why did you become a christian?

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And honest question leads to more questions and hopefully understanding. To ask a question for the sole purpose of extracting information so as to launch an attack is childish. When you reply with a statement about the "perceived ridiculousness of your beliefs" how does that lead to an interesting discussion? Sorry, I'm becoming very disillusioned with the forum.

I stress perceived, there: no matter how ridiculous we think your beliefs are, that doesn't make them any less or more true. I've stated numerous times that I can be converted by a sufficiently convincing presentation of evidence; this question of the user's religious origin stories might be what does that. I'm not trying to be hostile, here; I do think christian beliefs are silly, but this question does interest me because if they bear out to be true, I'll believe them anyway. I find chihuahuas to be ridiculous too, but they do exist.

My point was that, rather than thinking of questions like this as a concerted effort to attack the things you believe, it's entirely possible that the ridicule comes from a genuine- if mistaken, from your perspective- belief, too. Such things can be corrected, but seeing it as a deliberate, premeditated attack is giving up before even trying.