Avalerion

=== Foundation: Word of God ===

=== Foundation: Word of God ===

It took two years, going through several religions that first qualified by having a “holy book” and not contradicting it or the qualifications for the deity stated above, until finally reading Christianity.  I had held off from it because I was afraid that, because it was popular, especially in the United States, that it would be assumed that I took to it because everyone else around me was Christian.  That’s far from the truth.  With nineteen years of an unbelieving lifestyle, you can bet that I managed to find the few Atheists, Deists, Wiccans, Armenians and so on in my area, and surround myself with them, because I had no one else to relate to.  Even now my understanding is at odds with most of my family and many other self-proclaimed Christians.

It took two years, going through several religions that first qualified by having a “holy book” and not contradicting it or the qualifications for the deity stated above, until finally reading Christianity.  I had held off from it because I was afraid that, because it was popular, especially in the United States, that it would be assumed that I took to it because everyone else around me was Christian.  That’s far from the truth.  With nineteen years of an unbelieving lifestyle, you can bet that I managed to find the few Atheists, Deists and Wiccans and so on in my area, and surround myself with them, because I had no one else to relate to.  Even now my understanding is at odds with most of my family and many other self-proclaimed Christians.

In any case, Christianity held up to all the conditions I had wanted, where the religions had failed.  (I still need to return the Hindu book, but keep getting lost to that part of town.)  The Bible contained further scientific evidence that I had not even heard about before, but I guess that’s understandable.  ‘’Darwinism Under the Microscope’’ was five-years old when I first read it.

In any case, Christianity held up to all the conditions I had wanted, where the religions had failed.  (I still need to return the Hindu book, but keep getting lost to that part of town.)  The Bible contained further scientific evidence that I had not even heard about before, but I guess that’s understandable.  ''Darwinism Under the Microscope'' was five-years old when I first read it.