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I can understand what you mean by me not being able to think like you since I'm still a kid. But I have taken the time to figure out why I believe in the Bible. I have had many doubts in Christianity being true, like 'what if Jesus was a phony?' and 'what if there really is no God?' Many, many times I've felt like this. Mainly what I did at those times was just pray and read the Bible, and it's the weirdest thing, when I did that, all of a sudden the doubts just went away, and I felt a piece come over me every time. It's like happiness was put inside me, like someone was there to comfort me when I was the only one in the room. That's why I believe there's a God, because when I'm sad and just pray, I can feel someone there, I can't hear, see, touch, or smell Him, I just know He's there. And it sorta makes sense to me, because if God made us, then He'd surely know how to communicate with us in a way that no other human can.

I also just remembered a cool Bible verse that is about exactly what you asked, "How can I believe in something I cannot see?" Here it is:

John 20:24-29
24Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!"
But he said to them, "Unless I see the nail marks in his hands and put my finger where the nails were, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it."
26A week later his disciples were in the house again, and Thomas was with them. Though the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" 27Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands. Reach out your hand and put it into my side. Stop doubting and believe."

28Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God!"

29Then Jesus told him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed."

See that right there? Verse 29 is the verse I'm talking about. "Because you have seen me, you have believed; Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed." Now doesn't that sound a lot like modern times? To me, Thomas (or Didymus) represents atheists. He refuses to believe that Jesus did in fact rise from the dead until he sees Jesus himself. You are saying you refuse to believe in God simply because you do not see him. It's the same story, man. That verse was meant for people like you. Now I don't know what it's like to be 25, but I strongly believe that if you just pray with all your heart, truly believing He is there, you will just know that someone's watching over you...