In your opinion what causes christians to believe in Jesus

[Angrboda]

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

And since apparently John thinks his sample of anecdotes here is representative, let me point out that I don't believe in the god of the bible because I have had a bad experience with Him, but because I have believed in other gods, something I'm joined in with by 1.2 billion Hindus, 2 billion Muslims, and 500 million Buddhists. The notion that people who don't believe in the god of Christianity because of bad experiences with the god of Christianity is overwhelmingly refuted by the fact that around a third of the world doesn't believe in the god of Christianity for other reasons.

What's next on the list of tired old apologetic chestnuts? That we're atheists because we really badly want to sin?