Reddit reviews Jesus for the Non-Religious

Check out these for the use of myth in Christianity:

Myth, History, and Faith: The Remythologizing of Christianity

Myth and Ritual In Christianity

Jesus Christ and Mythology

If you want "The Stories of the Bible for the Non-Religious" definitely check out Jesus for the Non-Religious though be aware that Spong is not well regraded by most mainline Christians and he ahs mixed opinions in academia.

have a quick read through the first chapters of Jesus for non religious. The author has done your work for you.

Since someone already mentioned Lee Strobel's work, I'll recommend John Shelby Spong's book Jesus for the Non-religious. It talks about understanding the Gospels with a broader, more mature mindset. I highly recommend working through these questions you're having rather than working around them, or worse, walking away from Christianity all together.

There's a good discussion with the author here

https://youtu.be/fUmKEH9jnu8

Try Jesus for the non-religious by Spong

http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Non-Religious-John-Shelby-Spong/dp/0060778415/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1252525482&sr=1-1

There is a large body of theology and philosophy from the enlightenment onwards that attempts to build a new understanding of faith, religion, God, and Christ without relying on the traditional supernatural theist beliefs. Traditionalists will tell you that this is not possible and such thought is not "real" Christianity. I urge you to explore and decide for yourself.

A very accessible introductory book would be John Shelby Spong's "Jesus for the Non-Religious." The title is a bit of a misnomer because it's not really for the non-religious per se, or at last not only for them, but it is also for people who are interested and perhaps deeply attached to Christ but who struggle with the traditional theist framework of God as a supernatural being who actively intervenes in our lives.

Another good introductory text is Paul Tillich's "The Courage to Be" which is about the search for meaning and affirmation even in the face of doubt and the failure of traditional philosophies and religion to address modern anxiety of non-existence and meaninglessness.

From there you might want to read other works of non-traditional and postmodern Christian thought.

There have also been some good discussions and AMAs in this subreddit that are relevant.

• This week's Death of God AMA. It's not exactly what I am talking about, but it had some ideas that might interest you.
  
  
• This week's Christian Existentialism AMA. My limited understanding is that existentialism is not necessarily theistic or non-theistic in and of itself, but there was still some discussion there that will interest you.
  
  
• A much older AMA by partofaplan2
  
  My personal experience is that the important thing is not to struggle to believe what others tell you is the truth, or to agonize over what you don't believe, but to take in all possibilities with an open mind and determine through thorough and lengthy investigation what you do believe, what it means to you, and how it can help you to grow and live as a better person.
  
  Good luck on your journey and feel free to PM me.
  
  EDIT--fixed bad link