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For starts, you may want to look at how you phrased your OP.
If you want to question me about what I believe, how I came to that belief and why I continue to believe, then pull up chair and I’ll get us a couple of beers.
If you want polite forms of “arguments” you can use to point out that I am irrational, gullible, incapable of critical thought or just plain intellectually lazy, then life is too short.
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This is an interesting point. If you in fact actually want to know about one’s beliefs, why would there be any “arguments” to use? Intending to argue with a believer belies respectful discussion of belief, so you may as well give up the attempts to be “respectful” at the outset. In fact, a hidden agenda is probably going to be looked at as more jerkish behavior then being upfront with the purpose of your discussion.
I’m vaguely christian. Though I believe in (many of) the tenants of Christianity, I don’t believe there’s a value to organized religion so I don’t adhere to any church.