I am a new found Christian. With that being said I am not capable yet of quoting scripture that I should have been studying for years, because I have just now been blessed with the ability to understand what the words are telling me through my own interpretation of what I KNOW is true through GOD.  I could explain to you the events that have taken place and how I was slapped in the face with how real it all is and how I was shown when I least expected it in a way that was unimaginable.  Without going into the big long story I will tell you that I have always believed in God and the whole Jesus storey only because I was scared not to. Never have I lived as a Christian or prayed without wanting something selfish in return, or understood anything I tried to read in the bible matter of fact I thought the bible was unrealistic stories and people who read it must have a hell of an imagination.  I did not grow up in church, though I always knew my mom had a relationship with God she never pushed it on me (pushing it will cause rebellion). You obviously do your research trying to prove it false and I do understand where you come from!  There is no research that can be done to show you truth and facts, you will only know truth when you believe. When and if you can do this you will then have your facts and truth, they will be your own and you will read the bible in a different perspective that will make since to YOU.  After surrounding myself with someone who, at a very young age, unwillingly exposed to evil practiced by his mother as her lifestyle (but not to say she meant for it to become so dark) the burden of the things he saw, dealt with tried to bury, run from and has kept secret the majority of his life until recently showed me how REAL the spiritual world is by watching him face and confess this. The way it went down is one of the you had to be there things that everyone involved saw, felt and witnessed at the same time (followed by shock TRUTH). What I'm trying to say through all this is at the end of the day it's good vs evil. We have free will to choose, when God cast Satan from heaven as the most powerful angel, he promised to take over earth (which obviously he has done a good job). Believing in God also requires believing in Satan and if you don't believe in Satan run on over to say Jamaica, where they practice witchcraft and voodoo and witness what happens when a Christian missionary mentions Jesus Christ to a person demonically posed.  You will see truth and gods power, your story will sound fictional and unrealistic afterward but all that matters is that you saw it and you believed it and your faith will reside on Gods power because we cannot take power into our own hands, it will be defeate in the end. Everything you sinfully love in your flesh will come to an end if you cannot open your heart and see what is going on on this earth. The bible predicts every bit of what is happening on earth!  This is a life changing event that has taken place in my life, and it is hard to accept all of my selfish ways, it is actually my greatest challenge. But it is not just a want to its a have to.  Sorry to ramble I dont judge you or anyone else, I'm just sorry you don't understand. If you could just open your heart he will in some way show you truth but you have to want it and accept it. And sorry if this is really bad writing but it's from my phone:)....God bless and have a great day!