(OT) Some advice for me / My Depression Thread / Thanks forumers

[Alpha Kodiak]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
If an atheist experienced what I did this weekend, s/he would be going to church this week.

Some people may have a belief in God, but not in religion, are they considered atheist? I honestly don't know the answer to that question, but I would like to.

I hope that what you experienced was good rather than bad, Atrocities. Both types of events can lead one to seek God, but it often seems that troublesome events are more likely to get us searching for something more than ourselves.

As for your question about atheism, a person who believes in God would not be an atheist. In fact that person would not really be agnostic, since agnostic (Greek - "without knowledge") refers to a person who is not sure whether God exists or not.

A deeper question is, what do you do with your belief? I totally agree with you in one of your other Posts that God does not foresake you because you do not believe in religion. I do believe that the main reason we are on this earth is to have a relationship with God. I also believe that I am unable to have that relationship in my own strength, because I am imperfect, but I believe that God has provided a way for me to have a relationship with Him in His strength. Yet believing in something, but not acting on that belief is almost like not believing in it.

Rather than post again about my views of Christianity, with which many who read these threads are no doubt familiar, I would encourage you to honestly ask Him what His will for you is. You know He is with you, and you know He is taking care of you, so trust as well for Him to reveal to you what the next step in your relationship should be.