Christiangal,
Welcome. It is nice to have another Christian here to engage in the debate. You will find that some of the same people who have answered you here will respond the same way to similar posts in the future. It has helped my faith to argue with them even though I know that I will not change their minds.
I too believe that faith is a sign of humility. It says that you are placing your life in the hands of one who is not seen and who will direct your life for his will and not yours. You are giving up yourself for Him and subjecting yourself to his desires, not your own. You are saying that you cannot go through life on your own and that you need his help and guidance. You are not looking only to yourself and your own abilities when a crisis hits or you are in turmoil. You are becoming a servant. That is a clear sign of humility. How that faith is lived is where we show our pride and arrogance. It is one thing to say that we believe we know the truth and want to share it. It is another to put others down who chose not to believe. That is not Christian and that is not the example we are to show. To date you have not. Keep it up.
Six of nine,
I believe that your attempt to argue that God will like the non belivers more than those that believe is an attempt to rationalize your doubts. To say to God, I may have doubted you, but don't you think that that is more worthy than believing blindly. The Bible is clear that we are to accept our faith in Christ as a child. Total acceptance without doubt and complete trust. It doesn't mean we turn off our brains and become morons. It also doens't mean that those who use those brains to doubt God and to chose not to belive in him for what they consider evidence of his nonexistence, or the perceived lack of evidence of his existence are any smarter than those who believe. It is arrogant to imply that those who believe in Christ are ignorant and if we would only see the facts the way you do we would doubt as well. How is that line of thinking any different than what you profess to hate about Christians who profess their faith?
The facts that I see lead me to the conclusion that God exists as the Bible says and that Christ was God who came to Earth to save us from our sins so that we would have everlasting life. I see that evidence both in the Bible and in my life and the lives of those who believe in Christ. You are free to believe as you choose, but don't do what you profess to hate in Christians and critcize those that believe differently.
God Bless
