Okay, let me open this thread by saying that I am being serious now.  I have been not serious for quite awhile.  To make a long story short I have been struggling quite a bit with my faith and wondering if God is real this year.  (2008/09) This is not what the thread is about but I thought I would preface the thread with this so you guys take me seriously.  Because I know that I have derailed a lot of threads in the past b/c I was not seriously discussing anything.  This has been bothering me for awhile.