Are there any actual good reasons to convert to Christianity?
Are there any actual good reasons to convert to Christianity?
Jesus
No
It's the truth.
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Yes- salvation of your immortal soul, vs damnation to eternal hellfire.
What are you then?
Because you'll make your avózinha happy for once. Also because you''ve hopefully realised by now that Catholic traditions represent the best guidelines for our societies and the modern world is so fucked because we strayed from them.
Go to Mass, portubro.
If you haven't friend, you could go to Catholic groups to have ones.
No it's a trash semetic religion that has brought about the fall of Western Civilization.
Hey it's got to be better than worshiping moloch and eating children at pizza parlours.
Not unless you find them out for yourself, otherwise you’re just doing it for community or acceptance.
If you want a guarantee into heaven, you’re better off becoming Muslim, because Jesus said “not everyone who calls me lord will see the kingdom... I will tell them ‘I never knew you’”. Naturally, you’re gonna have to read the Bible to understand Islam, and to understand Christianity you should read the Torah.
If you’re looking for spiritual progress, however, I recommend “the egg” by Andy weir. With the right amount of faith in humanity, and enough thought you just may find the exit node from the matrix, ie: the Holy Spirit.
Yes. Jesus is THE Way, THE Truth, and THE Life.
John 14:6
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I wish I could visit Fatima real easy like he could. One day I'll make it there and Santiago.
I was an atheist for many years but now I believe in God. I still believe in evolution. The problem is I can't choose a religion and feel one is needed. The whole spiritual but not religious thing doesn't do it for me. I believe there are answers out there. I have both the Bible and the Qur'an at home and I've been learning a lot about both religions. I am an absolute monotheist. I believe in a God that is unreachable, in the conventional sense, but is also personal. I felt God intervening in my life in subtle but sure ways.
Well it helps you to think more morally, and church is a good life motivator
This is the real and only reason.
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Have you been to Fatima? I know lots of people have spiritual experiences going there on pilgrimage.
>Because you'll make your avózinha happy for once
I tell my 70+ yo relatives I'm Catholic. I'm long past my fedora phase and feel no animosity towards religion as a ritual. I went with my grandma to mass a couple times and so on. The second part of your post is just consequentialism, imo. I'm not interested in what works for society, I'm interested in the truth. Pretending to believe in something for its positive ramifications is no better than rejecting racial differences because nazis. Thanks for the advice though.
If I converted, I'd definitely go Catholic.
There would be no Western civilization without the Church.
I also bust a nut.
Must've been God
I don't get it. It's swollen cheeks slang for something?
I'm not religious, but it certainly seems like there is a big network to get in touch with if you were to get into it. The spiritual stuff has always seemed hokey to me, but the community it has created is nice.
Once in a school trip and a couple times with family, 2-3 times. I actually don't live far away. 45 mins top. It's a beautiful place and year round I see groups of pilgrims. Lots of Portuguese priests have criticized Fatima for becoming a business. One went so far as calling it "our own Loch Ness".
I have a hard time believing in those sorts of miracles.
Fatima is a lot better than say Medjugorje, which I believe was not supernatural and IS being used for moneymaking and tourism. But I think that's a healthy attitude, some people put everything in pilgrimages and having mystical experiences and get upset if and when it doesn't play out the way they want to.