This is where Iano and others lose the rest of us. Let's say you got up tomorrow and decided "yeah got to more to this universe", what's the next stage?
this happened to a friend of mine, who came to the conclusion there must be a god. However the leap he didn't make was saying well, that must mean the bible is true, - in actual fact he is more convinced than ever that the bible is a load of old chuff.
The other problem, as you have pointed out, is that christians who try and promote their god via a mixture of needy pleading and threats (hell insurance) just tend to make their god appear a sad pathetic little creature full of ego and malice.