Faith is a choice. The real question is why faith is a choice. Why can the Bible be viewed either through the lens of skepticism or the lens of faith? If God did indeed inspire the Bible, why did he set it up the way it is, subject to various interpretations and even outright skepticism? Why not just write a straightforward narrative that is beyond dispute? I know you can say that ancient writers were not given to writing straightforward narratives in the manner we expect of historians today. But God is God, and if he did inspire the Bible --- albeit through fallible human beings in a variety of cultures --- then he could have inspired it to be written any way he chose. Why did he choose for the Bible to come to us as it is today? Is the Bible just a collection of uninspired human writings, or did God deliberately mean for it to be as it is? And if he did mean for the Bible to be just the way it is then what does that tell us about God and the role of faith in our relationship with him? It seems to me that faith is a choice and faith is the most fundamental building block in our relationship with God. Why would that be? Why doesn't God just reveal himself more clearly for all to see beyond a shadow of a skeptical doubt?