though I know it won't fill the empty hole in mylife
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Religion is made up by men telling each other what to do. Christianity is not religion. Read a chapter of Proverbs every day. Proverbs has 31 chapters so you can keep your place by just looking at a calendar. There is no religion or nothing in Proverbs and you don't have to believe anything. Just read every day. When you are comfortable with that, then read the bible from Romans to 2 Thessalonians over and over until you start to remember what it says. That is the part that applies to Christians. It only takes a few weeks to learn more bible than anybody in your church. Even the minister.
Not surprisingly, many people view religion as an obstacle to human progress and peace. Some have even asked themselves if humankind would be better off without God and religion.
God’s seeming indifference to wickedness has long troubled humans.
Religious hypocrisy, such atheistic teachings as evolution, and the prevalence of wickedness have caused many to doubt or even deny the existence of a Creator. However, if you allow it to, the Bible can provide satisfying answers to your questions. It also reveals God’s thoughts, “thoughts of peace, and not of calamity, to give you a future and a hope.” (Jeremiah 29:11)
The Bible’s explanation of God’s permission of suffering has touched the mind and heart of many former atheists. By taking the time to find the Bible’s answer to such vital questions, you too may come to be convinced that there is a God who is, in fact, “not far off from each one of us.”—Acts 17:27.
I believe that not just any religion will fill that empty hole in your life. Its having the true religion that will make that difference and it really starts by reading Gods word the Bible. If i were you i and i felt like I would like to believe in God then why not pray to God and ask for help? Phillippians 4:6 tells us "do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving let your petitions be made known to God." So why not pray about it and try to read Gods word for answers.
Being an atheist and wanting God is a great stage to be in. Don't jump into religion: religion is only a kindergarten. It is supposed to make us believe in God when we are children. Once we grow up, we must take the path of spirituality. Spirituality is not a religion, it is the ability to question who is God, where is God, what is God. There is no doubt that a power exists, a power that has created this universe. Even if you believe the universe came from a ‘big bang’, who caused the big bang? There is a power. We must realize that power if we truly love the Divine, if we truly love the creator who gave us life. Our mother and father might have caused us to become a fertilized cell, but the life belongs to somebody else. If we realize we are the Divine Soul, the Spirit and that God is within us, we will no more be atheists. We will not only believe in God but we will love God, knowing that we are a manifestation of the Divine.