well, that's nice and good.. you try to present God as a person.. that's your own interpretation.. and nobody can fault you for sharing it..
however, it's a different story when other people shove it down your throat and begin to condemn you (or have that different treatment towards you) when you don't share the same level of belief as they do.
my take on the Infinite is rather impersonal most of the times.. probably because of how I was brought up. but anyway, like I said, the symbolism in the Bible is really deep. Cross referencing it to other text outside the christian context is for me more interesting than just reading it by itself. that's pretty much how i study also, cross reference multiple text of "similar" context..
but i cannot yet grasp, much less agree on that intelligent design concept. my view of intelligence is different. I would rather settle that our universe existed out of nowhere, like a big bang (for now).. but who or what caused that.. well, lets just call it God..

that's it.. maybe as I grow older, I'll develop a penchant for children's stories to explain religious concepts..