Belief - an acceptance that a statement is true or that something exists.
In the beginning, the world was perfect. God created Adam & Eve in a perfect world, then came sin. Sin is the thing that destroyed everything.
So then the question becomes, why does God allow sin? Why doesn't he just destroy the devil & all his hell? Why doesn't He do it and just be done with it? God has all power and all control over everything. So the best thing that I can come up with is that God has this master plan. Some crazy plan that our brains can't even wrap around. We were created to worship Him & bring honor and praise to Him. So as Christians we are asked to blindly trust. Faith.
We are asked by God to trust His mystery master plan. To live our lives with a giant question mark above our heads. The atheists argue that it's no way to live. That it's somehow impossible to have blind trust in a God we cannot see.
But, I say it's the only option to live your life to the fullest. Life without God is a mess. All you see is the hate and anger. Life without God is painful and miserable. No hope. If there is no God, everything is in vain. All the pain & agony is for nothing. I wake up everyday with a drive. A drive to make a difference in this crazy messed up world.
Do I have all the answers?
No. But, I have faith. I have hope. I have joy. People always want to blame God when bad things happen & never take a moment to realize it's not God. God isn't the problem, man is.
Someone once asked Billy Graham, "If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in the world?"
His reply, "With so much soap, why are there so many dirty people in the world? Christianity, like soap, must be personally applied if it is to make a difference in our lives."