Quote Originally Posted by Twisterdog View Post
Actually, no, I don't.

You may not have grown up in a practicing Christian household, but you grew up in a Christian country. When you decided to start actively practicing a religion, you reached for the Bible, the book of Christians. You didn't go to the library and check out the Qu'an or the Torah and read them cover to cover several times as well, before deciding to start practicing Christianity. I'd bet again, you didn't research the Bahá'í faith, Gnosticism or Jainism.

I'm not saying this in and of itself is wrong. It's human nature. We gravitate towards what we know. If I want to buy a new car, I pick from the choices that I am familar with, that my friends and family own, and are readily available in my area. I choose between a Chevy and a Toyota ... I don't even think about a Tata, a Izmash or a Yulon. It's the same with religion ... when basically non-religious people decide to become religious, they almost always choose the religion of their family, friends or country. Not always, there are exceptions ... that's why I did not say "100%" in my original post. But it's incredibly rare that an American decides to start practicing Kharijite, Sikhism, or iAyyavazhi nstead of Christianity.
Well, the Torah is part of the Christian Bible so I did read that one several times. Since I had never ever even heard of the others I couldn't research them. We had no computer Google access in those days. Even the libraries were limited as to what religious books were offered.