[Symmy]

Hello. I am an atheist and I am confused as to why everyone believes the church so confidently? I'm not arguing or fighting the church, but I've never gone and I want some more perspectives.

In my world, the Bible is just another book. No one has ever explained why it is so convincing. If the Bible tells truth, then why don't we believe in other books like The Odyssey, or even more modern stuff like Harry Potter? What makes the Bible different? I feel like I don't know enough about the church to confidently tell my Christian friends that i am atheist.

What makes things that happened 2000 years ago so much more true than science? Science is more modern, even if it does not explain enough. Just because we are the most intelligent animal on the planet does not mean that we know everything. I feel that we are imperfect in the way that we insist on having an explanation for everything. Why does it matter if we know what happens after we die? We shouldn't need the threat of hell to make us good people.

Why do we allow ourselves to believe in an immortality just because one person (Jesus) says it exists. What was so convincing. That long ago, he could have been a crazy man, and there was not enough science to diagnose this. However, this brings me to wonder why everyone believes in such unproven, original ideas. I feel like i am the only Atheist in my environment and I can't figure out why I am.

I am not trying to offend anyone here. I am asking honest questions to better my understanding of religion, so I can hopefully have more confident beliefs in the future. Thank you.