are Christians short on logical abilities? and

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Do atheists have a superior logic?

I am not prone to thinking that there are fairies at the bottom of the garden. However, I believe in God because:-
a) I believe that the universe is too complex for there to be nothing else to it other than a complete void of nothingness.

b) human beings are really complex creatures and I struggle to believe that we just "evolved" this way.

I understand the scientific view point really well - that you should only believe what you know to be true for a fact, so I am not looking to be reminded of this. But the above feelings always bring me back to essentially what is a Christian faith.

Do atheists ever look at the world around them and question it, the same way a person who has faith does? How would the atheist respond to the feelings I have, that actually there is just something so much bigger than us, that is actually almost incomprehensible?

I am reasonably logical and have a first class hons from a mid-range uni. I know one person who is a Christian who has a PHD in Maths and loads of other really bright, interesting Christians. We are obviously not all thick or short on logical abilities. Why do atheists think bright and erudite people believe in God and choose to be a Christian?

Discuss.

I am not religious, but wouldn't call myself atheist either (although I am leaning more towards that). I am one of those wishy washy agnostics that both religious people and atheists seem to treat with disdain .

I do, however, find religion fascinating from a cultural and sociological perspective - the entire human world is founded on some sort of belief system - faith and belief is almost as old as human evolution as even early man had creation myths from the moment they began to develop language and pictorial writing.

For me the problem with religion is not the belief and faith in a god, it is the adherence to the various religions books which were written and interpreted by man. Let's face it - fundamental christian laws and what should be in the bible was largely decided by a few hundred very powerful men between 300 hundred and 500 hundred years after the man Jesus Christ was actually alive.

I also do not think there is any connection between logic and intelligence - logic falls more into the common sense category and we all know that sometimes even the most intelligent people can severely lack common sense. Just look at the Tea Party in America - the leaders of that particular political nightmare are all extremely intelligent and successful professionals and business men but their religious beliefs and the way they use them in politics in order to try and control the lives of others are really quite scary.

On a side note eekamouse2 posts did amuse me - light entertainment on an interesting philosophical thread!