Intellectualism can only take people so far - closer or further - from personal and dynamic faith in God, Jesus, and the Bible (as I can see from the replies you received). I never used to believe. However, I now believe because God changed my life, He changed my heart, He continues to change my mind by teaching me the right from the wrong, He opens up my understanding, line upon line in the Bible verses. He has saved me from death physically and mentally, and once from death by being murdered. My faith has both substance and evidence - just like the writer of Hebrews defines it. If the record of Jesus is false, "…Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men. But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.…" - 1 Corinthians 1:18-20, Berean Standard Bible.