In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

I find the God of the Bible to be a reprehensible character, but that assessment is neither the cause nor the source of my atheism.

You might not think it is, but the attitude definitely influenced your position. Surely, you at least don't deny the correlation? It's not a coincidence why every atheist in the past few pages doubled down on God being reprehensible, when you know not a single Christian would ever agree with that assessment.

I do indeed deny the correlation. My views of fictional characters have nothing to do my worldview.

I don’t think God is reprehensible, I think the character as portrayed in the Bible is reprehensible. I also think Hannibal Lecter, Sauron, and Lex Luthor are reprehensible as fictional characters. 

Boru