@ Bodomite: I wasnt drunk when I wrote that, when Im drunk it's easy to tell... I either get depressed or in some ridiculous good mood
My best friend for years was a christian girl and we had some very interesting talks about that. The whole problem begins at the point that you cannot know whether God exists or not. There's theories you can believe in or not, that's all. You decide for yourself whether you believe in God and whether you find the story of him having created Earth and the Universe more probable than Darwin's Evolution Theory. You make up your own, subjective opinion on the matter and you don't have any proof about your theory being true at all.
Saying that some religion is bad only because of slaughtery having happened in its name is rather stupid. That's like saying the germans of our time are still guilty of having murdered the jews or the americans are still guilty of having murdered the indians... that's bullshit. The religions of those days are not the religions of today anymore and even if being a christian has to do with being convinced something is right while being of some nationality is not, it's still not a valid point.
My friend is maybe the most intelligent and tolerant person I've ever met and she definitely spent a lot of time thinking about it.
I dont agree with most of the christian ideology, but when you care to take a closer look you find that what they say isnt plain stupid but actually fits very well to a complete image... Only because you didnt know what they mean, or didnt understand why God is said to act this or that way doesnt mean it's stupid, so better not call it so before you didnt take a closer look
There are however enough contradictions that make me doubt the whole thing, so presently I find myself an atheist. That doesnt mean that I wouldnt change to believing in "some God" like the big unknown out there or some other's religion's God. But I know that being an atheist fits very well with my person and personal beliefs so changing that is rather unlikely...