Yes, without a doubt. Been an Ordained Minister since 1987.
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If you mean the Judeo-Christian god Yahweh, no. If you mean any sort of higher power, I don't know for sure.
Yes. I see evidence of an intelligent designer in things like DNA and the functions of cells. I find it difficult to believe everything evolved by accident through a series of quadrillions of beneficent mutations.
I don't see any evidence for evolution creating new species. None
No, all religion is dumb.
Yes, I believe in the Christian God.
Consciousness fits most definitions of supernatural and it's a profoundly human mistake to try to externalize it.
OP, have you seen a sunset?
Yes, I believe I'm part of God, same as all it exists, we are God, we are energy, we are 1.
Neither.