Why do Christians become Christians?

[SteveII]

I don't get the point of this.

I'm reading it as, "It's understandable people get drawn into this cult. It doesn't make them dumb."

I agree with that. It's totally understandable. It doesn't necessarily make them dumb at all. The tactics that are employed to hook people in range from devious to downright harmful. If there is another message here that isn't just an appeal to popularity, I don't know what it is. We could just as easily be discussing a confidence trickster.

Is this another "I'm not crazy for believing this" attempt? I'm coming to the conclusion that a lot of theists are here to convince themselves of this.

The point of this is to explain why people become Christians. The constant string of posts from most of your members are all about science and proof and how stupid Christians are for ignoring what you see as obvious. The debates are usually about logic, metaphysics, or science so some might conclude that is what the real issue is about. It is not.