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What if the existence of an all-powerful being is the only logical conclusion that can be drawn?
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Then the individual drawing the conclusion needs to either take some classes in Logic and Metaphysics, or to read a few books on the subject matter.
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[...]the only thing I could think of was "there's no way this just happened"
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In what way is this a logical conclusion? All you are saying is that you do not have the individual understanding or scope of knowledge to know how "this" happened. Mind you, nobody really does. But then people also assumed the earth was flat, and we lived in a geoocentric universe, for the very same reason.
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believe in evolution as well; I just believe God guided it.
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Ah, belief. If we keep Faith separate from logic, everyone will be happy. As I have Faith myself, I need to remind myself of that reasonably often.
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doesn't mean that everyone who believes He does exist came to that conclusion by just pulling it out of their ass
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That is certainly true, and I fully agree with you. However, there is a worryingly large number of people who come to organized religion through indoctrination and thoughtless dogma, rather than Faith and genuine discovery of God. This does not only apply to Christianity, of course.
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PS: On logic, and the theory of knowledge, I recommend Wittgenstein's
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, and Bertrand Russell's
Problems of Philosophy. The latter is a decent, short introductory text. As additional texts, I recommend ISBN: 0195115511 and 0671203231, both by Bertrand Russell.