Christ died so that all may come to know His Grace. You have to die to "me" in order to reach that knowledge.
I went the opposite way of this guy. I was an atheist until I recognized the restrictive nature of atheism. As an atheist, I was not free to ponder the existence of God. When I freed myself from that bond, I discovered God. He wasn't where I expected to find Him so I had missed Him. He wasn't in the whirlwind or the earthquake but in the still small voice.
Q. Have you ever had a religious experience?
A. No. I’m a bit miffed about this. I’ve read some of the literature on religious experiences, and they aren’t particularly uncommon. One informal study, by the BBC religious-affairs unit, found that a quarter of people reported some such thing. I don’t know why I’ve been left out.
AppyPappy:
Christ died so that all may come to know His Grace. You have to die to "me" in order to reach that knowledge.
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And here we are. After discussing religion for much too long, Cornelius fesses up that he has no personal experience of God. Well, duh!
If the sum and total of your spiritual life is serving a quite human and secular institution - the church - what possible motivation could you have to leap into the unknown of God's mercy?
If,the unexamined life is not worth living it is also not salty. Life without salt is typically Anglican, dry as dust and worthless as dirt.