“For some years I deserted religion in favour of Marxism. The republic of goodness seemed more attainable than the Kingdom of God.”
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The real evidence for Jesus and Christianity is in how Jesus and the Christianity based on him manifest themselves in the lives of practicing Christians.
The Christian use of religion as a personal love affair both shocked me, and attracted me.
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended, she shot from the synagogue like a rocket to dance the Charleston.
During the Second World War, evacuated to non-Jewish households, I encountered Christianity at home and in school.