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Even if we grant all of that, this still does not explain how one arrives at a specific God, or even just the knowledge that God cares about its creation at all.

If the cosmological argument proves anything, it's only that something created everything, it tells us absolutely nothing about the properties of that being. You've bracketed faith for now, but then if not faith what else leads to the belief in a specific religion as opposed to Deism? And if it is only faith, can you answer /u/dem0n0cracy's questions about how you know your faith leads you to the correct religion, when 99.9% of people's faiths lead them to their parents' religion or the religion that they came across first? Why does your faith lead to Catholicism but another's leads them to Islam or Hinduism? Is their faith wrong and yours right? If only your faith is right, how do you know that?

The water in the vase is a good breeding ground for bacteria, and also poses a potential electrical hazard if it were to be knocked over onto the monitoring equipment.

PUMP IT!

That seems like it could be quite a broad topic.

Whenever I do, I always assume he won't remember me, but he raises his hand in a mock salute and says, "Captain."

Oh my God I would fangirl so hard if I were you! Meeting James Randi would be an absolute dream.