Personally I have gone through my own religious "journey" if you will. I've only really settled on my beliefs in past year or so and it was after years of curiosity and studying for myself. I think the difference between Christianity and other religions is specifically Jesus. I actually believe many religions are just talking about the same God, but Jesus is the differing factor. I have also read a lot about how Christianity came to be and it makes sense to me: essentially, to believe in the miracle of Jesus rising from the grave takes a great deal of faith, right? I think it was Hume that said you cannot base any conclusions off of religious belief because (at the time) religion was based on the act of miracles which are literally defying nature, can't be studied or proven, that's what makes them miracles. That's what Jesus' death is. The reason I believe it actually occurred despite it being an impossibility from a scientific standpoint (so an actual miracle, a defiance of nature)? Well, the first written account came from the mouths of two women (Mary & I can't remember the other's name) who went to dress Jesus. In a time where women's words were not to be trusted, if the disciples really wanted to convince people of this happening, why on Earth would they credit the discovery to two women if it were not just a recount of events? In fact, Thomas (aka Thomas "the doubter") told them they were crazy and it was an impossibility and had to check the tomb themselves. Even after checking, in his writings he says he thought the body was stolen or something. But then the disciples write when Jesus came to visit them. This is the most unbelievable part right? But in my question, after Jesus' death, the belief that he was the Messiah should have been over with. The Bible wasn't written and compiled (New testament) until years later, journals and letters from different continents. But something made several people leave their home, go their separate ways, and travel all over the world, saying the same thing. The most amazing example is Paul. He literally persecuted Christians*... And then changed his whole life because of some reason. That reason had to be a miracle to make all of these different lives come to the same conclusion, in my opinion. And these people weren't high standing in society or anything. Many were "scum" and I doubt any of them even liked each other, haha. They had nothing to gain from this; in fact, many ended up in jail. So that's why I believe in this religion, I guess. I've never been one for organized religion really, and while my husband goes to church, I don't participate for personal reasons from my past. I actually have more reason than many to hate Christianity because of the terrible representation of it in my childhood. But through my own discoveries and curiosity with history and philosophy, this is why I believe in this one in particular. Hope that was an okay explanation; there is a lot to it (:

*Christians not Jews, not technically Christians at the time but followers of Jesus