The most important reason I'm xtian

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I was raised in an anglican household, where faith was something we did on sunday morning between 945 and 1030.
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...the words of Jesus in the bible are more important than the rest.
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I...now consider the rest of the bible, especially the OT to be very errant.
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I see the bible as much like a self help book. I read it, the bits which resonate I think "gosh yes, that seems right" and the bits that don't I put down...
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Intellectually, I admire atheism and I suffer a good deal of dissonance because a big chunk of me, the scientific and analytical bit, has a sneaking suspicion that its actually correct.
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In many ways I would like to be an atheist, but to do so would mean giving up my comfort blanket / crack pipe / happy-moist-joy feelings on tap.
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I am acutely aware that my experience is absolutely no proof of the reality of anything I choose to believe in.
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I'm a rubbish evangelist, as the best I can ever do is "it worked really well for me, give it a go". Which is much the same line drug dealers use and for much the same reasons.
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It's not a unique story, nor an especially interesting one.
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Anyone else want to say why they are Christian?

Nah. You've pretty much covered it.
And hey, those annual forum awards are coming up soon.

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