On Non-belief

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I'm going to be really terse, not to be rude, but just because it seems like you're not desiring the somewhat detailed posts I usually give.

Why isn't backing required? There must be a real reason why you believe. The proof of your religion lies in the Bible? This is what you use to make yourself think Christianity is true? If so, what about the Quoran? What makes the Quoran incorrect?

If your response is simply, "because I just have faith the Christian God is real," that is irrational, blind faith.

Backing is not required for salvation. But there is backing, and the backing is good to know.

The proof of my religion begins in history and is confirmed through logic.

The Quran is known to be incorrect both through skeptical (if not completely lacking) historicity and logical incoherency.

This all seems like mental gymnastics to me. Cognitive Dissonance. Doesn't it all seem like so much work trying to rationalize?
Just look at the world around you.
Like Doug once said.

Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?

A more renown person said, "The unexamined life is not worth living". I like questions.