Atheists and Christians are more alike than different. Over the course of human history there have been many, many thousands of religions and the number of gods/deities humans have worshiped is estimated to be in the millions. The only difference between us is that I don't believe in 1 more of all those gods than you.
The following quote from Stephen F. Roberts sums up the situation very nicely:
"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
The god one worships is typically not a matter of choice but of what country/culture/tribe etc that you were born into. If there really is one true god, that wants all of us to recognize and worship him/her/it, why didn't he/she/it make its presence known to all people all over the world all at the same time? Why give the word to only one chosen people,in one small region of the world and then rely on word of mouth, over many centuries, to spread the word? If you believe that it all started with Adam and Eve, why did some of their descendants keep the knowledge of one god while other descendants found the need to create thousands of other religions, some with as many as 1,000 deities? Why don't their histories contain stories of an Adam and an Eve? The only logical conclusion one can come to, after giving it any thought, is that man has created many gods over the years, most in man's own image, to help explain things that he couldn't yet understand and to establish order and control behavior.
The biggest reason I am a Christian is the historical life, death, and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth.
Once I was watching a TV program about history; not religious history. There was a panel of five. None were Christian. At least one was from Russia. The Russian tried to say that Jesus was a myth. The other four non-Christians berated the Russian so much the person didn't add anymore to the discussion.
For those who don't know I highly recommend looking into Simon Greenleaf. Some moderns try to debunk him. But then nothing new here, they don't accept America's true history also.
"Only Christ is the fullness of God's revelation." Everyday Hunter
