Please challenge me!

Please note that I'm new to learning about TST and the sub so if this goes against any rules or goes against any ideals, please let me know and I'll take it down myself.

Hello everyone, I've recently learned and have been looking into TST and I really like what I see and agree with basically everything TST stands for. The problem then becomes, I believe in a god and afterlife, mostly due to being raised in the lds church all my life, but that also means I've never been challenged in my beliefs, so I thought this sub would be the perfect one to help me with this, due to the beliefs everyone here follows.

I believe in an afterlife because I believe consciousness is a physical thing, like an energy attached to a person's being, and because energy cannot be created nor destroyed, it has to go somewhere after I die, whether it's a higher plain of existence or maybe just roams the cosmos for eternity.

I believe in a god because, well, I don't know. I believe in science and that everything can be properly explained thereof, but can't think of a way for a higher power to exist. It may be caused by fear of not knowing, or the fear of nothingness. Its also because of "signs" I've noticed growing up in the church (though for all I know those were fabricated or distorted to seem that way). in any case my current belief is that one exist

I would love to hear everyone's side too these things, and I'm fully willing (maybe even hoping) to have my mind changed on these things so please tell me what you think!