Grad student seeking atheist to interview

[Anomalocaris]

For me believing that a god exists was akin to believing that a small town had an invisible, intangible fire department and every time a house caught fire, people stood around and prayed for this invisible, intangible fire department to arrive.

The end result every single time was that the house would burn down and people would make excuses or try to rationalize why the invisible, intangible fire department didn't show up.

I knew why it didn't show up.
It wasn't fucking real.
It didn't exist.

There is no compelling evidence for any god.

It's just us on this planet. We have to take responsibility for everything. If something is going to happen, we are the ones that have to do it. There is no magical sky daddy.

The only reason the invisible, intangible fire department didn’t show up was lack of faith on the part of the penitents.

Invisible, intangible fire departments are a sacred and holy mystery, and are not to be questioned by the likes of YOU, pally.

Boru

If you faith is strong enough to retain conviction of the reality of the invisible fire department while you are being burned alive,  you will be rewarded with an eternity of sliding up and down the invisible firemen’s pole, which absolutely is the greatest and most everlasting joy there could be.