Pope is a RLSH too :)

If I saw a flying octopus floating down the street singing La Bamba, I would know it was true. I could tell you about it and insist that it's true. You don't have to believe me but I know what I see.

There is a Bible verse that kind of explains this

<sup>St. John 20:24-31

24</sup> But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came.
²⁵ The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the Lord. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.
²⁶ And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you.
²⁷ Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing.
²⁸ And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.
²⁹ Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.
³⁰ And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book:
³¹ But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name.

That's a very beautiful piece; it explains my reasoning pretty well. I am Thomas; if I was showed God was real, and saw it with my own eyes, I would believe. Until then all I can do is guess. I don't feel comfortable forming beliefs without something to base them on. Others believe and trust much more easily while still others require a bit more convincing due to their own experiences.

But then read verse 29 again.

I got that part. I can't do it though. Blessed they may be, but does that mean I am sinful and wrong for not being able to believe unless I see it for myself? All it means to me is the person who believed who had not seen is more gullible than I am. I leave my mind open to any possibility; I simply don't have the information to form a logical conclusion, and so I suspend for myself the question of religion until the time comes, if ever, that I find a definite answer that makes logical sense.