5 Levels of the Faith. My personal observation.

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#n+1 The believer who finds the alternative, atheism, less than compelling or logically inconsistent. This type identifies belief in God as one choice between two diametrically opposed and plausible ideas about reality.

You are proposing a choice between Theism and Atheism. This post, however, examines the unspoken hierarchy of faith within Christianity.

With that, the question is, where do you fit it? Just because you feel it's logical to believe in god does not make it logical to believe in Christianity.

To answer the question accurately, you must first determine what the basis for your belief is in the first place.

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I'd love to see you expound upon what is contained in the "had to learn too much for their own good" bit in category #2 sometime.

Sure, the first 17-18 years or so that I was Christian, I was merely someone who attended church, took part in fellowship, and occasionally spoke to others about my faith.

At some point, however, that didn't feel like enough, so I decided to get much more educated about the bible and the Christian faith. The eventual goal was to become a Christian teacher/pastor.

During the course of that education, I learned far too many disturbing things. I learned that what I thought was the "inspired and inerrant word of God", was actually a book filled with textual inconsistencies, scientific impossibilities, moral atrocities, and just plain bad and unreliable history.

Some people can stomach all of that and keep on professing their faith. I seriously doubt, however, that their faith hasn't been significantly compromised in the process.

I completed my education, but I'd say my faith had met it's inevitable demise about half way through.