Perhaps having to choose to between believing in something that is highly improbable, trying to open escape hatches that won't open, or believing in an Intelligent Designer, i.e. God, is making you a little bit uncomfortable.If this is the case, I would suggest that reading the gospel of John may be a good place to start. I suspect that someone with your intellectual abilities would also enjoy C.S. Lewis: Mere Christianity as well. God opened the heart of a great scientist named Blaise Pascal. Pascal described it as "tears of joy. tears of joy. tears of joy." I honestly wish you the best even though I have never met you personally, and I pray that God will open up your heart.
Your condescension is duly noted (although condescension from someone citing Pascal is rather ironic). And once again, your presumption that I must be a scripturally ignorant infidel, and that you alone have unearthed the little known writings of C.S. Lewis (exactly how old are you?) speaks volumes.
Signing off now. I wish you the best in finding a fellow teenager with whom you can share the secrets of God and Clearasil.
It was meant as a compliment, not as condescension. Many very intelligent people have read that book and changed their minds about Christianity. In fact, I know two of them personally. And many, many, many more very intelligent people have read gospel of John and changed their hearts as well. I am truely sorry if you thought I was trying to be condescending.
I never claimed to be an expert ("you alone unearthed the little known writings") in C.S. Lewis writings, in fact I still find the Abolition of Man a difficult read and I have (tried to) read it a couple of times.
I have given away a clue as to how old FreedomProtector is here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-backroom/1706571/posts?page=873#873
"Although it has been a while since I have been in high school (college, graduate school and several years of very interesting work have since past),"
Perhaps if I was still a "fellow teenager" and have done those things then FreedomProtector must truely be extremely unique, but I doubt it.
May God, the Intelligent Designer of the entire universe including you, atlaw, bless you abundantly.
FreedomProtector
"And you shall know the truth and the truth will set you free."