Quote Originally Posted by ZainDustin
I understand all that. I am 14. But, I have done more research about this kind of thing then most. Why would I be arguing with people on a Forum if I didn't believe beyond how I was raised? I have looked at all the alternatives, and I CHOSE to be a Christian. I wasn't born that way. Plus, I'd rather be a Christian, and have something to look forward to after death. Instead of an Atheist that has nothing to look forward to but death and silence.

As you say, you are 14. Can you (at that age) really be sure of anything? There are monks who spend their whole lives pondering such things and yet to come to an answer.

Is the 'something you look forward to' after death just a way of your mind coping with the idea of mortality?

Im not trying to denegrate your faith, Im genuinely interested in the motivations of religious belief but as an atheist I feel the need to explore the religious.