The most important reason I'm xtian

[Jacob(smooth)]

Will answer as best I can. Its not a struggle to be a christian, as I said its a nice thing. It gives me some rules and standards to aspire to. I know atheists do the same but the moral framework I selected from the biblical set menu has worked better than the one I came up with myself. It gives me a good feeling to think that there is something more than cold biology and physics. It gives me a framework for things which seem to defy explanation (like love). What I think of as my relationship with God, whether its the voices in my head, the christian god as described or something ineffable which all the religions have tried and failed to describe, makes me feel good. Its a model which works. Like all models, it represents the reality without claiming to BE the reality.

There are several good reasons for me to be christian there, its not a struggle at all. The only struggle is the dissonance between my analytical brain, which wants to understand everything, and my right brain, which doesn't care. I resolve the dissonance by being comfortable with my ignorance.

If there is God, then by definition I think he would be beyond mortal comprehension. If I could wrap my tiny little 4 dimensional monkey brain around him, he wouldn't be much of a God would he?

So you're satisfied with rationalizations and wishful thinking. How very analytical.

Ask me a question about science, or medicine, I'll give you an analytical answer. Those are the areas where analytical is important, nay essential.

So far as a world view, individual morality, psychology and suchlike goes, I'm satisfied with functional. If analytical works well for you then give yourself a big hand . Woot for the more analytical than thou chas