The main reason I'm an atheist

[drfuzzy]

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That's pretty much where I am, Rhonda.  I didn't "choose" to not believe, I didn't decide to "accept" anything.  I just realized that what I had claimed to believe made no freaking sense.  And I just couldn't send myself through "what if" mental hoops anymore.  So if someone gets in my face, wanting me to accept their belief, they need to provide something substantial - no personal relationship, no fantasies, no apologetics and most certainly no book

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- just get that Deity to come by and prove it exists 

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 and I'll change my mind.  Until then . . . makes no sense, I'm not buying it.

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Rhonda.  
Isn't that easy?   

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 Just do what fuzzy said.  
All you have to do when you want someone is to ....get that person to come by and prove it exists.

 Well sure. Just like every other entity. Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, Superman and Dracula haven't showed up . . . no signs of Odin or Zeus or Rama or Osiris lately either. So it's reasonable to assume they don't exist until they actually show up.

 Isn't that clear?  
Not completely clear, actually you have to ask fuzzy how you get that person-entity to come by?   

You claim a deity exists. So you must have some sort of verifiable proof. How did YOU get it to show up? Because I have utterly failed at that task for over 50 years.  Oh, and if we haven't told you dozens of times - personal stories and "feelings" don't count.  I could pray to Batman and get all sorts of feelings. (ha) We need a video with you and the deity.  A photo? Maybe a sound recording?

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 Do you grab it and drag it by the neck or there is a different way to get it to you?  
Oh, hang on Rhonda.

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What about if that person doesn't want to come by?

Well, if your deity doesn't want to talk to me, I don't want to talk to it, and I don't have to believe it exists.

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How do you get it then?

Gee, i never thought about it!  :     

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