There's already a thread asking why people believe in God, but I'm interested in discussing actual evidence of YOUR God. Like, if you believe in the biblical God, what verses are proof for you that God exists? If you believe in Allah, what makes the Quran more important than the Bible for you? Maybe there's a philosophical argument that ends with you concluding that the universe was created? What does your God look like? What are its properties? Is your God making itself known in today's world, or is it hiding?
For context, I'm an atheist. I was brought up as Catholic in Northern Ireland. I was baptised, went to confession, was confirmed; I went to both a Christian Brothers primary school and a Christian Brothers grammar school. I was taught by priests, I went to mass every week, I said 10 prayers in bed every night before going to sleep, etc.
But, around the age of 15/16 I asked a lot of questions and didn't really get any answers. I was so devoted to my faith that I started reading the Bible from the beginning. I wanted to know more. I wanted to go the extra mile and not just do the basics. And that was how I became an atheist.
The God I read in the Old Testament was petty, spiteful, misogynistic, barbaric, and it just didn't match up with the 'all-loving' message that I was taught that Jesus was about. I saw holes in logic, contradictions, straight up falsehoods, and I began to have major doubts. I was given wishy-washy explanations, or told that God was testing my faith. One Sunday, my Dad said to me and my younger brothers: "Get your coats, we're going to mass" and I just said: "I'm not going." And that was that. No more being a Catholic. My brothers were livid, btw, because they still had to go
But religion has always fascinated me. I've debated with people from different Christian denominations, Sunni/Shia/Sufi Muslims, Eastern Orthodox, Nation of Islam, 5%ers, Black Hebrew Israelites, you name it. But have yet to hear anything I couldn't explain via naturalism or logic.
Do you have any proof? I'd love to hear it.