It's not an assumption, it is the Word of God. Like I said, we can debate creation versus evolution for hours and never get any where. If the creation doesn't change your mind, how can the word of another man change it? [quote]and even then, what created these creators? And how do we know which "creators" are legitimate?[/quote] There again, you're trying to figure out God with logic from man. God had no beginning. He had no creation. We exist inside of time, everything we know has a beginning and an end. Everything. He [i]created[/i] time, and therefore exists outside of its limitations. As to which one is true, the Living God must be spiritually discerned, and that is a gift He grants through His Holy Spirit. [quote]And until the moment I stopped believing in all deities I never felt these experiences you speak of, which is why I stopped believing. And what I mean by good people is if we are good, why would a god deny us simply for remaining justifiably skeptical?[/quote] All you did was merely believe in the existence of one. You can believe in the existence of electricity, but that does not make you an electrician. Jesus says you cannot know the Father (God) except through Him (Jesus) (John 14:6). You must realize your poverty of spirit and need for a Savior to experience Christ. As for being good, what makes you good? What defines good? [quote]Why would he send his son to die? How does that help us? Why didn't he just solve all of our problems instead of making this some tedious journey? Why didn't he make everyone divine and incapable of sin and have us all living in heaven? What is with this trial period?[/quote] That I can't answer fully. Paul says "for the purposes of His will". I know that's not a good enough answer, but is really all I have. However, the "trial period" as you put it is Gods testing. Where is free will if he just reconciles us all to Him without our say? Would we not just be puppets on a string at that point? He wants willing servants.