Christians - why are you a Christian?

Question

Also, are are your parents Christians?

Answer 1

My parents aren't Christians.
My life has been filled with situations and circumstances that made me think that God just HAD to exist. The biggest one was when I was 25, hitting a tree with a 3 wheeler, cracking my skull and breaking C-6 & C-7 and not being paralyzed. This had prevented me from making a major life mistake.
I was 37 and had been searching for God my whole life. When I gave my life to Christ, it was an act of faith. The Holy Spirit took over and I had no idea that would happen. I had no idea I'd have the peace, joy and love that I experience now.

Answer 2

I was born a catholic, but became an atheist when I was about 13 for many reasons. I debated God a lot and was pretty good at punching holes in all religious doctrines and beliefs. I recently read Shelly's on the Necessity of Atheism and Proof against Deism. I used all the same arguements.

I read Ayn Rand and became even more firmly atheistic. Got my BS/MS in 4 years with honors, worked at EXXON research, and was accepted into the PHd progam at Columbia University.

After I was married and had kids, I started to go to church to give them roots, and my wife was a Christian. I listened but did not accept.

It was only when I started to get engaged spiritually, to pray, and to try to discern things spiritually that I began to start to understand that there is something to faith. I began to grow.

The bible was a different issue. The message is a good message: love god and love others as yourself. Other issues I had to work thru, and as I did, I found that there were no real issues. This will take some explaining. If the Christian God is as Shelly and others describe Him, then Christianity is a false and evil religion. I know I do not believe in a false and evil religion. So there is a contradiction in this mess, somewhere. I think I can answer most of Shelly's issues.

Now, I find even from a scientific basis, the existence of a creator seems to be likely than not, for many very good reasons.

The universe came into existence suddenly, and this event must have been caused.

The origins of life appear to be completely impossible from a naturalistic standpoint. All evidence is true that is found in the fossil record, God is truth and science pursues the truth, thus.....

What property in matter exists that can cause consciousness. This is a mystery. Some neuro-scientists are leaning toward duality based on the data.

Also, assuming a creator is an undefined God (religions are faith based), then, bringing a creator (not Christianity) back into philosophy as a deity that create for a reason, establishes a first principle justification for life to have purpose and meaning. I realize people are not nihlistic and most have a purpose and believe their life has meaning. However, in the grand scheme of nature, if life is strictly materialistic, then life is meaningless. Philosophy now is grossly nihlistic and lost for that reason. That is a huge problem for civilization.

Sorry for the long and high level answer, but here it is.

Take care!

Answer 3

I believe that Jesus took away the burden of my sins and died so that I could live eternally with God. I don't want to live or die alone - in darkness forever. Nor do I want that for anyone else. So I am a Christ-ian to do exactly that. -Live like Christ -Love like Christ -Show the people around me the Love God has shown me. Grace, it's amazing.
I became a Christian when I was 16. I started attending church regularly when I was 18, stopped when I was 19, and started again at 22. My husband became a Christian at 25. I do not know if his family is but they do not attend church.
My mother is Christian. I do not know for sure about dad. They have been married for 25 years and do not attend church regularly. (Our parents come on special occasions every so often - usually only if we ask them to)

Answer 4

I am Christian because I needed God in my life at a time when I was going down hill fast, I became Christian due to the fact that both of my sisters were the ones who convinced me that I needed help. They didn't push me into nothing I did it all on my own. As far as why well that is like asking why did you ask this question?

My parents are not Christian as a matter of fact my Father is Baptist and my mother was Methodist, so it didn't have anything to do with the fact of parental involvement or even because of my sisters it was my choice and I took it because I knew I needed the help.

Answer 5

You sure do seem overly concerned; and, oh, some might say, OBSESSED with the religion of everyone else. How high is that moral horse you've mounted and, what, are you the Religion and Judgement Police. You seem to have a whole lot of extra time on your hands, perhaps charity work or some other form of volunteering could assist in filling up all those hollow spots in your schedule.

Answer 6

My parents are Christians and I'm a Christian by choice. Yes, they taught me of Christianity, but i had to make the conscious choice to REMAIN a Christian in my adulthood for their teaching alone wouldn't enable me to have a relationship with God, I must cultivate it through study and prayer and whatever God might lead me to do.

Answer 7

I started life as a Catholic because that is what my parents, also being Catholic, decided what was best for me. As I grew, I did the things that catholics do because i was a Catholic. This included going to Mass, going to Confession, going to Eucharist, saying my prayers, etc.

I got married in a Catholic Church and had my children baptized Catholic because that is what Catholics do. When my children got old enough to attend religion classes, my wife and i volunteered to teach because they asked for volunteers.

It was when I started teaching that I began to understand the Catholic faith and saw that it is a path to joy, peace, and a very fulfilling relationship with God and others in and outside of the Catholic Church.

By understanding and living my Catholic faith (not just going through the motions) every single day and moment of my life, I have found a peace and joy that I never found before in my life.

It was only after really questioning, thinking, researching, searching, and analyzing the catholic faith that I really became a Catholic Christian.

Answer 8

Yep, my parents are Christians. To be honest, for a while my faith was really just hiding under my parents faith. Now that I'm older, my faith has become my own. I know it's real because it's been tried and tested many times, and it's stayed strong.

Answer 9

The Lord loved us before we first loved Him. A Christian that knows the Lord and His Word. Also knows that we were chosen by God to believe. We were called to be a Christian.

www.thelordschurch.org

Answer 10

Because I think it's the right thing for me to do.

And yes, my parents are Christians too, but yes, when I left home for college the decision to continue or not truely became my own (some of my siblings have chosen not to continue in it).

But really, I'm glad my parents are - one of my sweetest memories is, after finishing college, eating lunch with my father at an airport and seeing the light and smile on his face as he shared his testimony with me.

thanks