While I'm not one to tote the magestics of the bible or support stupid "satan is influencing our lives, god is vengeful" rhetoric, I do believe in God. It saddens me when a forum full of suposedly open minded stoners (I mean you naturally have to have an inquisative mind in order to try this "harmful drug" and have the ability to see beyond what you're told) have completly shut their minds off from the possibility of a higher power. You want proof? Just look around you. Everywhere the world is so complex and so maticoulsly joined together that there's no way it could have possibly all been a coincidence that just sort of happened. Someone, or something (ie God), had to plan and guide the creation of the world that surrounds us today.

Simple example, the oxygen molecule normally bonds to form O2, or two oxygen atoms together. However, in our atmosphere is present a large abundence of O3 aka ozone. Normally oxygen doesn't bond to form units of three but somehow a giant ammount of it found it's way into our atmosphere EXACTLY where it was needed in order to block out the sun's harmful radiation and allow life on earth. How likley is it that so much of an un-natural molecule would end up there? This is just one example but there are millions more of seemingly random occurances that took place in exactly the right time and exactly the right ammount to allow life and evolution.

Another thing, look at math for instance. A perfect represantation of the world around us, a world which is always imperfect. A window, perhaps, a higher bieng, a higher order of existence. But that's more theoretical than anything so I won't go any further than that.

Here's another thing for you non believers to think about. In logic it's impossible to prove that something does not exist. If something isn't there where's your evidence for it? It's not there, but maybe it's elsewhere, how can you prove it?

Now what do I believe specifically? I'm catholic, but I don't indulge in the "details" of my religion, I'm refering mainly to all the pain, suffering, and monsters from the old testament. What I do believe is that God exists, he created me (or perhaps more apropriately allowed for my existance) with a purpose in mind. His love for me is eternal and as long as I share that love for him and for my fellow man that is all that is required of me. If i fuck up, if i do something greedy and stupid that hurts someone else, then I can always go back to God and ask for forgivness, and he will always forgive me if I truely wish to be forgiven.

I'm not asking you to believe what I just wrote, I'm simply asking you to re-analyze your life and realize that there must be more to it than just life, death, and nothingness.

Hopefully that made some sense.