When I was eight years old I read the bible for the first time and was not impressed. It seemed a jumble of nonsense that contradicted itself. It was around the same time that I concluded that Santa Claus wasn’t real, and by extension, concluded that “god” was just Santa Claus for adults.
If, as a eight year old, I could see through the nonsense in the bible, I think the only way adults can accept any of it is through indoctrination from a very early age with no recourse to critical thinking.