text: My Savior was beaten and tortured beyond recognition.  He was crucified which was the most humiliating method of death at the time.  He was cursed, spat upon and denied.  Although it is in my heart to share the changes in my life that came from the simple faith in that, what makes you think words of mere people can shake that?  It's frustrating that something so simple is beyond the grasp of so many.  Like the jokes about "college-educated people" having no common sense, non-believers are so insistent on needing science to prove this and that.  I read all those books, saw artifacts and evidence of biblical truths before I was saved and they didn't mean anything to me then either.  Trying to talk to non-believers about Christ is like talking to many teens about moral issues.  They don't understand that we were teens listening to "all that" at one time, too.  Then came some point, some event in our life where we grew up.  I am a Christian.  I have given up nothing of value to accept Christ.  Nor can I describe to someone who's never experienced it, the joy or peace I feel inside now.  I don't understand why they're so concerned that I "waste my time" believing in something they don't.  I know what happens after my time here, but even if they had been right, what would it matter?  They all believed we'd die and that's it.  Bless you for asking, but my faith is in great shape, thanks.