New Athiest Needs Help

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I second the entirety of Esquilax's post. That aside, the questions posed in the OP irritate me no end because the entire line of questioning is usually just cover for a more specific agenda. After all, it's not like there are hordes of latter-day Deists running around, trying to convince people of the reasonableness of believing in some hazily defined creator. The folks that resort to this line of argument -- in my experience, anyway -- have very specific ideas concerning that creator, and (surprise!) it almost always turns out to be the Abrahamic god. So when I am confronted with these questions, I try to avoid the sophistry and cut straight to the hidden bullshit claim: "Oh, are you talking about Yahweh (or Allah)?" If that is the person's angle, then the usual burden of evidence applies. Give me some kind of evidence that your particular deity exists and is responsible for creation. If you can't, then repeat after me, "I don't know how it all came about." End of 'discussion'.