This will be about why I believe in God.
  What makes someone believe in something? Most people need a reson to
believe. For most things, evidence is used as a reason.
  In matters of religion, however, evidence is generally cast aside in favor
of "faith", the theory being that we are saved by faith and that to question
it is too dangerous to risk. And so people blindly follow religion without
any reason. If they ever wonder why they have faith, they either base it on
the fact that so many other people have it (most of whom have no convincing
reason either), or they dismiss the matter, believing that they're fine as
long as they say they believe.
  But what happens if these people try to spread the word? The Bible says
we're supposed to be missionaries, telling the world what we believe. But if
you try to tell a non-believer about God, inevitably they will ask for a
reason to believe. They may very well ask you why you, personally, believe.
Just because it's "the right thing to do"? There is a reason for everything.
There is no such thing as "just because". When used in answer to the question
"Why?", the words "just because" mean "I don't know." But people, even
religious people, seem to feel that there is no reason for faith, and that we
must accept it just because we should. Little wonder that more and more
people think religion is a sham, invented by humans!
  Only a foolish God could expect people to have a strong faith with no
reason at all. And God, by all accounts, is not foolish.
  But what proof does God give us?
  To answer that, we must define "proof".
  If you do not believe in God, you must believe in science. Most Atheists
have an interest in science, since it is, for them, the only way of
explaining the world. In science, as in religion, there are many theories.
Scientists disagree with each other on many things, such as where humans came
from or why the dinosaurs died out. What does it take to make a scientist
believe something?
  Imagine a scientific study in which a new drug was tested on 1,000 people.
What if 999 of them died shortly after taking it? What would a scientist
conclude?
  He or she would probably conclude that the drug was highly fatal to humans.
For most people, a 99.9% death rate is convincing enough.
  But would this study really prove anything? There is no scientific evidence
of any kind that this drug killed those people. It could have been
coincidence. After all, one of them survived! To a skeptic, this statistic is
not proof of anything.
  Yet if somebody dismissed this case as coincidence, what would you think?
Wouldn't that be ignorant?
  In a similar way, evidence offered by God is not scientifically conclusive.
It cannot be measured, or properly analyzed. But to say it is nonexistant
would be incorrect.
  The reason so many people refuse to accept God is because they are closed-
minded. They demand outright proof. So long as these people continue to do
so, they will never believe. Sad though they are to see, they serve a purpose
for everyone else: They remind us of the ignorance in having a closed mind. I
once saw a man say "When I see, with my own eyes, Jesus coming down from
Heaven, then I will believe. Until then, no." 'Nuff said.
  Another reason many people fail to believe is because they don't *want* to.
They *prefer* the idea that everyone lives only by their own will, and not by
a God. This idea is more pleasing to them. Some people avoid looking for the
truth because they like their "invented" reality better. This is much like
the people who believe in God for no reason: In both cases, people are not
looking for the truth. Instead, they decide that a theory must be true just
because they like it. Face it, it's very hard to believe in something you
don't want to believe in.
  Why do I believe in God? Because I looked for truth.
  I did not assume anything. I did not go with any theory just because I
liked it. Instead, using logic, and the little blessings and signs I have
had, I arrived at a decision.
  Open up your eyes. Believe truth, not dogma. The truth really is out there.
You just have to look for it.
  And if a falling meteor narrowly misses your house sometime, think twice
before calling it a coincidence. Messages from God do not take the form of
"Hi, I'm God. Nice to meet you."
  Have a nice life.