@fmf said
The god figure that feels real to you felt real to me for decades. That's what we talked about before.
You can claim what you felt wasn't real, I believe you, so instead of looking for the reality of God, you now claim there isn’t any. That experience turned you off and you assume that is the same thing everyone else has. The only way what is in my life isn't real is if it also was nothing more than feelings as well. To claim what you had is equal to what I have, as if everyone's experience is a counterfeit feeling, not a reality.
Now you want to project on me, if I suddenly could say my feelings were not real, then we had the same thing. I cannot agree with that, for God has been real in my life beyond just a feeling or a mental agreement. I know that there plenty of people who share what you had, not everyone who says, “Lord, Lord” knows the Lord. These can go to church, they can do religious activities, they may even get goose bumps singing, but these things just sooth their souls into believing they are in good stead, they have religion they are doing their part. They believe doing their religious duties is enough, they are satisfied never knowing the truth, God isn’t part of their lives they are no different than anyone else outside of what they call themselves, there has never been a life changing born again experience. The scripture is very clear, there isn’t any ambiguity, if you don’t have God’s Spirit you do not belong to Him.
You looked at what was going on in your life, the god you felt you knew wasn’t there and concluded it never was, and therefore the same is true for all others. I see that you want to assume we are no different, your experiences are no different than mine, but they are not the same, this isn’t a logical mental activity it’s a reality check.