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As you start your essay asking for a definition of atheism, Ill tell you why I consider

myself an atheist. I dont believe in the God of the Bible. Thats the god Im going to

refer in the text.

I am not writing to prove that God doesnt exist, just to ask you about some arguments

you use that do not seem reasonable to me. I am not a philosopher or anything, so I amsure I am wrong.

You say there are no arguments coming close to, it doesnt matter if they come close or

not, even being totally wrong, it is logically possible that God doesnt exist even if the

arguments against him do not work. You should be an agnostic.

First you talk about the burden of the proof. I dont know if it is possible to prove that

something doesnt exist, but Im sure it is much easier to prove that something exists. If

you ask me to do something much more difficult (or impossible) than what you can

easily do, I will start to have doubts about your theory.

You say there are no arguments coming close to showing the claim that the theist God

does not exist, even so, you have written some books trying to discredit those

arguments. Why the worry and pain? Talking about the New Atheists arguments against

a good, caring theist God you say Will gaps in our understanding of these texts still

exist? Will some of our questions remain unanswered? Yes and amen. What some

people call arguments against the theistic god, you call gaps. I thought there were no

good arguments, but at the same time you can deny them yet.

I take the Bible as a kind of guide for life. I dont know if you agree. What is the use of

a guide, the Bible, if we die without understanding it. You add But I believe that with

patience, charity, and humility we can navigate these waters with greater skill.

When???!!! When I die??? Millions had already died without navigating those waters.

What for???

You cant prove Santa Claus does not exist, at least, you didnt prove it. You say we

know where presents come from: parents. That doesnt mean Santa Claus doesnt exist,

only proves Santa Claus doesnt give presents. According to that, we know God didnt

create Adam and Eve the sixth day, so I suppose that means God doesnt exist or didnt

create humans. The North Pole? We know there is no God up there, where people

believed S/he was.

Ok, for the shake of argument, lets think its

It is not I dont have 100% proof. It is I dont have 1% proof. You just give incredible

possibilities, no proof. Possibilities we see as weird when they come from other

religions.

If you can win every argument saying oh, it is an allegory, oh, only faith explains

that, oh, the ways of God are inscrutable, oh, it is easier to prove there is nothing

than to prove there is something, etc. and even so, you find gaps, that means

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I started reading your book Is God a Moral Monster and you admit

Unlike what we dont have a book to follow, so eve

To say that