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Do you feel lucky?

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nanna8 Mon 13-Jul-26 13:53:52

I feel incredibly grateful and lucky that I have a belief in God and his son, Jesus. For many years I just longed to have faith that I witnessed in others. One day, bam, it happened. Just out of the blue really. So good, life changing.

nanna8 Wed 15-Jul-26 13:19:07

I think ‘religion’ is quite different from ‘belief’ and ‘faith’ in God. I agree, there are a lot of terrible things and people connected with ‘religion’

Norah Wed 15-Jul-26 13:26:45

I feel very blessed, fortunate, and grateful.

‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction…’ (2 Cor 1:3-4a)

Skye17 Thu 23-Jul-26 21:36:10

I’m very happy that I’m a Christian, and grateful to God who called me to himself. I started looking into Christianity at the age of 27, having been an agnostic up till then. The evidence convinced me.

In my view whether you are a Christian or not doesn’t come down to where, when and to whom you were born at all. There are Christians all over the world, and people convert to Christianity from every religion. If someone wants to know the truth, they will find it.

Some examples of conversions to Christianity are here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Christianity

Books about them include Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi, Found by Love by Rahil Patel (formerly a Hindu monk), and Not God’s Type by Holly Ordway (formerly an atheist academic).

SpinDriftCoastal Fri 24-Jul-26 07:54:21

Skye17

I’m very happy that I’m a Christian, and grateful to God who called me to himself. I started looking into Christianity at the age of 27, having been an agnostic up till then. The evidence convinced me.

In my view whether you are a Christian or not doesn’t come down to where, when and to whom you were born at all. There are Christians all over the world, and people convert to Christianity from every religion. If someone wants to know the truth, they will find it.

Some examples of conversions to Christianity are here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Christianity

Books about them include Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus by Nabeel Qureshi, Found by Love by Rahil Patel (formerly a Hindu monk), and Not God’s Type by Holly Ordway (formerly an atheist academic).

Then how do you account for all the other millions of people born in this world to other faiths and not faiths? They all believe or don't believe in their own contexts. No one is right or wrong. Realistically, it comes down to who you are as an individual.