Why are you a Christian? Why are you convinced that it's true?

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  • The strong case for the resurrection of Jesus.
  • The unique character of Jesus.
  • The fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies.
  • The logical necessity of God.
  • The emphasis of objective morality in Christianity.
  • Many strong philosophical convictions.
  • The feeling of a personal relationship with God.
  • The comfort that Christianity brings.
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What convinces you that Christianity is true?
 
The vibe… I know in my heart that God is my creator, in whom I give my will.
And I know Jesus died on His Cross, and rose after 3 days, for me.

It’s the vibe

I just know without any rationale or intellectual.
 
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If you don’t fuction in the power of the holy spirit. Well as saint Paul said

1cor . I came not with the wisdom of man by human reason

But with the power of vthe holy spirit

Its real its true
 
This is my reasoning as well, the case for the resurrection is strong and too convincing, and it’s the foundation for my faith. I would see no reason to follow a religion at all if it wasn’t for the resurrection as the resurrection confirms everything about Christianity, and to an extent, parts of Judaism. Sure, many so called “prophets” have come and gone, but why should I believe one over the other? What did Muhammad do to prove himself as a true prophet over someone like Joseph Smith? Jesus is the only one who seems to have actually proven himself in his resurrection. Christianity is unique in that it actually has something that other religions don’t in this regard. Another thing too is, maybe you can disprove orthodox Christianity, and strip away doctrine by doctrine (the virgin birth, the inspiration of the Bible, the Trinity, etc.), but you can’t actually disprove Christianity as Christianity, you can only do that by disproving the resurrection, which has always failed. So at least I know the basics of my faith are true, the other aspects are faith based, but they are given much more credence because of the resurrection, and no other religion has anything like this for its doctrines. As St. Paul so wonderfully puts it, “…if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless and you are still in your sins.” (1 Corinthians 15:18).
 
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The personal relationship. Observing the faith of my parents and grandparents, feels like an inheritance in that I thank them for sharing it with me.
First memory of Jesus as a person at age 3 or 4.
 
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I am a Christian, a Catholic in fact, by the grace of God. Sure, I was baptized at the age of 10 days and was brought up a Catholic but I learned about my faith when I was a little older and in my late teens/early twenties realized that I needed to make my own choice. I was comfortable with my given faith AND I saw the Truth of the One True Church. Even when I left the church for 10 years I never left the Church.

I’ve experienced consolations from God, emotionally tinged experiences that have bolstered my faith, but I worship the God of consolations, not the consolations of God, and do not seek after such experiences.
 
Actually, I choose theism and Christianity because given the two propositions; one that somehow you can add an infinite void to an eternal and endless vacuum and get daisies, ducks, dolphins, and the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders (the atheist proposition); or two, there is a greater intelligence than man, a first cause to all that exists, I choose the latter. Guess you could say I’m the kind of person who embraces light, when I fully understand its absence.

Any seven year old can tell you that 0 + 0 = something other than zero is wrong. And I might add, a poor scientific/mathematical basis for a position that there is no such thing as a God.
 
I was baptized as a child and attended Catholic school. Now it seems part of my DNA in spite of the many problems and inconsistencies that I see. It is my family and I remain loyal regardless of problems.

Had I been born in another tradition I might feel the same way.
 
None of the above …one day I flipped the TV channel , heard a preacher talking about Jesus, I got a little interested and I was zapped by the Holy Spirit .That’s how I know Christianity is true.
 
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When I first returned to the Church, it was simply because I had already been Christian. I had always just assumed that Christianity was right, even when I had considered converting to Buddhism as a teenager. Since I’ve become more educated in the faith, the philosophical arguments have kept me Christian, and the historical arguments have kept me Catholic.
 
The crucifixion. It’s the only answer to the problem of suffering that I’ve ever found satisfying. Also, the idea of a crucified, naked, bleeding God is so counter-intuitive, so shameful, that it’s not something anyone would make up if they were just trying to honor their dead teacher. Let alone devout Jews who believed “anyone who hangs on a tree is accursed by God.” And it’s certainly not something anyone would make the cornerstone of their new religion as the apostles all do. I understand why Muslims believe it wasn’t really Jesus up there. It really is a scandal.

But if God ever revealed himself, it would be in a way that shattered our preconceptions and challenged our human inclination toward comfort and glory. And Christianity is the only religion I’ve found that does that. That’s why I believe.
 
To be frank, quite a bit of it is just observing how non-Catholics act. The personal insecurities are sometimes pretty stark, and they also cannot defend their arguments very well at all.
 
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