At the end of the day, religion is about faith. Athiesm requires as much faith as Christianity since as an Athiest you absolutely believe that God does not exist. Until Edwin Hubble, people didn't believe that other galaxies existed either. They had no knowledge to support their belief, but they had faith that since the couldn't see, feel, hear or touch them, that they must not exist. Now maybe there were some people who did believe that other galaxies existed, they too had no more proof, but merely faith in their belief. At the end of the day, both groups had faith in their beliefs. The time came when Hubble looked in his telescope, did some calculations and concluded that there really was more out there then we thought.
Christians believe in God (as opposed to a god) because of the history and teachings handed down in the Bible. It describes real people, doing real things in real places. While there are other religions with other books and gods, they tend to fall short on the real people, doing real things in real places test. Christians have faith in those teachings and people described in the Bible and thus believe in God. Athiests have access to the same information, but do not have the faith to believe it. Unfortunately, none of us can change another's faith in something -- it can't be inflicted from the outside.
If you mis-quote or mis-understand the Bible, I'll be happy to help correct your mis-understanding. If you're curious and want some input on what it means, I'll be happy to help. If you just flat out don't want to believe -- I'm not going to hate you, fight you or berate you. I honestly believe that God wants you to willfully believe in him and if you chose not to, that is your choice which you're free to make. I'm still going to try to like you even if you make it hard for me.
Good day!
