It is true that my beliefs were founded on cultural influence...but the feelings that led to those beliefs were mine alone...no leader brainwashed me.
I know you cannot answer the question of what you would believe if you happened to have had your experience while worshipping in a Buddhist temple, but that brings up another interesting question.
How come God doesn't "save" people who have never heard of Him (or Jesus)? How come only those people who are in an Evangelical Christian setting or have been proselytized to are "saved"?
How come a Buddhist in his mountain temple or a Hindu in a remote village in India or an animist in the Congo who have never come in contact with a Christian missionary are never "filled with the Holy Spirit" and independently dedicate their lives to Christ?
Now,
that would be powerful evidence for the existence of a living God and His Son, Jesus as savior of mankind.
How come it doesn't happen?
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