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My answer to your question is yes, I have had a problem with faith.
I was raised a Lutheran and throughout my youth attended church every Sunday and at a young age attended cathecism and was confirmed. When I was young I didn't think too much about whether my (and my family's) believe in Christianity was true or not, I just accepted it.
As I got older and started learning more about the world and the many different cultures and religions in it, I began to see that there were many different approaches to explain our existence. I began to wonder what makes people latch on to these beliefs and accept them as truth (sometimes the only truth at the expense of all the others). It just didn't make sense to me anymore that the Jewish tribal God could be the only one and true god.
I finally came to the conclusion that almost all the religions are just our way to try and make sense of the mysteries of existence. There is something ingrained in us that just cannot accept the unknown and lacking any real evidence as to the whys and wherefores, we will make something up and eventually it will morph into a religion, complete with doctrines, rules, etc...
At this time I can't really say that I am an athiest, I just have no idea what our existence is all about. I wish I did. As it stands now, I am just trying to keep an open mind and have a feeling that there may be a grain of truth in all of mankind's quest to understand (religions).
But I gotta tell you, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that this universe is just a 7th grade science project from an alien student from an advanced civilization. And at the end of the semester we will all be flushed down the drain. Hopefully he/she/it will get a passing grade, LOL.
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