Do to really believe a snake talked?!

[Creed of Heresy]

I'm God.

You can't prove I'm not.

Therefore I must be God. Worship me.

Proof of miracles? Well, I died and came back to life.

That's right. My heart stopped for a minute and a half. I was clinically dead. And then I was rescucitated [or resurrected as you bronze-age-beliefists say]. I rose from the grave. Therefore I must be God. I am writing this, after all. That's proof I am alive. And I can bring together Gospels from no less than ten different sources from eyewitnesses who were attending and know of this! That's right, TEN! I can outdo that Jewish loser by SIX WHOLE WITNESSES. And since the claim can be made, you MUST believe it! Because My Word is truth, because I say it is, and you know it is because it is truth and you know it's truth because I say it is and you know it is because I say it is and you know it's truth because I say it is and you know it is because I say it is and you know it's truth because I say it is and you know it is because I say it is and you know it's truth because I say it is and you know it is because I say it is and you know it's truth because I say it is and you know it is because I say it is and you know it's truth because I say it is and you know it is because I say it is [ad infinitum]

This is the logic people like you follow, "Reasonable" Jeff.

Now get on your knees and worship me, heathen, for if you refuse me in spirit I shall cast you into damnation of the worst, most inhumane torture you can ever imagine. That's right. I'll send you to linger for an eternity in New Jersey. You dare question me? I am the Lord Our God! I shall prove this by making you breathe!

SEE?! YOU JUST BREATHED. That is proof of my almighty powers.

You starting to get the picture yet, Unreasonable Jeffrey?

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I am an atheist. My perception of reality may not be anything like yours, but hear me out. I have known many theists that have expressed to me that they believe in their god because it "makes sense where nothing else does." I will offer "sense" to anyone who says such a thing. This thread is intended as help for those people balancing beliefs, not as an assault on "God."
So lets just talk about things that make sense. The universe is the largest known "thing." Undeniably the greatest thing known by humans. As we humans are made of the same dust that makes up the universe, we are part of it. We are, therefore, the greatest thing we know of. Without our brains in existence, the universe ( at least at this address in space ) would not "know" itself. This understanding gives us a sense of profound importance and encourages us to expand and be bountiful without ever mentioning the "G" word.
So you say "what then caused the universe?" Well, you cannot have only "nothing." Also, you cannot have only "something." Therefore, you can deduce that to have nothing you must also have something. Without "something", the term "nothing" makes no sense and vice versa. So there has always been a combo of both stuff and no stuff. We can see this as the vast majority of the universe contains nothing(empty space).
So imagine all the black holes in the universe over the course of time swallow all their neighbors, then each other one by one until you have one black hole containing the entire universe minus one spec of dust. This black hole is unstable and near its threshold of being to weak(even gravitationally) to hold together matter of this magnitude. So suddenly, boom, Big Bang. The process then begins all over again.
Again, this theory is to help you people realize that there are ways to explain the universe at large without ever needing "divine guidance." You are a human brain, equal in importance to the cosmos itself. Do not delude and humble yourself with iron-age fairy tales.

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SOMEone's been watching some Carl Sagan! I approve.