I find it fascinating when people who lack faith lump the Christian, Jewish and Muslim religions together. "They're all just fairy tales," the heathens say.
The problem is: only one of the previously mentioned religions is the correct path to the Lord.
Islam.
No, I'm kidding; it's Christianity.
Before you argue that I'm only a Christian because my father was a Christian, and he was only a Christian because his father was a Christian, etc., let me tell you something that may shock you: I'm a Christian because it's the only religion that makes sense!
God created this beautiful world and equipped it with everything humans need to survive.
He then added the humans.
After bestowing man with His gift, God naturally assumed man would join together and live near perfect lives. Instead, the people took his gift and went absolutely insane. Admittedly, they fought each other for what they thought were good reasons; but if you were God, you'd understand that there is absolutely no reason to fight, no reason to fib, no reason to cheat, and no reason to be cruel to your fellow man.
After all, if everyone simply acted responsibly and did the right thing, this world would resemble a utopia.
But the earth has never been close to a utopia.
Imagine His frustration: "What'd you guys do! I gave you food, sunshine, materials with which to build shelter. I made it where your only requirements were gathering enough sustenance for dinner and constructing a suitable roof under which to avoid inclement weather, and then you'd have the rest of the time to sit around and chat with one another and worship me. I even gave you varying talents so some of you could hunt, some of you could cook, some of you could build, etc..."
Also imagine His frustration watching the population grow to six billion. Not about the number would He have a problem, but He might be irked at the fact that about half of the six billion could be wiped out with a single weapon!
With man choosing to commit acts of needless destruction, why in the world would He welcome any of us into His kingdom!
Why would He reward people who callously ruined a near perfect opportunity! Parents say it all the time to misbehaving children, "We give you a roof over your head, clothes to wear, food to eat, and this is how you repay us!"
That's why Christianity is the correct religion - because it rationally deals with the problem of humans messing everything up.
He is a loving God, which is why He gave us such a grand opportunity. Despite the fact that He couldn't condone the debauchery, He gave truly remorseful people the chance to be saved. Because if you generally want to be a good person, yet falter due to innate urges, wouldn't it make sense that your attempt at wholesome living was rewarded by the creator?
And doesn't it also make sense that Jesus showed us what it is like to sacrifice by dying on the cross? By that example, we know it's possible to resist any temptation and sustain any hardship without losing faith, because nothing we could possibly face on earth will come close to Jesus' violent end.
In other words, the following makes perfect sense...
God creates the world and then adds people. People are brutal, so He reacts in kind. He then says, "Okay, even though you act boorishly, I'll give you a shot at redemption. I'll go as far as showing you what sacrifice is all about."
Present day: people are still brutal, but they at least have a chance.
So it isn't that Christians choose Christianity because we are taught that Jesus is the light - it's because we rationally understand that without Jesus there is no way we would stand a chance to eventually be granted entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
A lot of people say that Christianity makes so little sense that it's impossible for them to make the leap of faith. But I say it's a leap of faith to, either believe the world just magically appeared on its own, or a God glorious enough to create this wonderful world wouldn't give us a chance to join Him, provided we have goodness in our heart.
So while some parts of the Bible may be hard to understand and even contradictory, the main part of Christianity makes the most sense when compared to any belief, or non-belief.
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