Q about arguments for God's existence.

[The Valkyrie]

I've never met a person who defined themselves as an atheist more than anything else. But atheism is the purpose of this forum. It is why we are here, to get away from the assumption of god. You came here and you are welcome to be here. But don't expect to speak about god unchallenged.

Do you talk about god much in church? Would you suffer an atheist to preach a sermon about skepticism one Sunday or teach an adult Sunday school class in atheism? Would the congregation nod politely and say ah just another point of view? I think not. I'm not neutral on the issue of god. Why should I be? There's no evidence of him, and so much harm is done by believing in him. No not all believers do bad things, but many of them who wouldn't do bad things in the name of god.

But I wouldn't outlaw religion. You're free to believe what you want. I wouldn't try to take that right from you. But yes I get tired of nodding politely when my sister-in-law say "don't you think it's the end times." And I'm really tired of attending school board meetings just to see the evolution is not only legal to teach, but is taught. (My best ally in that fight is Christian, but the opposition is all fundies and Mormons.) This is the place I get to let my hair down and not be overly polite about the ludicrous.

Ya, what I see here is a bunch of people atheists that hate christians. They like to ridiculize, tell how stupid we are, call names and no matter what we say we are lying. Don't know where so much hate comes from. I thought I could join in here and have decent discussion about beliefs but for them we are too stupid to even be here.

What I see here is someone who has come to an atheist website and is too lazy to research what he posts and, by his own admission, it seems, doesn't understand that which he criticises - a common failing for creationists.

I don't call theorists stupid. There are plenty who are very smart, and many who are far smarter than I. I don't like to generalise.

Of course, there are also those theists who are as dumb as mud.

ANd, just to break my generalising statement, the above includes creationists.