Christianity is funny in that since it was meant for everyone, different people respond the Bible differently. And I think that is why we have so many different denominations. Some Christians put more of an emphasis on the literal interpretation of the Bible, and perceive the Bible as a set of rules which we must live by. Others, put more of an emphasis on a relationship with Christ as the basis of Christianity. My hope is that people will not judge Christianity on the actions of others, because everyone is different, and noone is perfect. Christianity is for everyone, but everyone must understand the Bible in their own unique way. After all everyone is a unique individual; no two people are the same.
Words cannot justify my motivation or anyone's motivation to become a Christian. God gives faith alone, faith cannot be attained. So, this is not a justification of my actions for myself, for I have seen the truth; this is my feeble attempt to relay what I have experienced, and what I know, and what led me to become a Christian.
I am of the opinion that we as humans know very little about our life, our existence, the universe, etc. And even if we do know something about the universe, it can only be described by sensory perception and reason. Einstein said, “Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.” He also described our intellectual inadequacy as:
The human mind is not capable of grasping the Universe. We are like a little child entering a huge library. The walls are covered to the ceilings with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written these books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. But the child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books--a mysterious order which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects.
Imagine if you were born into this world blind, and you never knew there was such a thing as vision. How would you perceive the world? You could not even perceive what the word "color" meant, or even imagine that there was a sun which emmitted light. Now compare that with us, who have five senses. What if we had one more sense? We could not even imagine what that sixth sense would let us realize, let alone imagine what amazing things we could learn about our universe.
If this is true, even being a scientist, I would have to say that we are in no way even close to being able to describe the universe. Therefore, by reason of lack of intelligence about this universe, I must choose to blindly believe something. That religion which I decide to believe is another question. I think that you can group religions into certain categories, maybe Omnipotent single God beliefs and all others. More on this...
Even if I had a lifetime to search for the truth, I would never find it. I would have to at some point say, these arguments outweigh these other arguments, so I am going to pick Christianity over Atheism or vice-versa.
“...many of the world's greatest philosophers and scientists have gone beyond deductive assent to the confidence that God exists because they have experienced Him. Were Augustine, Aquinas, Luther, Newton and the great social reformers of the nineteenth century victims of infantile wish fulfillment? Did some psychological whim motivate St. Francis and George Fox to expend their lives in protest against economic elitism? Was Louis Pasteur, who labored against great physical handicaps to achieve scientific breakthroughs to benefit humanity, simply mistaken in his motivation to do so for the glory of God?”
“But most rebellion against God is not intellectual. I have met few genuine atheists who would argue passionately that there can be no God; instead the preponderance of objections are moral and personal” -- Charles Colson in _Why_I_Believe_In_Christ_.
Einstein put it this way: “Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.