Quote Originally Posted by Ncturnal
statistically speaking, the majority of Christian are so because that's what they were taught their whole life. Had the same individual been from India, they'd probably be Hindu, Jewish if from Isreal, and Islamic if from Saudi Arabia. They were born into their belief/religion/faith, etc, and typically they are merely hoping to justify or reaffirm their own beliefs
incidentally this is what made me originally question christianity. all through the news id heard of religious wars in the middle east.. baptism in the southeast, catholics in south america, budhism and other religions in asia - everyone is so dead set that their religion is right.. but suppose there is a god and he is a christian. have all other religions lived their lives in vain? is there a possibility in more than one supreme being?

then i started to question myself.. aside from faith, what basis do a majority of religions have in believing in god? their upbringing? some have claimed to have had talks with god. but i know that ive personally had dreams and saw things.. but brain activity during sleep is scientifically proven.

i think that religion was devised to comfort people. its used to explain what isnt explainable at the time by science, and to help people deal with mortality, and that after life there is nothing else.

i believe in coincidence.. that good things happen and that bad things happen. its a cycle. i however do not believe in fate or that things happen for a reason.