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You raise fair point. One is based on faith and the other is a verifiable system. I believe in God but I cannot prove Gods existence to someone else. My comparison to bitcoin was intended as an analogy as to how I view being a small but connected part of something larger. Since I know Hodl to be someone who is passionate about bitcoin (as am I) I thought the analogy maybe be useful to him.
Hi HODL, good question.
I’m a Chrisitan, and I don’t think I have a particularly satisfying or coherent answer to this but I’ll try! I long believed in God in a “great creator” type of way but didn’t have a relationship with Christ and felt he was more of a Ghandi figure. That changes when I felt the Holy Spirt enter my life.
The Bible speaks about the Holy Sprit entering into peoples lives 50 days after Christ ascended (Pentecost). The Holy Spirt is part of the trinity of God, a single entity in 3 parts (The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirt). With Christ no longer active on earth God sent the sprit info to us of keep us connected to him and Christ.
My pastor speaks about being dead in sin prior to entering into a relationship with Christ. The idea is when you are in a relationship with Christ you are “alive” or reborn.
In my experience it is through the Sprit that you feel more connected to Christ. The Spirt is in you and a part of you, a literal part of God. Much like owning a fraction of a bitcoin makes you part of the Bitcoin network.
When you pray (again, this is in my mind) you are talking to God. It’s a very personal experience. I do this while walking the dog late at night after the family is asleep. I just talk to God in my head about things I am concerned about, ask for help with people in my life etc. At first it feels like a one sided conversation.
But after while I will notice things in my life that I can only attribute as response or answers to my prayers. To be sure they are not always what I am hoping for.
I believe the Sprit is the conduit that relays my prays and helps me recognize their answers. In that way I am communicating to Jesus.
To close, I’ll go back to the Holy Spirit entering my life. I was out for a late night walk and did my first prayers to a God that I wasn’t sure was real. So there after I found myself drawn - compelled - to attend Church. The desire to learn more consumed me. Frankly I was much like learning about bitcoin. Eventually I prayed to God that I didn’t know I’d he or Christ where real but I hoped they were. After that a light when on.
Good luck in your question. I hope this was helping. Send me a message if you have questions or want to chat.
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