The Case for Theism

[Angrboda]

...the fact is most atheists believe our existence is attributable to happenstance....

I am not responsible for what others, atheist or not, believe. If they have come to their conclusions through slovenly and reckless reasoning, that is no warrant for me to excuse slovenly and reckless reasoning in you.

My reasons for focusing on specifics of one side or another are, perhaps, fascinating, but of essentially no relevance. Perhaps it's simply a fact of who I am. I think, alongside honesty and integrity, one of my highest values is "good thinking" for its own sake, and I will likely attack bad thinking whenever and wherever I see it. At this very moment I'm engaged in a heated debate with another forum member whom I dearly love. But on the issue in question, I see him as dead to rights wrong. I will probably disengage from that debate, but not because I wouldn't like to see it through. Emotionally, and in terms of priorities in my life right now, I simply don't have it in me. The reasons for our choices are not always along party lines, at least not with me.