a friend,
I apologize if you think I was blasting Christianity. That was certainly not my intent, and I don't see how I implied that in my comment. Honestly, I am not a fan of organized religion at all. Religion does a lot of good for a lot of people, but it also does a lot of damage to society by promoting intolerance to other races, ways of life, and religions. Every religion is guilty of this, though not all of those who are religious are.

To answer your question, I simply took a look at a lot of visual evidence around us, and reasoned it out. I imagine that humans made a God to explain the natural occurrences they didn't understand. Then somehow, it caught on. To me, it is irrational to believe that a man can survive in a large fish, people can be brought back from the dead using supernatural means, etc., and the only explanation I get is "it's true because it was written in the Bible," or to use your words: "God has always been." The idea that "God exists because he is God" that Nonarchist speaks of is a silly reason to buy into an idea.

I hope this makes sense. Again, I'm sorry if I came off as "blasting" anyone. I don't consider myself above anyone else because of my beliefs, and I expect others to do the same.

- Sean