As an atheist, you don't and can't understand that I practice religion because of real experience, not belief.. The very fact that you believe my religion is belief based is evidence that you are an atheist.
I'm an agnostic, not an atheist.
I wasn't always a nonbeliever.
Because of my older sister I was introduced to the Bible and Christian teachings. I was believer in God, Jesus and the Bible, from 15 to 34, though I never joined any church, so I wasn't practising Christian, especially during my 14-year hiatus, where I haven't touch the Bible, but I still believe during those years.
I remembered precisely when I began questioning my own faith, and it had nothing to do with any sciences.
I was working on my 2nd year on my website Timeless Myths, when I began section on Arthurian Legends, that I opened my Bible 1st time in 14 years; this was the year 2000. I was doing research on the Grail legend, and reading part on crucifixion and Joseph of Arimathea. I didn't just read the death and resurrection episode, but started from Jesus' birth, Matthew 1 & 2.
When I re-read these chapters, my view had changed, especially on the Messianic sign - Matthew 1:22-23 about the so-called Virgin Birth and Immanuel. When I cross-referenced this passage with the original sign, Isaiah 7:14-17, I realized that Isaiah's sign had nothing to do with Mary and Jesus.
That when I first began to question the validity of the New Testament, and this sign was the only one that had nothing to do with Jesus.
Comparing the New Testament against the Old Testament, where the NT authors and church teaching claiming the "messianic prophecies".
The 14-year hiatus and my experiences in reading mythological literature made me opened my eyes, viewing it more objectively.
You don't have to tell me that I have no belief. I had belief for 19 years. Like I said, my agnosticism started a couple of years, before I began questioning other parts of the Bible, like the Genesis Creation and Flood.
I didn't question the Flood and Creation stories, until 2003 I joined my first Internet forum, called Free2Code. Free2Code was a computer programmer forum, where they have small sections on non-computer topics, like music, art, politics, and of course, religion.
At this time, I wouldn't call myself a creationist, although I did believe in the Creation...BUT, I had never heard of "Creationism" before joining Free2Code. I didn't know there was anything called Creationism (or Intelligent Design, which was at this forum when I 1st heard of ID).
And I didn't know anything about Evolution and . Sure, I heard of mutations, but only in movies and TV series, but I had never understood real evolutionary biology before 2003.
Here, is where I was firmly on the road of being agnostic. I didn't join RF until 2006.
If you think I don't know anything about having belief and faith, think again.