Why am I a Christian?

DISCLAIMER: THE FOLLOWING POST WAS AUTHORED BY SOMEONE IN A STATE OF EXHAUSTION.

"Faith is the great cop-out, the great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is belief in spite of, even perhaps because of, the lack of evidence"-Richard Dawkins

In the modern world; faith in general, and Christianity in general; are subjects of derision and scorn among the intelligentsia. The general consensus among the intellectual elite is that "Religion is an opiate for the masses"-Marx. Personally; I think that "One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe things like that. No ordinary man could be such a fool."-Orwell.

I've heard it said that evolution is proven; and truly, the academia and the media seem to be convinced that there is no God, and anyone that believes differently is an idiot. And so, because I am an "ordinary man" I'm going to disagree with the intelligentsia; and present a logical chain of evidence that shows why I believe that there is a God, and that His name is Jesus.

1. The evidence for evolution.

An unbiased look at the evidence for the case Creation vs. Evolution leaves no doubt. Evolution simply leaves too many questions unanswered; such as:

a) Why do we reproduce sexually? It's so much less efficient than just dividing ourselves, like the amoebas do.

b) How did the giraffe evolve? The giraffe, by necessity, has an extraordinarily powerful heart to pump the blood up the long neck. When a giraffe bends down to take a drink, that powerful heart is now working with gravity; which should flood the giraffe's brain with blood and cause it to explode. But it doesn't; it has a sponge at the base of the brain to absorb all that blood. This is what we call irreducible complexity. There are two functioning parts that had to have been present at the same time; and could not have evolved separately.

c)Why, in all the world, do we never see a place where the natural color scheme doesn't match? If each individual organism evolved individually, according to what suited itself, how is that possible?

d) Why have we not found the missing link?

As a reasonable human being; these questions just pose too much of a barrier to me. I don't have the faith to be an evolutionist.

Bearing that in mind; I come to the conclusion that there must be a God. So the next question becomes: whose God is real? The way I answer that question is to look at the societies that each individual belief system has produced, and see:

2.who's God has come out on top?

a. Buddhism/Hinduism/Eastern mysticism

The society that this has produced is one of complete and total apathy. Go to India, go to Thailand, and see the complete poverty that this way of thinking has produced.

b. Islamics

Islam has produced an inherently corrupt, violent, unstable society. Go over to any of the Muslim states; and see it. Bribery, drugs, and extortion are a way of life over there.

c. Pantheism

Africa. Somalia. Nigeria. Tunisia. Need I say more?

d. Christianity

Regardless of what others say; America was founded on Christian principles. This is clear in the Declaration, in the Federalist papers, in the writings of the Founding Fathers. And look what it's produced: A society that others are desperate to immigrate to. A place that people flock to.

3. Personal experience. I have experienced God. I have watched as my friend fell, shoulder-first, onto a pile of ironwood (with nails sticking out) and emerge without a scratch. I have been, at times, so far in over my head, that I couldn't think of a way out. All I could pray was a whimpering "God, take care of me." And I have been taken care of. I have taken steps of faith and watched God respond.

God is real, and his name is Jesus.