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really though, i think most people that are christian have never really put much thought into why they are xtian and why they believe what they do. most people are born and tought one thing from birth, and that's their religion.
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Do you really think that it's just Christianity that's this way? It's true for all religions. There are plenty of Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, et al, who are members of their religion just because they were born into it, and I'd be surprised if the proportions were any different than that within the Christian faith. Moreover, there are plenty of people who are in religion just because they
weren't born into it. Think of pagans who are just pagans to piss off their parents/society. Being born into a religion isn't the only bad reason to believe in it.
And if you think Christianity isn't hard, if you think it's just a matter of following simple rules, you need to study the faith again. There are plenty of religions that are just a matter of following rules -- in fact, insofar as I understand it, Buddhism happens to be one of them. Christianity is about being faithful to a savior, and no one has ever come up with a set of simple rules for doing that. Or can you explain why Paul is so adamant that Christianity is not about following the Law?