What is it about your religion that for you makes you feel it is the right one?

[ekim]

Seek and you shall find.  Knock and it shall be opened to you.

[Nearly Sane]

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[BeRational]

Because there is a hint of "I shall ignore you until I find you" or I'll try everything else first (St Augustine)?
Because the priority is your own effort rather than God?

So what?

None of this points to it being correct.

[BeRational]

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Ah, well noted, I had not noticed.

I think the opening post poses a challenging question which sort of invites criticism.

[Anchorman]

///////////////    I surrendered to a Christ I did not believe in...and found in Him a joy and peace, and a lasting presence in my life that has never left me.

[trippymonkey]

 I surrendered to a Christ I did not believe in...and found in Him a joy and peace, and a lasting presence in my life that has never left me.

OH YEAH?!?!? Met Him personally have you??? No Thought not !!!

Nick

[jeremyp]

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I think, since the opening question is actually a challenge to the faith of many people, perhaps the thread should be moved.

[Anchorman]

I surrendered to a Christ I did not believe in...and found in Him a joy and peace, and a lasting presence in my life that has never left me.

OH YEAH?!?!? Met Him personally have you??? No Thought not !!!

Nick

     



      If you mean, have I experienced His presence in my life, then, yes - many, many times.
If you mean did I receive a joy and peace - unlooked for, which has never really left me, then, yes.
If you mean did I find that the questions I thought were important did not need answers in the light of that experience, then, yes.
In every way that I can measure, I encountered Him as an atheist in November 1977, and left atheism behind with no regret whatsoever.

[Owlswing]

I'm a Christian because I was brought up a Christian in a Christian country. Had I been brought up in Afghanistan, I'd be a Muslim. If I'd been brought up in Myanmar, I'd be a Buddhist. I make no bones about that.

That explains why Trump is a wanker!

[SteveH]

Sentiment, dear boy, pure sentiment. My head is sceptical, but my heart is a true believer.

[trippymonkey]

     
 If you mean, have I experienced His presence in my life, then, yes - many, many times.
If you mean did I receive a joy and peace - unlooked for, which has never really left me, then, yes.
If you mean did I find that the questions I thought were important did not need answers in the light of that experience, then, yes.
In every way that I can measure, I encountered Him as an atheist in November 1977, and left atheism behind with no regret whatsoever.

So my final line is correct then !!!