people experience God starting with the apostlesYou don ' t know what they experienced , as we have no original copies of the bible . Also , this assumes that the bible is true which is begging the question . they testified of Christ , also in written form . So all holy books contains true claims ? Why or why not ? This is also begging the question . i found Christians who have experiences and testify the Bible is the word of God . I found Muslims who have experiences affirming the truth of the Quran . Not convincing to you ? This means your argument needs work . i believed , and experience the same . So you have seen god ? How do you know it was him ? How do you know your memory is not faulty ? There ' s no magic , just seeking Him dilligently when nobody is looking and being utterly sincere . Tell that to sincere exChristians .