i believe in god. whether through the contingent argument or the "fine tuning" argument, until our science and reasoning can supersede those notions, there's no reason to honestly believe that there wasn't some sort of creator. that said, i don't think any one religion has it right, but we as humans all look to this being intrinsically as part of the human condition, whether we know it or not. in some ways, this is revealed as religious faith (through our evolved sense of terror management). i think one of the closest interpretations to god i find are accurate is probably that of baha'i: that god sends "updates" to us in the form of speakers and prophets in the past, like buddhism, christianity, islam, etc. it's just in our human failings we don't really follow it properly. let's be honest: if jews acted exactly as judaism said to act, they wouldn't be so horrible. if christians actually acted like christ did, the world would be perfect. and if these churches that claim to speak for those religions weren't run by flawed humans, humanity would live in paradise on earth. but islam just needs to have people willing to die for it. christianity has to have a magic sky god that will give you miracles and eternal life if you donate to the church and give the pope greater power over the king. and jews get to transfer their sins to a chicken and be under a wire to avoid god's rules.
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