RE: The Time My LSD Trip Suddenly Ended, and What I Learned About GOD
I believe in God, perhaps not exactly as you described him, but maybe close.
One thing I think about prayer is, it doesn't actually prove the existence of God one way or another. If it doesn't work, that doesn't mean that God exists. If it does work, that doesn't mean that God exists... it could just be some unexplained ability of the human mind.
However, I tend to think that everything we experience is an expression of God, and so, whatever happened to you that night is "evidence" of God, particularly powerful evidence subjectively, but perhaps no more evidence objectively than say, a sunset, or looking at an ant's face.
One thing I like to say is that "God" is a class of experience which inspires us to be better than we are - a peak experience. When we live through something like that, it's almost like we can't help but be changed. Like bright sunlight shining on a leaf, we are nourished and transformed.
Thanks for your post.
Thanks @churdtza. I think that's really insightful and I agree that whether something changes after prayer is not necessarily evidence for or against God's existence. How much of knowing God is subjective versus objective is an important discussion. I do think there should be a rational, objective basis to faith, not just our subjective experience. I don't think I learned enough through that experience to truly relate to God at the deepest level possible.