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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Second, the overarching theme I am reading for the atheist camp is that if we can't explain everything about God, then he is not worth believing. [/quote]

Why do you all insist on paraphrasing?  No one said that in this thread that I can find.  What was said is that the problem of evil (ie pediatric cancer) makes an anthropomorphic interactive omniscient god logically unlikely to exist.  "Worth" never enters it.

[quote]This is a foundational question. If you ascribe to it, then stop debating religion and visiting religion forums because you will never get it and will never have faith. [/quote]

Non-religious people have positions on religion also.  You properly type "religion" forum, and not "religious" forum, so at least you got that part right.  But I tell you what: as soon as the world stops making policy based on religion I will stop posting here or elsewhere.  Deal?

[quote]But I hope stated bluntly, some of you can see how absurd the stance is. We will never fully get it here. I guess for some that will be a permanent stumbling block.[/quote]

If it can't be understood, then people should stop claiming to understand it, right?  If it can't be understood, then the idea that there is no god or that there is and it is Xenu are just as valid as your position, correct?

[quote] [b]But again, the alternative is to believe in nothing, just randomness[/b]. If you find solace in that, great. If not, rethink your need to fit God into your small brains (not an insult, we all have small brains!)[/quote]

This thing you type in bold, as pointed out again and again and again, is a position nearly no atheist holds.  Atheism is not nihilism. Atheism purports no claim to solace.  It is simply the position that there is insufficient evidence to believe in a god or gods, and nothing more.  Please don't ascribe anything more to it unless a specific person claims to hold that belief.

I will respectfully point out that you are also an atheist with regard to all the gods you do not believe in, as well as many other myths and mythical creatures with which you would find belief in difficult.[/quote]

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