This is going nowhere fast. Let's try a different tack.
Ybe, ball is now in your court. Present your case. Why should I make even the slightest attempt to even pretend to believe in your god? What's in it for me?
Do I gain any powers such as the ability to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentations of their women?
No? How about a magic spell like Polymorph Self? Befriend Dragon? Summon Chocolate?
What can you and your alleged god possibly offer me that's better than:
Ybe, ball is now in your court. Present your case. Why should I make even the slightest attempt to even pretend to believe in your god? What's in it for me?
Do I gain any powers such as the ability to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentations of their women?
No? How about a magic spell like Polymorph Self? Befriend Dragon? Summon Chocolate?
What can you and your alleged god possibly offer me that's better than:
- Viewing the rings of Saturn, the M42 Orion nebula, or a total solar eclipse
- Schmoozing with the neighbour's cat on a sunny afternoon
- Practising the "Chaconne" from Holst's First Suite on my clarinet
- Or enjoying two fingers of a quality single-malt Scotch or a handful of Mini-Eggs?
