A good case against God

[Jackalope]

I don't think I need any of your charity for the premises to be reasonably accepted as they are just about self-evident.

...and I'll grant that your argument will likely be more convincing to someone who does see your premises as self-evident. I do not - smart people can be credulous. I note that Issac Newton believed in alchemy, for example.

Darwin and Einstein were extremely intelligent people. As such, they were able to engage in the elementary intellectual exercise of determining what is and is not akin to a children's story for plausibility.

I'll also note that Einstein did not believe in a personal deity, based upon unequivocal statements he himself made. If I'm not mistaken, they've been quoted on this thread. He could be described as a deist or more likely, a pandeist, to which I would not attribute a belief in what have been broadly termed "fairy tales" here.

I can't comment on what Darwin believed, as I don't know enough about the man. It matters little - see the next paragraph.

I could also give you a long list of intelligent people, past and present, that believe in God. (establishing the same point based on the logic I have given)

So? It would be no less fallacious. Appeal to authority or appeal to popularity, take your pick. Note that your fallacious logic doesn't make your conclusion necessarily wrong - but it does make it irrational, based upon the logic you've presented. Perhaps you have a rational argument that you've not presented.

You may also want to consider that in human history, a great many people (including quite intelligent ones) have been very wrong about a lot of things.

If you'd like to be taken seriously, I would suggest finding a different line to argue.

Regardless, it is really irrelevant. Simply to say that belief in God is akin to believing a children's story is a claim which requires evidence in itself.

I wouldn't make that claim, personally. I would say that I think that many parts of the bible are indistinguishable from fiction. The "fairy tale" claim was not mine.

And throwing out statements which aren't backed up by anything where the vast majority of mankind disagrees with you, and expecting them to just be accepted without any reason is wrong.

I expect nothing, beyond an understanding of why I do not share your belief. Believe whatever you like, it matters not to me. But if you wish to convince me, you'll need to make your own case. I see no need to make an argument against irrational claims, beyond showing why I view them as irrational.