I wouldn’t be a Christian

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I don’t deny that it’s possible to learn things from stories in holy books. So if I woke up tomorrow with that opinion, I wouldn’t be any different to how I am now. I don't think it would be meaningful to call myself a Christian. I’d have to believe there was some sort of actual truth to it, somewhere. Otherwise I’m a Jordan Peterson Christian, which he would call me already (since I’m not a murderer).

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@ OP:

Well, if God/Jesus turned out to be real, I'd have a whole lot of reassessing to do. I honestly don't know what I'd do. There are tons of questions I'd have... Is bible inerrant? How is it to be interpreted if at all? Which schism is the correct one (if any)?

I mean, same deal if I discovered leprechauns or magic spells were real... I'd need to do an entire reassessment of reality.

If you asked me what would change about my attitudes toward the cosmos if I found out leprechauns are real, I don't think I could give an honest answer. I just can't imagine that ever being the case. It would be a real WTF moment. Hard to tell what kind of attitudes I'd have or choices I'd make on the other side of that revelation.

Well, we'd still have all the evidence we have today about the cosmos, so the bible can only be true insofar as it is consistent with that. We already don’t know what happened before a certain point. It appears to have no relevance at all after that point. So to be religious, I’d have to stop assessing evidence properly or start making lots of unfounded metaphysical assertions.

That’s why it’s hard for me to assess what it would be like for me, because my character and thinking set would have entirely changed just to allow any of it in. If I was still in any way me, I’d morally reject the whole thing and let the creator judge me as he sees fit for that. Maybe the truth is he’d be impressed with me focusing on the people and animals around me rather than giving him worship he has no need of.