I think you have it right but at his point in history you can trust Christianity because of what you can verify. In bitcoin, I trust the balance in my wallet because my node has verified all those past transactions. I have faith that I’ll be able to spend them in the future. In my Christian faith I trust that Christ’s sacrifice is sufficient verified by the historical record of the scriptures and and the testimony of my predecessors. That historical record and the accuracy of the scriptures is what people like Lee Strobel looked into as a sceptic who changed his mind resulting in his book. Of course they’re not exactly the same, but I don’t consider my Christian faith “trust me bro” in the sense that I believe simply cause somebody said I should. I’ve spent many more hours examining my faith than I have bitcoin and I’ve spent a LOT on bitcoin. If I misunderstood your perspective I apologize I appreciate the conversation.
Discussion
So I think we are not quite on the same page. I hear what you are saying re the work you have put in to research, examine, analyse and mull over a chain of previous thinkers and writers as well as the scriptures. I would put this work into the “bucket” of assurance. These are the things that you have done to attempt to make sense of what you have thought and experienced through your journey. What I am pointing to is that a Christian lacks an independent process to verify the future event of salvation while they are still living on earth. It’s a trust/faith situation until physical death. I am suggesting that assurances are not the same as verification. That is where the “trust me bro” sentiment came from. Maybe I am missing something?