the reason i ask is your assumption of existence seems loose and fast. isn't non existence the other side of the coin?
The first need religion teaches and instills into people. A contentment in acting dumb about stuff, with a nonsensical unwarranted importance being given to deliberately not understand the most obvious things . To complete the insanity, they will say it's you, not they, who doesn't understand. sheesh.
good for you, The fact is, that's nothing more than your opinion . get over it The real question is what evidence is acceptable to you?
I feel sorry for you, better mommy, better brains, whatever it is you are missing , better luck next life.
My informed opinion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidence If your god is real, why is there no irrefutable evidence of its existence? There are only two types of atheists but there are at least a million (and growing) different types of theists. How can this be, if there is one and only one true God (or collective of true gods)? Believers can't even agree on what the truth is about god(s) and ID. Why? Because there's no compelling evidence about gods. So anybody can make up whatever the hell they want to create a new theism. How else to explain Mormonism and Scientology? By extension, how else to explain any religion, however "venerable"?
That's the main reason I got out. I got tired of people telling me not to think, just believe. Funny, I never found thinking "hurt" me in any other area of my life except my religion.