So you use a similar argument that the minister who believes that all gays should be jailed, because they are mentally ill? Nice....

If you choose not to believe in God, then that is your choice. Granted, I would wonder where you morals come from, and given your post above I can draw some conclusions....

The Chicken?

Actually I did mean that, just fast typing. If you new your history, then you would know what I meant.

I would suggest that you start to really think about it some more. I think once you get of the "how" and start to ask "why" you will see that there is more to life and our existence than just..... Well whatever the Atheist believe.

No way, they are way too busy paying off their college debts that they got while taking some liberal arts degree that hasn't landed them any real job. They don't have time to post on Slashdot. Oh wait I forgot about the ones that still live in the mothers basement..... but then they didn't go to college because they didn't need it to do PHP development...

Adam and Eve were the first, not the only. Pretty simple if you really think about it, but I guess you have to be analytical to do this kind of stuff :-)

I would have thought you would argue more about God creating the world in 6 days. I mean there are SO many more things that if you are a bible literalist then you could make better cases for.

I am sorry for you because you must not have actually learned anything in those 12 years, and the priest obviously should not of confirmed you (assuming you are telling the truth). I also call you out on saying that "they told us we shouldn't apply those thinking skills to religion". Now the great thing about free will is that you have a choice and nothing more. I would argue that someone saying that you are analytical if you don't believe in religion is somewhat laughable. Should we reverse it and say that anyone who doesn't believe in religion is devoid of emotion? I mean aren't all truly analytical people emotionless?

I hope that you find your religion again, and I would ask you to really be analytical and think not just about the "how" (which should alone drive you to believe there is a God), but the "why".

Good luck, and you know the old saying "There are on atheist in foxholes". :-)

It is because God gave mankind free will. So in your specific example the Pharaoh had a choice. How intelligent are we humans compared to ants? Now how intelligent is God compared to humans? There is a reason it is called FAITH, and not FACT, so it would be impossible for anyone to prove or disprove Gods existence. To think that we fully understand Gods will would be more absurd than expecting an ant to know our thoughts. However, it is known to Christians that God obviously loves us because of what he did for us.

On a side note, I would also say another observation is what types of people and families would you want to be a part of. Those that follow the teachings of the Bible or those that don't? Which side seems happier and more content with life?

Now for those that don't believe in any form of Religion, where exactly does your morals come from? I don't ask this to be a cynical, I am just curious. I mean if you could kill a person and society didn't care, but rewarded it for you, would it be ok? If not why?

So are you willing to sell it at 60% MSRP? If so let me know and I will buy it from you.

Well put. I would say that the only thing that should be added is to also throw out all reason and sanity.