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Here is what happened. I know it sounds crazy and I would have never believed it hearing it from any one else.

On Christmas of 2000 my grandmother died from a heart attack. That night, and for the next two weeks (Until her funeral) she visited us. Lots of things happened; inanimate objects moved right before our eyes (Mainly my son’s toys), a cold void following my wife around and seeming to suck the energy out of every light it came close to, my two-year-old son talking to my grandmother like she was standing right there…lots of things like that.

She was a Christian who had been worried about my soul. I think she was trying to get my attention. I had once dared God to prove to me he existed- be careful for what you ask for.

Anyway, that is the main reason I look too Christianity. It also might have to do with being raised a Christian. My parents were not regular church goers, but we did go every now and then. My dad is not very religious.

The story about part of God becoming man to bridge the gap between him and us, and to let him experience being human makes a lot of sense to me. I can see God doing this for all planets in the Universe where intelligent life has evolved. I think intelligent life forming independently of him (following his physical and natural laws of course) is the goal he was after when he created this universe. We may not be the center of the universe, but we are very important to him. Only a tiny fraction of this universe’s matter is self aware and intelligent, and that makes us very rare and valuable.

When intelligent life reaches a certain stage, why wouldn’t the creator of the universe come and walk among them, form a relationship and experience what they experience first hand?

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