Why do Atheists spend so much time debatng the existence of God?

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Because so many people keep telling us their version of whatever god it is they worship exists and, further, that it hates us.

Really? Well, I cannot speak on behalf of Islam or Judaism, but the doctrine of Christianity is clear that God loves sinners.

Irrelevant.

I didn't mention anything about a god, I spoke specifically about whatever god's worshippers.

Take yourself, for example. You've already accused us of being 'sinners' based on nothing more than an arbitrary label of someone who lacks a belief in deities. "Let he who is without sin..." And all that.

Bracketing out for a second the idea of a sin (which I find silly and nonsensical), what you've done is actually reinforce the notion that believers tend to automatically chastise atheists/ theists of other religions by the supposed vice of not adhering to said believer's actual beliefs.

So really, you just answered your own question. 

But really, we never actually get past the first question; "What's a god?"

Creator of the universe, life and source of all moral goodness.

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You're describing what a non-descript being has supposedly 'done', not what it 'is'. I don't recall all the roman gods having created the universe, neither have all the Hindu gods been given that attribute. You certainly haven't displayed any moral goodness (???????) so far on this thread. Remember when you accused people who don't believe in the same things as you as being sinners (based on your own beliefs)?

To prove a point, I created the universe. Disprove it.