I'm a Christian...

@walabby Hi there. How are ya? When I first become a Christian I was not seeking to 'get religion'. I was open to the consideration of any philosophical/intellectual system that would give me a balanced view of the world and a more liveable experience of life. I found much more than I was looking for when a friend's mother read to me from the new testament in the kitchen of the house where I was living at the time and it still 'works for me' today almost 50 years later even though I no longer live and work in a small Australian town, I live in Melbourne, one of Australia's biggest cities. I was baptised by immersion, (a metaphor for death to self followed by burial and resurrection to a new life) as soon as possible after I made the decision to believe. The personal details that you have provided about yourself to Similar Worlds indicate that we are approximately the same age and may possibly have some other things in common as well. If you were to try and 'de-convert' me, how would you go about it? Have you ever read the New Testament? What did you make of it? Are you very philosophical? Which country do you live in? Have you ever knocked on heaven's door? If so what happened?

@will999 Hi Will. I don't want to de-convert you. Each to his own. I was raised in a fundamental home and was toeing the christian line until I read the New Testament. Its contradictions, inaccuracies and dependence on convoluted Old Testament "prophecies" done for me. My philosophy now could be loosely be described as Spiritual with God being All That Is...
I live in QLD.

@walabby Hello again. Forgive me please, I am really trying to understand. If God is all there is there can be no evil because everything that exists is God, and by inference good, right? That does not work for me. I can see making very little effort that not everything which exists is good - death, fear and pain being prime examples. Have you ever seen a homeless person on the street where you live in sunny Queensland begging for money? Without going in to too much analysis on exactly what led to them being in that position I'm sure you agree it can't possibly all be good. Have you ever suffered as a consequence of someone else's misbehaviour? Is there no small voice within you that wants to cry out for justice and not merely on your own account but on behalf of everyone forced to bear an unfair burden of grief due to someone else's thoughtlessness and stupidity? And what about you? Have you never caused unintended suffering or pain because you did not fully understand the true nature of the situation you were in at the time? How did you remedy that situation and how do you feel about it now? What is the first contradiction or inaccuracy in the New Testament that springs to mind as you read this? Since you were raised in a fundamentalist christian home I have no need to stress the Biblical fact that God has settled the account on our behalf. He has paid the price for our shortcomings in full for all of us who choose to claim it in the name of Christ. I'll end the performance appraisal here because there really is nothing left to say.

@will999 Life is about gaining experience, good and bad.

The first inaccuracy that comes to mind is the Census that prompted Joseph and Mary to travel to Bethlehem when Quirinius was governor of Syria and Herod the Great was king.
The bible is the only record of this "event", and to think that everyone in the Roman world had to travel back to where their ancestors of 1000 years past came from to be counted is ridiculous. The only reason for this invention is because prophecy said that the messiah had to be born in Bethlehem, but Jesus lived in Nazareth.
The big problem though is that Quirinius was appointed governor of Syria about ten years after Herod the Great died.

There are plenty of biblical inconsistencies. Google them. Some are very minor. Some are not.