That's fair enough Patch - evolution's still a theory too. As for the purple teapot, we don't really have any reason to believe that, whereas there are many things on earth and in life that fit the explanation of God.

As for 'Christian' values, maybe that stems from a belief that God created and values those qualities? You're right, those values definitely aren't exclusive to Christians though, thankfully. And there are many Christians who still haven't taken on all those qualities either.

As for blindly following something...when I first met Rans (my dh) I questioned many things he said. When he said 'oh I love that kind of music' I thought, does he really? Can I believe that? Can I trust him? What's his motivation. And all that kind of thing. (Though I didn't do that with everything he said, because I'm not quite that paranoid, lol!) But as we got to know each other, I learned I could trust what he said. So now when he says, Quick, duck! Or, Don't look in the back room today. I trust him.
Am I making sense? I do the same with God. The more I get to know him, the more I find him to be trustworthy, and the more I find my trust validated. It is called 'faith' though! At some stage, I have to make a bit of a blind leap, where I don't know or understand everything. Know though, that if God wasn't trustworthy, I probably would have found out by now.

Sorry if I haven't covered everything, or haven't made sense, I'm in such a rush and haven't had dinner yet!
You make some good points though Patch, these discussions stop me from having a brainless, blind faith. Okay! Better rush!