Some backstory might be helpful. I am 22, and I have been an atheist (or an agnostic depending on your definition) since before I was 14 when I lost faith. Why? It was a culmination of a number of things. I disagreed with the morality of the brand of Christianity I was raised in, strongly disagreed with my father who was and is very religious and finding no evidence to support my faith.
Now I'd like to make one thing clear, I do not want to not believe. There is nothing that frightens me more than death and consequently not existing, and religion obviously offers a claim to avoid this. But I simply can not force myself to believe something I have so many problems with. (which I can discuss if you people so desire)
I guess what I am looking for is some evidence or philosophical reasoning on why God and more specifically the Christian God is something that should be believed and followed.
Now I'd like to make one thing clear, I do not want to not believe. There is nothing that frightens me more than death and consequently not existing, and religion obviously offers a claim to avoid this. But I simply can not force myself to believe something I have so many problems with. (which I can discuss if you people so desire)
I guess what I am looking for is some evidence or philosophical reasoning on why God and more specifically the Christian God is something that should be believed and followed.