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Why I became a Christian - Part 1: Philosophy

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Hi everyone, This is a beginning of a 4-part series on why I became a Christian. As someone who was born to a Buddhist family and came from an atheist country, it wasn't a logical choice for me to convert to Christianity. In this series of posts I will do my best to expound on the reason for my change of faith and hope that it will help you to strengthen your faith in God, help you come closer to Him or at least be more open to Christianity overall - as it will change your life one day when you choose to believe in it. The 4 parts will be: 1) Philosophical 2) Emotional (coming up) 3) Supernatural (coming up) 4) Practical (coming up) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the first part of this series, I will be giving my take on why becoming a Christian made sense to me on a philosophical level. This sounds like a strange start to a series since philosophies are boring and aren't the first choice to engage an au

2019

Last year has been pretty tough for me. Toughest since 2013 I guess - but it's different as compared to previous ones since God has been using it to reveal a lot of things and bless me in ways that I didn't expect. --- The year started with me going through a few medical examinations for a certain condition - MRI, hearing test, blood test then EMG. It spans across the first half of the year as the waiting time for each test was pretty long. The result was good - the doctor couldn't find anything wrong except that my blood CK level was high. Yet, I was disappointed with the result. I wanted to know exactly what was wrong and expected the last test (EMG) to show some kinds of abnormalities since I was scheduled for it after the blood test. The last consultation with the doctor who scheduled me for all these tests didn't help as well; as the doctor was baffled and all she could advice was to drink a lot of water and take the blood test again next year. I was