label you put on yourself.

Loving you by any of us isn't about your choices, love is about support and kindness, as we grow through difficult times in our lives.

Sometimes we get too much advise, and some uncalled for criticism, and not enough Godly love and understanding of the pain we have to endure sometimes.

I'm with you and praying for you. Life is confusing and hurts terribly sometimes. I've been there.

God bless you and I'm truly praying for you.

Arrabon

[appy]

A Christian does not come to be a Christian by sight, but by faith and trust, for God has chosen faith and trust as the way to Him. Faith requires that we accept, what we can not see with our eyes, or hold in our hands. You’ll know God is real when you ask him to be real in you.

Cuba has an atheistic government and despite the very oppressive and cruel opposition Christians in Cuba experience, they worship God with passion and with great delight. Baptism is a public proclamation that one identifies with Christ. It is a public confession of faith.

And in Cuba they face a world of constant persecution. Why do they make these public announcements in spite of being oppressed by the government? Because they have experienced a joy, that is beyond a human's ability to describe. It has no boundaries. And so, they overcame the fear of believing and trusting Christ to give them eternal life.

Baptism in Cuba is not a private event, but a very public one, to be witnessed not only by Christians, but unbelievers as well. If you had been there and seen the faces of joy, as the new converts came up out of the water, declaring in front of all, their faith in Christ, you wouldn’t wonder if God was real in their lives, or if he could be real in yours.

If God was not real to them, they would not go through the pain, suffering and humiliation of being associated with Christ. Don't let a pack of atheists convince you that God is beyond our experience.

[Starise]

Here's a LINK to a nice podcast on the subject.   https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-dont-have-enough-faith-to-be-an-atheist/id1297439270