Is there another motivation for christian belief?

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The trouble is, none of you can explain what it is that you gain out of that bargain in any concrete terms. It's all just vague deepities or appeals to how believing makes one feel, which isn't exactly a good reason to believe a thing.

I don't see why that would be "trouble" for you at all. My beliefs are my business as yours (or lack thereof) are your business.

It's certainly trouble for your beliefs if they can be properly explained. If you just want to hold them close to protect them from the ravages of investigation, well, that's not my problem, but it's also not going to prevent me from being interested in people, and the epistemological underpinnings of the things they hold as true.

I do find it amusing, how you and a lot of other christians are all too content to cheer each other on and express your beliefs, yet the moment someone who won't necessarily agree pops up to talk about them, suddenly that all retracts and those beliefs, which are so beneficial and powerful and profound, are no longer interesting and you all can't fathom why anyone else would be asking about them. Which is it? Should I be interested in what you think, or not?

Or is the level of acceptable interest something that scales with how likely the interlocutor is to agree with the belief?