New atheist.. question

[Esquilax]

ive recently come out to my christian parents that i am an atheist, and i have gotten in many arguments with them (as you can imagine). and there is always one statement they make that i can not seem to respond to.

any act of immorality in the bible that i mention to them, i get the response "God has a bigger plan and he see's the bigger picture. we do not understand why these things happened, and no one can understand. No one can understand the mind of God".

i do not know how to reply to that. i feel like there should be an easy answer.. but im just missing it.

any help?

Well, if you can't understand the mind of god, then it only follows that neither can your parents. Since none of you are capable of comprehending the mind of god, you should ask your folks why they feel safe in ascribing motivations to anything god does. If nobody can understand the mind of god, and the bible was written by human authors, then it's likely they can't either. It nobody can understand the mind of god then you're equally as justified in ascribing god hostile motivations based on the effects of his actions than your parents are in ascribing him benign motivations.

In fact, the idea that god is hostile to humans is actually more likely, since believing in his goodness actually runs contrary to the effects of the majority of his actions. Only one of you is swimming upstream in order to hold their beliefs, and it ain't you, Taylor.