3- Because of who God is, He is with you and He loves you. Your struggle will NEVER change that. **"The Lord has promised that he will not leave us or desert us.” - Hebrews 13:5** **Jesus said, “I will be with you always, even until the end of the world.” - Matthew 28:20** **“Be brave and strong! Don’t be afraid… . The Lord your God will always be at your side, and he will never abandon you.” - Deuteronomy 31:6** **“I am sure that nothing can separate us from God's love—not life or death, not angels or spirits, not the present or the future, and not powers above or powers below. Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's love for us in Christ Jesus our Lord!” - Romans 8:38-39** 4- Yes, there are a LOT of interpretations and perspective when it comes to the Christian faith. It can be overwhelming. To stop myself from being overwhelmed, I made sure to have a simple faith by establishing and focusing mainly on the foundation of faith. What is the foundation of faith? Knowing who God is, His love for us, what He ultimately wants, and the hope He has promised. \-Who God is. **“God is love.” - 1 John 4:8** \-God's love for us (and that includes His love for you individually) **"But God showed how much he loved us by having Christ die for us, even though we were sinful.” - Romans 5:8** **God said, “To me, you are very dear, and I love you.” - Isaiah 43:4** \-What God ultimately wants. **“God wants us to have faith in His Son Jesus Christ and to love each other.” - 1 John 3:23** \-The hope that God has promised. **“Then a kingdom of love will be set up, and someone from David's family (Jesus) will rule with fairness. He will do what is right and quickly bring justice.” - Isaiah 16:5** **“But God has promised us a new heaven and a new earth, where justice will rule. We are really looking forward to this!” - 2 Peter 3:13** **“I heard a loud voice shout from the throne: God's home is n...

God bless you. I'm sorry for your struggle with faith. I've been a non-fundamentalist, unchurched Christian for about 16 years now and I would like to share my perspective.  1- You said, *"I think I mostly believed because that’s what I grew up with since everyone in my family is Christian. I accepted it, but I never really took the time to fully understand it for myself."* It sounds like you are on the path of deconstruction, which is a good thing. Deconstruction is the process of examining held beliefs and deciding what beliefs you should change, hold on, or let go of. The goal is to break free from the faith you were raised with in order to reconstruct your own faith. And guess what? Asking questions is how we reconstruct a stronger faith. Doubts aren't bad because they are the opportunity to ask questions to make our faith stronger. Plus, God wants us to be encouraged through our doubts. **“Be helpful to all who may have doubts.” - Jude 1:22** **“The apostles said to the Lord (Jesus), ‘Make our faith stronger!’” - Luke 17:5** **"At once the boy's father shouted (towards Jesus), ‘I do have faith! Please help me to have even more.’” -  Mark 9:24** 2- Why is God supportive when we have doubts? Because of who God is. The first step of having a strong faith is knowing & trusting who God is. Who is God? **“God is love.” - 1 John 4:8** **“Love is more important than anything else.” - Colossians 3:14** **"Love is patient and kind, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude. Love isn't selfish or quick tempered. It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do. Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.” - 1 Corinthians 13:4-6** **“The Lord is merciful! He is kind and patient, and his love never fails.” - Psalm 103:8** **“You are a kind and merciful God, and you are very patient. You always show love, and you don't like to punish anyone.” - Jonah 4:2** If we have a feeling, thoug...