Disclaimer!: I'm only supporting Christianity because that is the only religion I know enough about to be able to convince someone to join. I'm not saying that it is the only choice, because I don't believe certain things having to do with it.Pullo. I say believe in God, His son, and the Holy spirit. It makes life seem a lot nicer.
Religious Peoples' Reasons to believe in Christianity:Many people can feel that the Lord is there when in Church and praying.
"The only way to the Father is through me" -Jesus said that, so it is widely accepted as true.
It brightens peoples moods and we are generally a happy, accepting people.We have never ending love, generally, and are very forgiving. [If only because that is what was told to us to do.]
The Lord said that in the end, his love is what holds us together. He showed his love for us on the cross... Now take a look at
Laminin and
what it looks like.[Yes, four different images from different sites.]
Life / Logical / Other reasons why to believe:Most people who don't believe that they are and will be responsible to something later on tend to not act with any restrictions. They act as if no rules apply to them, and that they have no reason to behave in a correct manner. [At least, the one's I've met act this way.]
People who don't believe in God tend to have a very dark view on life, compared to many Christians I know, who are extremely happy people and are rarely -if ever- depressed. A challenge to them means God is trying to teach them something, not that they are being punished for something and they must figure it out.
Belief in Christianity gives very easy rules to work with, compared to most other religions. There are ten, maybe eleven?
Exodus 20: 1-17 tells them all. I've bolded the important words from each rule. ^^
"And God spoke all these words:
"I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
You shall have no other gods before me.You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the waters below. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the fathers to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments.
You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not hold anyone guiltless who misuses his name.
Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservent, or your maidservent, nor your animals, nor the alien within your gates. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. There for the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.
Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
You shall not murder
You shall not commit adultery.
You shall not steal.You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manswervent or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.""
And in the New Testamant, there are a few times when someone asks Jesus what the most important rule to follow is. Jesus, in most of the instances, replys with this:
"Love thine neighbor as thyself."And if you break a rule? Just ask the Lord for forgiveness and try your best to fix it. Easy really. ^^