Are all atheists this ill-informed about religion?

[Thumpalumpacus]

I must preface every post with the point that I can't respond to every single of the hundreds of posts begging for my attention.

Don't flatter yourself. There aren't "hundreds of posts" lined up in queue for you to answer, and furthermore, there aren't many different points in them. A skilled debater could handle several posts sharing the same point in one post.

Your overweening pride is, I'm pretty sure, a mark against you on your little god's tablet. And lying is also low on his list of things he likes you to do.

Hope that works out for you.

We don't live up to such a standard infallibly, and this is a far bigger problem than it seems. We admit most crimes ought not to get a mulligan; you won't give the (hypothetical) murderer of your parent a second chance at life because people make mistakes. You want him to rot in prison! So you're unwittingly being a hypocrite when you so easily excuse yourself and expect punitive measures against others. Unless you do believe everybody deserves as much latitude as you give yourself. Do you?

Unless you're accusing him of murder, you're comparing apples and oranges, because there are many minor trespasses against the morality inculcated into us from our parents which are readily forgiven on the basis of doing better the next time.

Or do you think your son should spend life in prison for shoplifting an apple?

This is a silly line of reasoning., especially considering the condescension you've served up heretofore. Surely someone of your brilliance can come up with something better than such a sloppy comparison. There's a big difference between being a jerk and being a murderer. If you cannot fathom it, just ask. I'll be happy to delineate it.