Christ's birthday

[Craveman]

When I was about 18, I took a look around me, saw the complexity of life and in that instant I decided that there had to be a God.

I'm also still awed by mother nature but wont jump to a conclusion that a God created it. Complex life evolved thousands of years through natural selection

So after about a year in the cult I read some blatant inconsistencies about the cult

What about the inconsistancies in the Bible?

No, again it was admittedly a leap of faith.

How do you know that you've picked the right religion? Why a leap of faith to Christianity? Faith is not a word just relevant to the Christian religion. You can also have faith in other religions. My guess is that the "idea" of Christianity was a little seed planted in your head either by your parents or the country where you were born. Another country = another religion

Since becoming a Christian, it has been a long time now, I can tell you that I know God exists because of my experience with Him. Is any of it proveable to you? No. I'm just explaining what I know even though I cannot really explain how I know this.

Yet again, no proof which will (when Christians are confronted) result in the bolded words of your next quote:

[quote] As for why I continue to believe in God and why I am still a Christian, I will point to an article by Cornelius Van Til called [url=http://www.reformed.org/apologetics/index.html?mainframe=/apologetics/why_I_believe_cvt.html]"Why I Believe in God"[/url]. I ran across this the other day and I think it explains what I think better than I could explain it myself. (Of course what he says about the early years does not apply to me but the rest does.)

[quote] So now you know and, if appropriate, you can have your laughs now

No rhj4, I'm not going to laugh at your beliefs and try and belittle you. You have a right to believe in whatever the fuck you want.

Personally I don't find your "reasons" plausible