This is really interesting. I was an atheist back when I was in college. I started out from questioning God and the supernaturals. And because apparently, even how many people tried to explain “God”, my human mind can’t grasp it. so eventually I turned agnostic then, atheist. But, one time in my life, with my mom becoming mentally ill and at the same time the too proud me was forced to stop schooling, I felt I lost everything, I can’t grasp why even I tried to follow reasons and reality to explain things in my life, those circumstances where something my mind can’t explain nor grasp. I didn’t know why I had to experience those.

This was the lowest point in my life. People would tell me to pray for it, but the very proud me, would neglect and even argue with them, saying that’s irrational and won’t help me.

But, there were just some persistent friends of mine who are Christians, who saw the terrible situation I was, and they never left me and showed compassion and love unconditionally. One day, they asked to pray for me, and the proud me felt humbled and I thought to let them pray for me because after all they have helped me a lot. They laid their hands on my head, and they prayed passionately, They were even crying. I felt weird because these people are just so concerned about me and they pray to a God. On that time, I myself cried, I felt chills all over my body and I knelt down and cried. It was something that I spontaneously felt and experienced. I stopped thinking about what I was feeling and what I was experiencing. I felt freedom, I felt great relief. I humbled myself. I felt gratitude. I looked up and stared at the ceilings of the house and I said thank you Lord.

This was the greatest thing that ever happened in my life. from that day on, I knew that God, faith are things that really can’t be grasped by our human minds. It is an existential relationship. Having faith with HIM, you’ll know He is a living God. because you’ll feel his power working in your lives. It would just simply start by seeking for HIM.

I totally respect what you believe in for that’s your right. I just hope you’ll let my comment be posted here.

Hope for all the best in your lives!

From my extensive experience researching thethe Middle East and Islamic world I would like to share knowledge with you.

Al Qaeda’s goal is to convert the world to sharia law, islamizing them in the process to quote:

“First, chase out the invaders from our territory in Palestine, in Iraq and everywhere in Islamic land. “Second, install sharia (Islamic law) on the entire Earth and spread Islamic justice there (…). The attacks will not cease until after the victory of Islam and the setting up of sharia,” he swore.”
http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/analysis_of_recent_al-qaeda_statements-print.html

http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/08/top_ten_reasons_why_sharia_is.html

They contacted america before attacking, asking them to convert to islam(establish sharia). http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/02/zawahiri.tape/index.html

Hamas is only against the israeli ‘occupation’ which is very small and is not actually an occupation since the they were originally granted more than that. The occupation is not about the land in the first place but more about infidel rule(dar al harb) in supposed to be dar al islam land. http://atheism.about.com/od/islamicextremism/a/daralharb.htm

Palestine never existed as a nation before the British mandate. The lands occupied now by ‘Palestine’ or Israel was formerly of the Ottoman Empire before it disbanded.

The palestinians actually get heard more than israelis nowadays. For example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallywood

Bin Laden had adequate shelter, regular incomes, food on their tables and a modicum of the pleasures of life yet decided to create al qaeda to bring ‘religous purity’ to this world. This is not about poverty, this is about ideology.