(February 8, 2016 at 8:27 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: With the mountain of evidence extant there's no reason to try to find more. They've rejected everything so far, giving us no reason to believe they'd accept any new information. So basically the questioner is saying "Make me feel good about my beliefs by presenting evidence I can dismiss without consideration."
Short answer: Don't piss into the wind.
Why is it "pissing in the wind"?
See that is the problem. You only think about them, but it isn't just about them. It does work otherwise we wouldn't have former believer now atheists on this website. Nobody would ever leave any religion if we never questioned it.
And don't assume we simply argue to convince theists they are wrong. We also do it to show other doubters, fence sitters, and closet atheists that it is ok to question.
If our species never questioned social norms our species never would have left the caves. Just the issue of atheists having a voice is important. I know where the online atheist community was and how small it was back in 01 and how big it has become since then. We really are increasingly growing a bigger voice.
