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I concluded this early in my life, which makes me a minority amongst beliefers. I believe in God and that creatìon shows occasional traces of his genious, but I don't think they are unambigous enough to warrant the christian god as a necessary conclusion.

[acjohnson55]

I feel similar. Although, I don't believe in God so much as a belief in some form of intelligent design. Or I guess, the belief that existence has some kind of reason, and hopefully, my conscious mind does too.

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I feel that the christian God fits this bill especially well, when you look at him a bit more abstractly: He is able to give purpose (does care and is something absolute rather than mending to what one particular human beliefs), is interested in staying in contact with his creation (as opposed to deistic Gods), values existence so high that 1) it should be contiued eternally and 2) not in a replaced, but a renewed form. Many christians, many opinions, but I feel confident in this faith. I can recommend C.S.Lewis, who is great about putting God, heaven, hell in terms that make sense and don't reek of religious fanaticism.

I would be Buddhist if I would not be christian, but I am glad I can be christian. If what I believe is true, then boy are we lucky!