Heh you seem to be like me then. I'm Christian in that I like the teachings of Christ rather than the blood-thirsty over-religious take on it.

If you ever feel like discussing it, I'd be happy to :P

That's because, despite what their belief, the teachings of Jesus are the ones that we as Christians are meant to follow. :v TBH it's pretty nice to know that there's other like-minded Christians such as yourself, we don't really happen to often.

Absolutely, I would love to! No doubt we'll find ourselves having reason to discuss it again.

I'm actually pretty agnostic myself. I can't say that I don't or do believe in a God, I've had some very weird coincidences, but I don't necessarily believe in any one religion either. I think that God is something that is beyond us, and if you believe, it should be something between you and it, and I don't think anyone can tell you what it thinks is right and wrong. I don't have a problem with religion though, as long as it's beliefs aren't being forced onto me.

I can understand that perfectly well. The world is awfully big and curious to feel like you have to decide on one belief system, or lack of, and never really question why. There's nothing wrong with dipping your mind into other beliefs to see what's best for you personally.

I most certainly will never tell a person that they're wrong, it's not my place to. There's a number of people out there who have a "I need to see it with my own eyes before I can believe it" line of thinking, and it's far too simple to say "Look all around you! God is everywhere!" because really, all you see is nature, and that is nowhere near enough to cover it. I suppose the belief in God is better understood through spiritual experiences, and if you don't get those (or at least don't feel like you do), why would you have any reason to believe?

I have many friends who are agnostic, and I'm very curious about how they view the world, especially when it comes to things like ghosts and such. Obviously it'd be the same kind of thought, gotta see to believe, but I wonder for those who have seen. I have many friends who are Atheist, and I certainly don't mind that at all, but I will ask them to tone it down when they go out of their way to piss people off who do believe in God. There's no need for such disrespect when that is exactly what they don't want Christians doing to them. Kind of a double-standard.

For me, it's not that I don't believe it until I see proof, it's just that I don't know. I can't prove if it exists, or if it doesn't. I'm basically sitting in the middle. One one hand, I've had some strange coincidences, but on the other, I still don't have any definitive proof.

I have a very atheist mother and grandfather, so there's that, but on the other hand, I have a dad who is very spiritual, and believes in a mix of, from what I can tell, Buddhism, Judaism, and a couple other religions.

My mom is really weird about it too. She seems more curious about religion than anything though. I remember one time some Jehovah's Witnesses came over and she was explaining what she believed and was asking questions about why the believe what they do and such, and they finally said something like "No use wasting time with you, you're just doomed."
But I agree, I've seen some really rude atheists, and I've seen some really rude Christians as well, but I have nothing but respect for the ones that accept anyone. We had a kid in our school who became very religious. It was interesting because before he was a huge pothead, but he was one of the nicest guys I've ever known. He really was a cool guy, he always respected everyone, no matter what they believed in.

I guess every group has their great people, and their, not so great people.

The points you make are so well articulated - they were so refreshing to read in the face of everything else. Seeing how awesome you are it's impossible NOT to watch you haha.