One of the most ridiculous phrases that Christian evangelizers use is "When I became a Christian..." which is usually followed by some overly restated nonsense of something they've supposedly discovered since "becoming a Christian". To start off with, the majority of the people who use that phrase were born into a Christian household of some sort. Many of them likely already had a Christian baptism before they turned 18. In fact, I'd be willing to bet a large portion of them never even once changed from one Christian religion to another. These people use the phrase "When I became a Christian..." to intentionally mislead their audience into thinking they have had a pre-Christian life, so they can seem to have some legitimacy when they try to encourage others to convert to their own particular brand of Christianity.
Additionally, as mentioned, "When I became a Christian..." is usually followed by some nonsense. It is nonsense because what they usually claim is something universal to Christianity or some hyped-up mundane personal experience. Given that most of these people are born into Christianity, it is unlikely they made any amazing discoveries about their faith, having been indoctrinated in that faith from birth. When you grow up a Christian, nothing regarding faith is an amazing revelation because the faith is learnt at a very early age. In that scenario, being amazed at some new discovery about one's faith is a bit like being amazed that one can spell a word they use every day.
That is why for almost all Christian evangelizers, using this phrase can be seen as an intentional twofold lie.
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