Hello everyone. For the longest time, I have been a heathen. I honored the Norse gods. However, I was always skeptical as to whether or not they existed. Or whether any god or even afterlife existed. It was more of a cultural thing for me. I was one of the "spiritual but not religious" sorts.
Anyway, I recently went to a convention and saw what I personally describe as some really degenerate shit. Not going to go into details because I'm not sure how to do it in the realm of the rules, but as a baseline, imagine a giant hall filled with people cosplaying the Asgardians from the Thor movies, except that Tumblr exploded all over them. It was bad enough to make me want to convert.
I don't mean to compare the religion to selling a car, but could anyone pitch Christianity to me? It's already got some good things going for it IMO.
Building block of Western Civilization
Of the three big Abrahamic religions, Christianity seems to be the most chill
Christians seem to be a generally joyful bunch
Jesus is 100% someone that humanity should try to emulate
The Bible is actually a rather captivating read (Currently in the book of John)
One question that would help me to have some understanding is how do you have faith? I understand that faith is in essence belief without proof, so I am asking what specifically is the catalyst for your faith? What is your main motivation for believing?
Thank you for your time, and no disrespect is meant if any is inferred.