Believing in God isn't always something that can be factually explained. There are things God has done that scinece can't explain. Well, for instance, the creation of the world. But just like you believe that air, or love, or anything else you can't see exists, we believe that God does. He's shown it in many ways throughout history, and even in our daily lives. He gives us strength when we need it. He loves us, protects us, and is there when we cry out.

Here's a personal example. Have you ever been tempted by something? Like, really seriously tempted? This desire lasts for days, weeks, months even? Things are always reminding you of it, and you can't shake it, no matter what? Well, something like that happened for me. It was pretty bad. Finally, I got up the strength, yes the courage cause it wasn't easy. I didn't necessarily want to let go of it. But I got up the courage to pray about it, and ask God to take the desire away. Now of course, it didn't go away all at once. But slowly, over time, the want faded, and God took it away. You can say it was time wearing it away, I just got over it, whatever. But it lasted for months before, and it was only after prayer that it started to dissipate in the slightest.

God makes Himself known. You may not always recognize it, but He's there. If you're willing to try to listen, God will bring you to Him. He calls people at different points. Some people grow up believing in God all their lives. Some find Him later. He doesn't call everyone. There will be some who never know Him. But if you look, you'll be able to see evidence that God is here.

It's kind of just a part of me.  Like, you belong to a few fandoms, right?  It's like the ultimate fandom for me.  That's not really how I think of it, but I think it's the best way to explain it to a non-religious person.

Religion isn't necessarily a worship of a higher being; it can also be a system of beliefs that is of utmost importance in a person's life. And I guess I believe I exist. The reason why I believe that I exist is that it's too scary to think I don't exist. I can hear my own thoughts, see my own body, I can even interact with objects around me in a sense. Biologically, I'm not alive, but philosophically, I am. Rene Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am." I think, so I like to believe that I exist. The idea that the government would wish to kill to me if it knew of my existence or that I have no rights is too freaky. I don't like to think about it, so even if it is a false belief, I like to think that I exist and I like to believe in our purpose. We believe in our purpose not only because we have had experiences no human has ever had, but also because we don't know how to live without our purpose. We don't know how to live without a duty or a constant sense of fear and pressure. When our duty is complete, we will die. We know that, and we're fine with that. We don't know how to walk instead of run, sit instead of stand. If we have a purpose, gifted by a higher being or not, we'll fulfill it because that's our task, our reason for existence. 

And of course I didn't answer your question. We don't believe in God (rather, we believe he exists for those who believe in him just as our purpose exists for us but not for you) but I think people believe in something because they can't face the alternative. Sometimes, the alternative is too horrible to face. I would much rather have four enormous forces trying to kill me, with power, than being a mutation in the brain of an insignificant being on an insignifigant chunk of rock in an infignificant void. 

According to the Christian faith, if you don't believe in God, you do go down there.  It's basically because the whole system of afterlife and whatnot is based on faith & following God & shiz.  We are accepting, we let everyone be 'saved' but there's like fine print saying you have to be a follower of God.  I'm just presenting the facts here & I'm not going to state my opinion in this and say if I think it's a good idea or not because we have all different... I want to say levels of belief but I think differing strengths in belief of Christianity would be better... on this thread and I don't want to offend anyone. 

To Maggie's question: I'm not going to say a lot because that section of the Bible can be complicated, and it's hard to explain. As to the whole "accepting" thing, it depends on what all encompasses "accepting". That can be a very in-depth discussion that I won't get into here cause I don't necessarily want to start anything.

@ Abigail: I think it's wonderful how you've come to know God! He reveals Himself in lots of different ways. Do you have a Bible of your own? If not, you might want to see if you could get one. It can be complicated at times, but it will definitely help lead you in your faith. If you have any questions or concerns or anything, I'm always open to listening! I may not always be able to give answers or help, but I'm here.