A strong opening statement, DP. Your argument, I think, can be won through the problem of evil, your point five. Other points, like those you've raised, are good, but this one, I think, is pretty much irrefutable without resorting to, 'We cannot know God's purposes' (which isn't really an answer). I'd like to see what A Theist makes of it, but I've yet to see a decent response to this problem.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
