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Why did you choose to be Christian?

Why did you choose to be Christian?


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Amadeus

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Of yore, I laboured beneath the misconception that God wasn't indifferent. Having finally recognised that what I thought I believed was no more than what I wanted to believe, I opted for an approach of similar disdain.

Not only this, but there's the glaring inconsistency of God's silence over the last couple of millennia. At least insofar as scripture makes no further comment from Christ's death onwards. This would not seem in keeping with the spirit (no pun) of a previously enlivened dialogue of ceaseless wrath, retribution, miracles and otherworldly agents. Further to this, there's the hypocrisy of setting an inimitable example and the promise of End Time horrors, irrespective of religious format.

God is a thing to disavow, not delight.
 
in fact christianity chose them .haha :mrgreen:
 
How is one born a Christian? I thought the whole idea is choosing.
 
I believe the vast majority of christians were/are born and raised into it. They will in fact insist it's a choice, but the reality is it wasn't.

I think that same vast majority, had they been born and raised in some other faith, in a culture that supported that faith, would not switch over to christianity.

Not all, but most.
 
There's evidence of a 'spiritual gene' but the idea of it automatically manifesting as christianity is laughable
 
You are not "born Christian". You are brought up Christian by Christian parents. The first option in the poll doesn't make any sense.
 
I think I have an idea as to why the OP put the option of "I was born Christian". It's clearly a lifestyle choice.
 
If there is one true religion, and it's Christianity, then we are all born into it. That is the reasoning behind the first poll option.
 
I had to click None/Other because it was a combination: I was brought up Christian but there were a couple of times in my youth and college years where I re-examined that decision (and other religions/philosophies) and decided again, that I was indeed a follower of Christ.

I've actively looked into (studied would be a bit extreme and disrespectful to those that truly do study religions) different religions as an adult as well.
 
You are not "born Christian". You are brought up Christian by Christian parents. The first option in the poll doesn't make any sense.

Yeah. Now, Muslims think that all babies are born Muslim, but Christians think that all babies are born with Original Sin.



Anywho, I chose to become Christian because I found that I could not live up to what I knew to be "right". I was a sinner in desperate need of a savior, and I couldn't fit the bill.
 
I was a nominal "born Catholic" (Catholic by ethnic and cultural extraction, and the application of the sacraments- though they were sought largely for cultural reasons rather than religous reasons) from 0-18 years of age.

At 18 or so, I started to study Catholicism as an adult. After three years of inquiry, I made an independent decision as an adult to accept the gospel, and the teachings of the Catholic church. So, I might be a hybrid in the fact that I am neither a true convert, nor was I truly born / raised a practicing Catholic.
 
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I chose not to be a Christian after being raised in it and seeing the stupidity and hypocrisy of it...
 
I know that in the Netherlands children are registered as Christians when they are born. They have to register a religion with a child and in the past most people put in catholic, protestant or atheist/none when they were asked to fill in that information.

Children are pulled into a religion and in the past that religion stayed with you until you died, nowadays children choose to leave a faith, even after being baptized at birth and doing holy communion when they are about 9 (from what I know from friends whose children did that).

People are usually not given a choice in their faith. They go to church with their parents and learn from them that this is their faith and leaving that would send you straight to hell. So I am not sure a lot of people "choose" to be Christians, I think it was chosen for them.

Just like atheism was chosen for me (as a third generation atheist). But my mother was very clear, I am not religious but when you are 18 and you want to become one that is fine with me, as long as it is your own choice. I decided against joining a faith. I have my own moral believes and that was handed down from my mother and grandmother.

And I was "exposed" to religion. I went to a school where religious studies was compulsory and I went to a school where it was left to the parents if their children were forced/allowed to go to religious studies. Religions are never bad, the way religions are explained and followed by some can be bad (ISIS, religious extremists) and people should feel free to have a religion or not have a religion.

In the past religious freedom was only seen as the freedom to have another religion than is most prevelant, now it is true religious freedom, now you are free to have a religion or not have a religion. No government should force people to be part of a religion IMHO.
 
I don't think anyone is born a Christian although many benefit from a supportive culture that can make that choice easier, if and when they make it. At the same time, there are those who confuse embracing the culture of church with becoming a Christian and I understand non-Christians will Not understand this one at all because most likely they don't understand what it is to be a Christian. I'll try to explain. To people not familiar with academia and possibly think its a waste of time, they might look at a college town and notice a good portion of the population is into campus life. They wear college apparel, go to the football games, maybe even join clubs and some even sit in on lectures. However, not everone is a member of the student body despite participating in campus culture. Likewise, there are people who participate in church culture but aren't believers. In Christianity, this is huge, I think possibly half of the people going to church.

In my case, as a high school student I was a fan of history. I began reading the bible and was astounded by the repeated accuracy of things the Bible predicted that came true. Psalm 22 a thousand years before Jesus was born. Isaiah 53 almost a thousand years before Jesus was born. Daniel 2, which gave an overview of world history in advance including the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the east/west divide to modern times with our concrete and steel infrastructure. Genisis 3 where we see the first prediction of the crucifixion. Plus others. All of this made me realize there's no way all of this it could not be an accident. I made a personal choice to committ to Jesus and yes, God talks to me.
 
I was baptized Catholic. Come from a big German Catholic family on moms side. Dads side are all Methodist/Evangelical/Protestant English/Irish/Northern Euro denoms.



That said I've been secular most my life by my own choice. Having a good education and smart parents meant I couldn't accept religion truly. I'm only "Officially Christian" because I use it to have sex with University of Texas college girls in my apartment. It works. Most women, completely contrary to what you'd think in their college years, if you line up a group of men and they're all wearing nice button down shirts, nice shoes, nice belt and slacks, the supposedly "Liberal" girls will still go straight to the one guy in jeans, a beat up plain T shirt and boots and a cross necklace. In the end stereotypes rule the day always and I've come to accept that truth and learned to manipulate it. Considering I just want sex with young college women at this stage in my life this epiphany has done wonders for me.
 
I was raised Christian, but have slowly became "not Christian" as I've aged. My family though has never really been evangelical Christians.

I wanted to comment on this choice though:

"I had to check a religion box, and Christianity was the best choice."

It made me think about why all my paperwork when I enlisted in the Navy said "Catholic". The recruiter apparently checked that box for me because my mother had mentioned to him that "we" were Catholic (I was never really Catholic, although I do know a good deal about the beliefs). I guess it ties into the "born Christian" thing as well. There are still plenty of people who will state their religion as their family's religion, even if they know they are different. Now, some parents don't necessarily realize that their children have different beliefs than they do (I think my mother just considered Methodist, which was closer to what I was raised as and what I probably would have considered myself at the time had I really thought to label myself, was acceptable enough along with the teachings from her and my grandmother to consider us all Catholic, along with the fact that we were all baptized at birth).
 
I did not choose to become a Christian. I believe that I was chosen. "You did not choose Me, but I chose you..." John 15:16 (KJV). "No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draw him." John 6:44 (KJV).
That being said, I do not believe that God chose me because of who, or what, I am. He chose me because of Who, and What, He is. He chose me for His purposes, and I am trying, with His help, to fulfill His purpose(s) for me.
 
I was baptized Catholic. Come from a big German Catholic family on moms side. Dads side are all Methodist/Evangelical/Protestant English/Irish/Northern Euro denoms.



That said I've been secular most my life by my own choice. Having a good education and smart parents meant I couldn't accept religion truly. I'm only "Officially Christian" because I use it to have sex with University of Texas college girls in my apartment. It works. Most women, completely contrary to what you'd think in their college years, if you line up a group of men and they're all wearing nice button down shirts, nice shoes, nice belt and slacks, the supposedly "Liberal" girls will still go straight to the one guy in jeans, a beat up plain T shirt and boots and a cross necklace. In the end stereotypes rule the day always and I've come to accept that truth and learned to manipulate it. Considering I just want sex with young college women at this stage in my life this epiphany has done wonders for me.

You're in your mid-50s, you sick bastard.
 
You're in your mid-50s, you sick bastard.



I'm 27 Mr. Accusation rage person.


Try to settle down and be happy and not so angry. It's only the Internets after all. :lamo:2razz::peace:roll::lol:
 
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