Christians celebrate rape, torture, slavery and genocide.

[John V]

I am not the OP. Mandatory given...lol.
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Far less troubling for those who oppose the opinions I'd say. Not that this need be established, mind you, so long as as you're willing to own the opinions in the interim we can have a discussion, but the very moment "godopinesit" comes up that's a full stop.
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Whether or not the bible is true has little to do with my opinions of what is or is not celebrated by it's adherents. If the bible is true, and if the bible is not true don't have the power to change my opinion on some issues...and on some of those issues I disagree with the majority of theists I've spoken to. I find it much more useful to poke at what any given person might -wish- to be true..regardless of whether or not it is. Reminding you, for example, that you cannot demonstrate that this or that portion of the bible (in this case the opinions of a god) is true only serves to highlight the ethereal nature of what is going to follow from that point.
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See, we're elaborating. The obvious caveat here is that you cannot demonstrate that the author of the book in question is a god. Who's opinions are we supposed to be talking about? You're assuming what I would have you demonstrate in an effort to justify the assumption itself.

Whether the Bible is true is clearly a red herring for purposes of this thread, and bringing it up at this point comes across as desperation.

So you think your own taste in food is refutable?

No, as it’s subjective.

You don't have a compelling reason to like chocolate?

No, I don’t. I simply like it.

You require your reasons for having specific tastes in food to be something more than subjective?

I don’t have reasons for my tastes. I simply have tastes.