Why I am a Christian

It's totally nuts

It may seem incongruous that a blog which is all about empirical thinking and the eradication of political dogma would be written by a Christian. It would be incongruous if Christian belief is a philosophical position. It is not. Christian belief is completely irrational, and by any rational standard is completely insane. A benevolent creator God, separated from us by our sin, loves us so much he sent his son (who is also God) to die as expiation for all the sins of the world so that all who believed on him would be credited with his righteousness and restored to a direct relationship with God. That son then went to heaven to some day return and judge the world, and in the meantime God sent us his spirit (which is also God) to show God to unbelievers and to comfort believers.