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View submission: Why Buddhism?
From a personal angle: in meeting my Buddhist teachers and other genuinely great Buddhist practitioners, I feel this deep wish *to be like them*.
Hard to say why that is, though. Habit or preference, something like that. But if I'm honest, I think that's really about all we have. Why does Christianity *feel* right to some people, and Buddhism to other people? Or atheism? Or whatever. Of course, practically speaking where and when you are born is a factor, but I don't really there's other reasons that are much "better" that that.
Even "being intellectually convinced" of this or that religious practice is really just another reflection of habit and preference. There are people who are serially intellectually convinced of all kinds of things over the course of their lifetime.
So why be a Buddhist? Because you *want to*. Or to say that in a way Buddhists will like a lot more: because you want liberation and awakening.
You could consider exploring Buddhism a bit. Read some books (today I will recommend *Repeating the Words of the Buddha* by Tulku Urgyen) or maybe even check out whatever authentic Buddhist teachers and communities are available to you in person and online. If you feel any of that pluck a string deep inside of you, feel heartily invited to follow up on that.
And if not, that's fine too!
As some points.
There's nothing here!