What realistic scenario to comfort me can i believe in?

You're 100% right, but exactly how do I do that? Any tips?

Christianity is absolutely not the most likely to be real. On what grounds are you claiming that?

I'm not religious but I can't see what gives Christianity any more legitimacy than any other theology.

There is historical evidence of places or events in the bible. However the bible also said god painted the sky with a paintbrush. Which is a skeptical claim

"This has always been really weird to me when people choose religion that they WANT to believe in."

I get that. However, is it really so strange that I want some comfort and peace of mind?

"You either believe it or you dont."

Yes, it certainly seems that you indeed can't choose what to believe. I'm not sure about it, though. I've read articles of people saying that you CAN choose to believe stuff. I guess it also depends on your definition of "choosing" and "believing."

"Something massive happened"

That could be claimed by lots of religions as well. In fact, it IS.

"there was a lot of witnesses that saw jesus perform miracles."

We don't know if the Bible is correct in reporting this, certainly not as the Bible makes many more inaccurate claims (https://skepticsannotatedbible.com/science/long.html). There are no extra-Biblical accounts of it. Besides, he could've been a really skilled magician or something like that.

"He definitely existed and was crucified."

The vast majority of scholars indeed seem to think so. That in itself, though, doesn't make him divine or anything. According to the Bible, he also said some pretty nasty things. Matthew 10:37, for example.

"Over 500 witnesses to it and people of status including thr people who sentenced him to death testified seeing him alive after he died."

Where did you get this information from? I'm pretty familiar with the Bible, but I've never come across it.

In any case, the most important thing, regardless of what you believe, is being a good human being. Do you agree?

PS: are you a Christian?

This is a long post (I apologizes in advance); and discusses the basis for the concept of Christian Sunday Worship - which most people do not know about.

Finding something to believe in... is not an easy quest.

I personally spent about 25 years researching different religions of the world looking for answers to many questions before I settled on what was right for me (and I personally believe there are multiple paths based on the evidence that people of all faiths report the same heaven and hell near death experiences.

I encourage you to take your questions to many different religions and find someone who will just patiently answer your questions to the best of their ability without overtly trying to convert you. Yes, these people do exist.

The other things is to also look at their religious history and claims.

While I believe that Christianity deserves a look – I’d be very careful and understand things that are in the Bible and things that aren’t – and what is the churches actually teaching and doing in practice?

Personally: I consider myself a Christian. I believe that Jesus was real and that yes he can legitimately claim to be the son of “god” and he had a real message to be delivered.

But my view of Christianity is much different than what most "Christian" people believe based on an extensive study of the Bible, its biblical history, and the various meanings of different things in the Bible (which are discussed in Seminary College; but rarely acknowledged in common church practice).

Here is part of the history and part of the reason why I believe that.

Lets’ look at the history on Christian Sunday worship - the basis for it – and is it appropriate.

Note there are several other issues where I see a vast difference from common modern day “Christian” practice and what I believe is clearly taught in the Bible.

Christians were originally formed from Jews who (like Jesus himself) believe that the sabbath was Saturday (as described in the Torah and Old Testament). They became Christians because they believed that Jesus was the specific "savior" predicted later in the Torah (People who are Jews just consider Jesus another prophet, and there have been many prophets). Note that Sabbath worship predated Judaism in the middle east area where Abraham lived and still is practiced by several of the earlier active Babylonian religions (the story of Abraham and his family, descendants, etc. is the basis of Judaism, Christianity, and Muslim).

Several versions of the early Christian church developed in the first several hundred years after Jesus’s death (and resurrection), all who followed Saturday Sabbath worship.

The Council of Laodicea is the first official act to change to worship on Sunday based on request of the Roman Church at that time (although reading of the scriptures and personal rest was still OK on Saturday). There are no accurate records of the actual date of this Council and multiple dates have been reported: 364 AD is the most common date currently accepted although there are arguments for 336 AD and other dates as well.

The Roman Church at the Council of Laodicea is now known as the Roman Catholic Church.

It is noted that the Roman Church had extensive experience with experiments with Sunday worship by this time due to Emperor Constantine’s Sunday worship law of 321 AD. This law was not Christian based as there were a multitude of different religions in Rome and the Roman Empire many with different worship days. Emperor Constantine felt that everyone should worship on Sunday to honor the “Day of the Sun” as per his personal religion; and that by standardizing the Worship day that the Roman Empire would be more productive and uniform. The Roman Church of the day practiced and supported Sabbath as the rest and worship day prior to this law – and allowed it after this law… until much late (see below).

Thus, the basis of the request by the Roman Church at the Council of Laodicea was their experiment with Sunday worship and the fact that it allowed them to attract a much larger number of converts from other religions by using Sunday worship (and not requiring the Sabbath day of rest and worship).

The justification given by the Roman Catholic Church for this change is that the Pope "IS" the direct representative of GOD on this earth and has the power to interpret and change any of the rules in the Bible (including the 10 commandments). There are numerous published citations by many Popes over the last several thousand years claiming absolute religious authority and power (even over the angles of heaven - with the power to excommunicate and cast out angels from heaven).

A large number of Christians of the day around the world did not support elimination of the Sabbath as the day of worship and Sabbath worship continued to be mainstream in much of the world, and many people living in and around Rome moved to other parts of Europe and the Middle East.

Sabbath worship dominated Christianity well beyond the Council of Laodicea.

Byzantine Emperor Justinian (527-565 AD) wanted to consolidate his power and conquer more of the world - and decided to work with the Roman Church. He sent his armies to either convert people to Christians with Sunday Worship and other practices of “Catholicism,” or execute them; and thus return these areas to Roman Catholic rule. Then he turned his attention to reconquering Italy (and replacing the Italian government) and restoring the control of Italy to the Roman Catholic Church. There are no known accurate records of those killed, but an estimate that I've seen repeated is that at least 70,000 Sabbath worshiping Christians were killed for failure to convert to Sunday worship and other Catholic practices in the Middle East, Africa, and Italy (most people converted once they saw that death was their real immediate life alternative).

Roman Catholicism (including Sunday Worship) was made the official Empire Religion in 538 AD by act of law by Emperor Justinian, and all other religions were forbidden.

While many Sabbath worshiping churches still existed in Europe; who largely along with believing in the Sabbath also believed that the Roman Catholic Church practiced Idolatry (worshiped idols) – another violation of the 10 commandments (Idols – 2nd Commandment; Sabbath 4th Commandment).

The Roman Catholic Church defined that anyone who read the Bible and came to a different interpretation than what they – the Papal Authorities – had declared was a “heretic” and subject to execution.

The Roman Church was wealthy, controlled the rulers of many states and countries, and sent inquisitors and armies across much of Europe to convert people; or execute them. At least another 100,000 Sabbath worshiping Christians died in Europe who would not convert.

Remarkably, remnants of Sabbath Christian worship continued in Europe even through centuries of persecution.

The French overthrew the Papal government about 1260 years later in 1798 as part of the extended French Revolutionary wars across much of Europe (which led to Napoleon to becoming the leader of France in 1799).

The Protestant Reformation identified Sunday Worship as an issue, and in most cases agreed to continue with it with no great reason other than “convenience”. However, splinter groups formed as there is clearly no biblical basis at all for abandoning the Sabbath and the idea that the Church could change any of the 10 commandments at the Council of Laodicea was considered ridiculous (what you feel about how legitimate this was – is up to you).

Within the United States the 1620 Mayflower “Puritans” were a Sabbath worshiping 7th day splinter group from the main English “Puritans” that accepted Sunday worship in England, and the Seventh Day Baptists (early 1640’s) are the oldest Sabbath worshiping Christian religious groups I can identify.

There are a number of independent 7th day Christian Churches, as well as the more organized Seventh Day Baptists and Seventh Day Adventists active in the USA.

My feelings are that the in general that most so called “Christian” churches in the world have long ago given up on teaching the rules of charity, civilization, civility, humility, and general goodness that are found in the Torah, Old Testament, New Testament, and other religious writings of that era. They also seem to treat the “10 commandments” as at best the 10 suggestions which can be ignored – and they do so in multiple fashions (that’s my personal interpretation of what I see as common "Christian Church" teachings and activities).

If you are going to look at Christianity – I highly suggest that you look at the 7th day churches. I believe the ones that most accurately live and teach the Bible and about Jesus’s teachings are generally some of the independent 7th day churches.

I wish you the best; and it’s not a problem with me if you chose another religion; or none at all.

Why? And do have any suggestions?