What to say next / 1

I don't always know what to say next when I find out that someone's religious. What I really want to know is if they have heard the truth about what Jesus did, if they understand it, if they have turned from unbelief to belief. But it's a conversation, not an interrogation. Often I find myself saying something profound like "that's nice", while scouring around for something better.

Maybe it would work to say, "How did you become -?", "What was it like growing up as -?", "How important is - to you?".

What do you say?