The real religion?

[Faith No More]

How is it that requiring consistent standards is dragging science down into the gutter? Please explain...

But you're not requiring consistent standards.   You're equating hearsay written down 2,000 years ago with the collection and peer-reviewed study of observed data.

As to the OP, I see a lot of changes in who I am, and how I think.   I have also seen it in others.   I didn't answer in the beginning, because I didn't think that you would like the answer.   I think that it is difficult to explain, unless you have experienced it.   It is not a reformation, but something that comes from the inside.   I also don't think it Is exactly the same for each person.  Some things where immediate, others came in time, and I know that some things I still struggle with and need to work on.  But it was the things that I didn't struggle with (other than accepting the change), that I notice.


It seemed to me, that what you where looking for was a measurable outward gain.   In Christianity, that is not promised.   And at times we may suffer because of our Faith.  I do believe that God answers prayer, not as a proof or a formula, like rubbing a genie bottle.   This has never been within the Christian tradition.  We get sick, and suffer loss, the same as everyone else as a consequence of sin.  I have back issues, that cause a number of problems.

The other issue is, that not everyone who calls themselves a Christian has their heart in the right place.   It's not all about you, and what you can gain, which is why I think that your question is starting from the wrong point of view.

But how is this any different than the benefits that the followers of every other religion claim to have?  Why is it unreasonable for people to expect there to be a distinguishable difference between those people that have found the supposedly one true religion and the other people that are supposedly fooling themselves?