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Hi Billyd, thanks for the reply. I thought of a few things while reading it:
Ok now I know you think your beliefs are reasonable, but I'm asking you for the reasons that make them reasonable.
This is an interesting question in itself, however, I was instead asking how you determine whether a claim (such as God exists) is true or false (your Epistemology). Most people have some way of determining this?
The first part of the sentence loads the question; it assumes God and then tries to imply I am trying to get away from Him. You will need to first demonstrated there is a God, before you can assert I am running away from said entity. You realise maybe there is nothing wrong with my life.
Again this assumes I am trying to convince myself of something without demonstrating it.
Thank you, at least this last bit doesn't assume to know already what I am looking for.
Are my beliefs reasonable? Absolutely.
I believe that by "true or false" you want to know how do I discern right from wrong?
Are you trying to convince yourself that there is no God or that something in your life is not wrong?
If there were no God, you wouldn't have to convince yourself.
I hope that you find what you are looking for.