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[quote=Anonymous]I haven't read this whole thread, but OP, if you are still here, I would recommend watching some videos by Bishop Robert Barron.  He has a lot of short clips that address some of the fundamental arguments (from logic and science) for the existence of God and he has a very approachable way of explaining these concepts.  As a convert to Catholicism myself, I find that most people who don't believe in God actually don't believe some false God they made up in their mind.  The absolute first question to answer is what we mean by God.  The why we believe and what we owe to God questions are somewhat naturally answered once we understand who God is (and what He is not).  So my advice is to focus on that fundamental question.

My other advice is to keep an open mind.  God cannot come into your heart if you keep is sealed.  You have to at least entertain the possibility that God exists, otherwise, don't bother down this path. But I think you are already there because you sense a dissatisfaction with the way things are.  My own spiritual journey started from that same feeling, and that was enough of an opening to let God in, despite my atheist upbringing.  As I started to read more theistic readings (I didn't start with Christianity but more general theism), i had all this skepticism (I am a lawyer by trade so the skepticism was endless).  But I remember the moment vividly when I just suspended my skepticism and pretended that God did exist (literally just a moment "let me pretend there is a God").  Everything suddenly sense and all the pieces of my worldview that clashed or seem disjointed all came together once  I looked at them through the theistic lens.  Not saying that it will happen for you like this, but just that everyone will have their own unique/personal ah ha moments and to be open to them. [/quote]

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