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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since someone asked. Christianity makes the most logical sense to me. At work I’m steeped in logic and quantitative analysis. And I simply can’t believe that an omnipotent God cares what I eat or how I bathe. Or that God chooses to elevate one people over others. I find Jesus’ message of loving your enemy crucial in this age when the world is connected by the internet in split seconds. I’m a very progressive Christian: I follow the Christ who thought even nonbelievers could be more godlike than those who just demonstrate how they go through empty rituals. [/quote]

Thanks for sharing.

Is this the same religion your family had growing up?

How did you explore other religions? How much time did you spend on each?

How long did it take for you to come to this conclusion? 
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I took a class on Islam in college and we read the Quran over the course of a semester while learning context. It took me almost a year to read Genesis through Maccabees, while taking classes about archeology and interpretation for context.

I’m not done learning yet—nobody ever is. But I’ve known these basic differences for a while, and my choice is based on them.

Surprised you’re not interested in the contrasting theological points I made. It’s almost like you keep trying to find something to poke holes in.

Peace.[/quote]

I am more interested in the process than the specifics of any particular religion. There are plenty of other threads to get into your theological points if you want to discuss them.

Do you feel like just going off of “basic differences” is enough to choose?

Did you have any spiritual guidance when learning about other religions? Did you attend any religious services of other religions?

Is this the same religion you grew up with? Are you still exploring other religions?
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A Jewish poster also answered your demands to know their choice. Why aren’t you asking them the same question? Or the Buddhist who’s been posting?[/quote]

“Demands”. You don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.

There was a lot of hostility back and forth so I skipped over some posts. Questions are open for anyone to respond.

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Uh huh. Sure. [/quote]

Since you’ve read more of the posts than I have, what are the time stamps of the Buddhist and Jewish posters?
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Jewish PP is at 09/21/2022 14:10 and 09/24/2022 13:46

First reference to Buddhism is at 09/23/2022 19:05

And Christians explaining their own thought process behind their beliefs at 09/24/2022 22:04 and 09/25/2022 12:16[/quote]

Thanks pp. By not responding, I was trying to spare the other faiths the grilling atheist pp is giving Christians (and really these posts are just from the last few pages anyway so the request seemed disingenuous). But probably atheist pp only wants to attack Christians anyway so it doesn’t matter. [/quote]

DP here.  To be clear, Atheists disbelieve in all religions equally.  Just as you disbelieve in all but your own.  It may seem like some have a special issue with Christianity because it is the dominant religion still but trust me we don't not-believe any less in the many other religions.  :D [/quote]

Then you should be grilling the Jewish and Buddhist posters instead of aiming laughing emojis at me, no?[/quote]

PP here.  The laughing emoji was about my use of triple negatives in "[i]we don't not-believe any less in the many other religions[/i]".

It's not always about you, man.[/quote]

You must not be familiar with the inane laughing emoji atheist troll (lots of adjectives for you). You’re lucky then. [/quote]

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