Which deity is the correct one?I think they all are just different names for the same higher force.Some cultures like the Yoruba or ancient Greeks and Egyptians had multiple gods and deities but they all represented parts of the human existence that we could not explain.
I really think most civil societies would break down a lot faster if religion(which is an institution I have minimal faith in)was totally discarded and we lived our lives by a moral code based on the premise there was nothing beyond this earthly existence,which,face it,is pretty bleak for most of the world.Religion exerts necessary social control over our basest instincts and appetites and is a pre-requisite for a civilized society.
Personally,I was raised completely absent from any church.My family believed it was a crutch for the weak.I never even went to a church till I was almost 25 and that was to a black Holiness Church in Athens,Georgia-blew my mind BTW-.
I came to believe in a God because I finally saw that my life was a series of events and they had a discerible pattern to them that had to more than random coincidence.People who came into my life to save me from disaster.I attributed these people to divine intervention along with the fact that I get dreams and visions that I feel are messages from God that I need to listen to.So I do.
Hey,maybe you are right.I find I agree with you on a lot of political topics but I hold back on your atheistic leanings.I sure hope there is a God and an afterlife cause this is sheer madness down here!
God is good. I had no upbringing in any faith either and God reached down and grabbed me too. I am so eternally grateful and humbled by His love for me.