I'm not sure what you mean by this?
user, why would you come into a thread, and start ranting about how 1/3 of the world's population is evidently "brain damaged"? If you have questions about Christianity or want to discuss things, we're here for you, we want to help you find the lord, and the love of god. I'll pray for you.
Because that is when Jesus enters the scene, and from then on in the bible is of most relevance to Christians living in the last ~2,000 years.
I dont recommend skipping the Old Testament (Everything before the book of Matthew), but the New Testament would, in my opinion, be of greater benefit to a person with an interest in the faith, to read first.
I dont know anything about this trend of which you speak, nor do I claim to be an expert on theology. I hope that you find what you're looking for, here, my friend.
Its real, user. Tell me, have you ever tried to find the presence of god? Perhaps we could help you:
youtube.com/watch?v=vK3XjJQwnuQ&t=333s
Good for you, my brother :) To be honest - as one of the OCA (Orthodox Church of America) writers put it, "You can read a book about how to swim all that you want, but sooner or later, you're gonna have to get in the water"
I can tell you my story - I always had a slight interest in Orthodox Christianity (the artwork and the music), for as long as I can remember. This is what lead me into Orthodoxy threads here on Sup Forums last fall, and honestly I've never really been one whose big on studying things before I do them - so as such, I did read a little bit here and there, but I just said "Screw it, lets do it", google'd Orthodox Churches in my city, and just randomly showed up at one, one morning.
It was great. They had greeters there who welcomed me in and talked to me. They gave me free literature which they had, and even a tour of the church before the service started.