So mainly it's just believing what you're told to believe?

I like to think of it as believing what you WANT to believe. You can be told to believe something but ultimately it's up to you to want to believe in it.

Yeah that's true. I guess it just seems like a lot of people I know who are religious at least have some kind of justifiable reasoning for why they believe in a god, like it's more of a "this is what makes the most sense to me" kind if thinking rather than "this is what my church told me so it must be true." I don't know. Like I said, I'm an atheist and very skeptical, but I can empathize with and understand religious beliefs more when there's something backing it up.

I cannot understand how someone can believe in something they can't see or feel?

Well, neither can I, really, but if someone wants to believe in something that's not tangible, so be it.

I agree with you on that. But I just can't wrap my head around it.
What I find even more astonishing though is how some people try to convert people to a certain religion, even though they somehow must have the mental ability to think "I may believe in something, but how do I know it's there?". How can they try and force something so... vague, upon someone else?
I'm sorry if I hurt someone by saying this but... How can some people be so naive to believe in something they don't even see themselves? I believe 'gullible' is the word?

I believe in something I can feel. I can feel God. Faith is a test of our love for God.

Are you serious?

^^she is

God is really mostly a feeling

I was an atheist for a solid six years. Then I came across some stuff that made me believe in God again. I've more than questioned his existence. And if he doesn't exist then he doesn't, no sweat off my brow. I just prey to whatever divine existence produced this insanely awesome world as often as I remember to. Atheists are far more judgmental than religious follk from what i've seen.