Best Living Spokesman for Atheism

[God of Mr. Hanky]

There was a time when everybody believed in elves and fairies. This was the way the simple folk explained certain phenomena, flint arrow heads were "fairy shot" and sudden pains were caused by being shot by a fairy, that's why they are called "shooting pains". Belief in god is no different, it is a way for the feeble minded to explain things to themselves without actually finding out what actually is going on. What you are doing is using the medieval technique of having simplistic and vapid ideas for things and slapping your hands together and saying "that's that then god did it" you seem to see it as plus that you can hold on to such outmoded ideas when in fact it just shows you as being intellectually bankrupt. The answer to no question when properly investigated, has required a god or any other supernatural or paranormal explanation your position is only backed up by empty words that have been thought up by people trying to wish their stupid and delusional beliefs into being even a little likely and they all fail badly. I find unconvincing because they are not backed by actual evidence. I find them unconvincing because arguments can be made to support any position you want to take. I find them unconvincing because the thing they are trying to support is the most unlikely thing that I can imagine.

Your analogy fails. In trying to draw an analogy between shooting pains and God belief, you say it is a way for the feeble minded to explain things to themselves without actually finding out what actually is going on.

But we have no reason to believe this is true of either belief, even if the beliefs are wrong.

Your argument rests on a failed analogy.

Now do you see why I think atheists don't have good reasons for what they believe?

Whether or not an analogy against religious beliefs is a good one doesn't give me any good reason to believe any religious claim which is unsupported by any evidence, and even less good reason why I should seriously consider anything you have said here.

Delicate:

• Atheists are indoctrinated 
     most of us (in the US at least) were not raised atheists, and there are no atheist indoctrination camps
  
• Atheists are emotionally invested in their beliefs
     no, but I am sickened with sadness to see how stupid and cruel religion has made people everywhere               
  
• Atheists are incompetent
     but they win most of the Nobel Prizes
  
• Atheists make unsupported claims 
     right, whatever you say!