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Sanjay's Story

As a biochemical engineer, Sanjay thought Christians had bizarre and unfounded beliefs, until he met some and investigated further...

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Sanjay's Story

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As a biochemical engineer, Sanjay thought Christians had bizarre and unfounded beliefs, until he met some and investigated further...

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And that was the biggest shock to me:

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that Christians are normal.

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My name is Sanjay and this is my story.

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When I left home, I did a degree and then I did a Master's

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and then I did a PhD.

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I think that led me to then I went on to do research

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in biochemical engineering.

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So I was educating myself, learning,

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not really interested in God at all.

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There can't be a God as far as I was concerned then.

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If you just look at the world, how can there be a God?

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I asked the same questions every atheist asks.

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I would say that the world was created not by God

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but by reactions that are quite complicated,

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but there's always the question, "so what came before that?"

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You think there has to be more.

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My wife at the time was working,

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so I looked after the children.

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We had two, then we had three, so I met a lot

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of the women in the church with their children.

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Some of the ladies said, "oh come to our church, come in,

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come through." And I said,

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"I'm not coming in your church building.

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I'm not coming, I know what you're trying to do.

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It's not gonna work."

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Here I am today,

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and they didn't con me, they didn't trick me.

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I didn't fall into Jesus by trickery or anything like that.

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They taught me and they taught me in a very nice way.

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So they were alright.

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I thought, "these women are great.

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They're alright, they're normal.

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Nothing wrong with them.

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I wonder what their husbands are like.

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They must be a bit geeky.

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They must be Christian weird men."

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And then I met with the men and it was amazing

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because they were just like me.

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We believe in things that there are hardly any manuscripts

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about and any data and we believe them

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and yet there are thousands of manuscripts about Jesus

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and we don't believe that.

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So, it doesn't add up and you have to look at what,

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even scientifically, you have to look at what's there

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and then look at it.

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It points to the Bible and it points to Jesus was there,

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He did exist, He is true, He was the son of God

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and all those things.

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It's pretty amazing when you wake up.

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So I know I'm a sinner and I know I needed to be saved

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and once I understood sin, then it became clear

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cause I know I've been saved from all the things I've done.

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It's amazing Jesus did that and I'm forgiven.

October 2019
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Personal evangelism
Cross-cultural
Men
Apologetics

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