This post is part of the Ideological Turing Test Challenge. Go to the tab above for an overview and remind yourself of the voting and commenting guidelines. What is your best reason for being a Christian? Leave it to an atheist to choose a tough question. :) There are so many answers I could give here: There's the grace and mystery and beauty of the Church, and the way it courageously stands against the constantly changing vanities of the world. There's the humility and compassion of … [Read more...]

This post is part of the Ideological Turing Test Challenge. Go to the tab above for an overview and remind yourself of the voting and commenting guidelines. What is your best reason for being a Christian? Most kids I know (me included) experiences a certainty at some point in childhood that we were somehow extraordinary and eldritch. It could be an expectation that our ‘real’ parents would one day show up or a fixed attention on the mail around our eleventh birthday. No matter how it … [Read more...]

This post is part of the Ideological Turing Test Challenge. Go to the tab above for an overview and remind yourself of the voting and commenting guidelines. What is your best reason for being a Christian? I know that Jesus Christ is my Savior. When you open your heart to Jesus and know that He is your Savior, everything else falls into place. There is no greater peace, no deeper calm, no lasting satisfaction like Salvation. What evidence or experience (if any) would cause you to … [Read more...]