You’ve been spamming and started going back and forth with outlaw again. I included the hate part because you also mentioned it on the Peter griffen post from that spamming session

At least off the Jesus was real part, he was. It’s one of the most historically agreed upon facts ever. But the miracles is a whole other thing and goes back to the point of it’s for you to decide is it false or true.

If you felt forced into the faith I’m really sorry that was the case. We shouldn’t be forcing people to be Christian that’s anti biblical. I think it’s fine to raise your kids Christian but they should never feel forced into that path and sorry again if that’s what happened.

With the bottom part, I agree, maybe there can be multiple gods, just one, or even none. I think personally Christianity got it right based off the evidence and my research but I’m open to following the data. If it’s disapproved I hope I can uncover the correct god(s) or know if there is none. But at least right now my research has lead me here and I’ve never personally felt happier/more free in life

Again don’t want to push you to watch the video but I do recommend it. I think you’d be surprised what the faith has actually done for the world.

– Most of these points are personal opinion which is totally fine. We’re all free to chose to believe it or not, and that goes for all faiths, and I respect your belief to not. Though I will mention, I don’t think it’s great to be willfully ignorant on the faith since you hate it. I believe it’s best to at least see what the Bible says so that you can have further justification against it that’s accurate. As some points you’ve mentioned like I said above aren’t actually accurate to what the faith claims/is. Of course it’s fully your choice and I don’t want to put pressure on you too read/research it, but just my opinion.

– Finally, even though you won’t be reading it, with the end part, the Bible, namely the New Testament is generally considered true by scholars (not counting the miracles since that’s not their field. Some either don’t comment or chose the validity based on their personal belief).

Not going to get into all the details since we’ll be here forever and it’s still a long debate regarding the Bible as whole. But main point, the gospels were eye witness accounts, and almost the rest were letters from a guy name Paul. Old Testament is a mix of stories, eye witness accounts, laws of the time, and kinda like diaries but from kings. Of course you can still see stuff like the miracles or the stories as false, that’s for everyone to decide since we weren’t there. But a lot of it was genuinely historical and actually did happen. Though I of course believe it all did happen.

I’ll leave you with this video. You don’t have to watch it of course but I think it’s a good video. It provides studies for its claims, and gives a general history on what the faith has actually done for the world.

I hope this at least makes you more open minded about Christianity though fully understand if not. Again your full right to believe whatever you want this is all just my opinion. I’m happy you’re open to this dialogue and I genuinely appreciate it

Why’s that?

– God fearing more so means respect for God rather then being outright terrified of him. Granted assuming you believe he’s real you can be fearful of his power, but it’s really out of respect or rebalance rather then fear he’s going to randomly snap you out of existence

– Also I wouldn’t really use Young Sheldon as an example. I get it’s to show the point of what you mean but I’ve seen the arguments the shows given and most are pretty straw-manned or out of date for current atheist-christian debates

– Of course that example can happen, but that doesn’t mean that’s a good thing either. A good church wouldn’t force a marriage between someone underaged and an adult (or 2 underaged people) or kick out the minor for something like that. By Christian beliefs we all sin so we can’t judge someone, especially someone that young. Of course when it’s in the territory of a large crime like the 29 Year old that’s a different story.

(Edit realized I should of been more clear in case I wasn’t already. A church should never force a minor into a marriage, or arraigned marriages in general. That’s an issue with an individual church having bad interpretations or leaders having serious issues rather then the faith as a whole).

– And lastly no the kid wouldn’t get struck down by Jesus that’s just not biblical. Jesus isn’t going to zap you if you lie or burn you if you stole a candy bar

I know you have a lot of critiques and questions about Christianity, so I’d recommend looking into what Christian scholars say or the Bible. As a lot of these things you bring up are beliefs culture thinks Christianity is like rather then what it actually says. Granted, Christians modern day also need to do a good job of representing it correctly that’s defiantly an issue. But I also think you should go to the source to judge it more fairly.