I'm a protestant Christian, and I always have been.

There is no (or at least, I don't have any) emperical evidence for the existence of God, but there is something that you can't exactly describe which is proof enough for me. Wherever you go, you can feel that he's with you and watching over you. He protects you and talks to you. It's faith, and that's a huge part of it, but there's a part of you that just knows.

For someone to have made up the Bible and the beliefs therin would not make sense, since Judaism at the time of the Exodus and the Kingdom of Israel was quite possibly the most restrictive religion out there. While others emphasized fear and pleasure, Judaism taught love and moderation. Judaism and hence Christianity are not "fun" religions, but rather we get our pleasure in a different way: being friends to an all powerful God who loves us.

A poster above said that he preffered to be called a Jesus follower. In translation, that's what Christian means ("like Christ"), but it's not practiced as such. I have neighbours that say they're Catholic (and I notice this much more with people claiming to be Catholic and Anglican than Protestant, but that may just be me not seeing), but you could never tell. They don't act like or respect Christian values. There are alot of people who jump on the Christian bandwagon, but don't follow.

It's almost like we need to somewhat tell ourselves apart from radicalists and such.

Anyway, this was waaaayyyy too long :P