Most people are unaware of the proof contained in the Holy Bible. Popular media tends to present general opinion, incorporating uninformed viewpoints. Realizing the incredible evidence of the Holy Bible requires more depth than popular opinion.
A rather common accusation sharply aimed at the Christian goes like this: "You Christians are pitiful! All you have is blind faith." This would surely indicate that the accuser seems to think that to become a Christian, one has to commit intellectual suicide. Personally, my heart cannot rejoice in what my mind rejects. The Christian faith is faith in Christ. It's value of worth is NOT in the one believing, but in the one believed, not in the one trusting, but in the one trusted.
QUESTIONS TO PONDER:
The Gospel accounts were circulated in the lifetimes of eyewitnesses. Would a lie stand the test of time? For 2,000 years?
Eleven of the 12 apostles who knew the truth were executed (over a number of years) for their beliefs. Why would they die for a known lie?
Many other people died in support of the truth, some in the lifetime of eyewitnesses (seven million catacomb graves verify this). Why?
Paul, a prominent persecutor of Christians, gave up wealth and status, and later died to tell the story after seeing the risen Jesus. Why?
In 56 A.D. Paul wrote that over 500 people had seen the risen Jesus and that most of them were still alive (1 Corinthians 15:6). It passes the bounds of credibility that the early Christians could have manufactured such a tale and then preached it among those who might easily have refuted it simply by producing the body of Jesus.