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I'm not really sure what to say anymore. I guess I would start by clarifying that I think the majority of people who "believe" in God probably don't. And the ones that really do believe in God probably believe the majority of what they believe because they were raised with it (I think this carries over to atheism, agnosticism, pure materialist views, et al.). Past that, the people who have had a kind of "enlightenment" where they saw some truth that was unique and personal probably don't have the will power, patience, or ability to put their ego aside long enough to keep track of it (I'm one of these people: I feel I've been shown a lot of truth by God but I keep trying, with my own logic, ego, and strength to complete his sentences for him). Religion (by which I strictly mean a REAL belief in God and whatever other beliefs about said God you have) is personal or it's nonexistent. It's also, I think, something you have to really truly want. I don't think that we can never know whether or not God exists. Rather, I think if we really really really want to find out, we will (though I make absolutely NO claim on how long that answer could be in coming). King, you were probably right to discard your parents' Christianity. Not because it was wrong, but because it wasn't yours (though it could've been wrong too, that's beside the point). But realizing the theory of evolution is valid, or that more blood has been spilled in the name of Christ than by the Nazis, doesn't invalidate anything about Christ, much less whether or not God exists. I won't pretend to know how much you currently care about finding out if there IS a God. You seem to be a staunch agnostic: your belief is that we can't really have belief without just hoping for the best. And that's a circularly reinforced dogma. As long as you believe we can't know, you won't know, because anything that comes to you will be drowned out by your belief that it's unknowable. But I do think that if you think it's possible that God exists, and also possible that he doesn't, you have to, logically, allow room for the possibility that you CAN KNOW the answer. Marrying yourself to the idea that there's NO WAY you can know seems like a bad move.
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