Why I'm an atheist, a point of confusion for many theists

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Nice OP. I tend to vault right over all this and go straight for why I reject religions of all kinds. I find them irrelevant, and often immoral, regardless of whether they contain any truth.

People often equate belief in God or Christianity with following a certain prescribed set of rules or things they must accomplish.  This is where Christianity differs from all other religions.  Salvation has nothing to do with following rules or living a certain way.  Yes those things may come, but they are not a prerequisite.

This is just your interpretation. Many Christians do not agree.

It appears to me the Bible itself, and the events depicted in it, and the life of Christ, are among the strongest evidence for God.  The Bible is testable.  If you find it to be true then what it claims should hold some weight.  At the end of the day it is still entirely up to the individual if they desire to subscribe to it.

Yes, many of the events in the bible have been analysed and found to be almost certainly fictional. Even if they were not, part of the bible being true does not mean all of the bible is true.