A lot of general faults are attributed to just a few denominations of Christianity (speaking in tongues) or just one big one (the Catholic Church, which, while large, isn’t the whole of Christianity).

The remarks about selling ones clothes to buy a sword were made when Jesus was getting ready to head out. His presence had defended his disciples up to that point, but it was his way of saying that they needed to defend themselves.

I’ve got my own issues with the Epicurus quote.

All-in-all, a good pamphlet that has a good structure, but reaches a bit too far at some points. Lookin’ forward to that book.

Motor need not worry about disproving god. It is a common play for the theist to cross their arms and say “Go on then, prove to me that God doesn’t exist”. This is of course impossible, as it would require perfect knowledge of all existence to categorically state that God does not exist anywhere in any form. Isn’t it lucky then that we don’t actually have to do this…

While it is true that ‘absence of evidence is not evidence of absence’, to determine truth and knowledge by this maxim would ultimately lead to intellectual bankruptcy. It would demand that we automatically believe in any proposition, no matter how ludicrous, until it can be disproved. Magic fairies, hobbits, gremlins, The Loch Ness Monster, Santa Claus,…God…

No, it is obvious that a person who asserts the existence of something must assume the burden of proof. If they fail, then a rational person will, at the very least suspend judgement, and where a claim appears wholly unfounded, is justified in responding with explicit disbelief (conditional on further evidence coming to light).

As for the claim that atheists are just being rebelleous for coolness-sake, this is a pretty flippant and sweepingly dismissive remark. While I am sure that there are a small minority of superficial atheists motivated by coolness (?) even a cursory look over the above pamphlet or other serious atheist writings should reveal that, even if you think you do have answers for the issues raised (and after years of research I seriously doubt that you do), it can not be denied that the questions and problems that most atheists have are meaningful and sincerely expressed. I am not out to bait theists for kicks. I – as a husband, a father, a citizen – have genuine and serious concerns about religion – the logic, the morality, the influence.

Please feel free to use the pamphlet at will – carpet-drop it from planes if you can! You are welcome to add personal branding, however all that I ask is that the content is not altered as I want to ensure the intended message remains intact and that I retain copywrite as much of this will appear in a book I am currently writing called Your In-credible God.

Kind regards, Jason Curry

i’m a scientist so i only believe evidence and i’ve never seen any evidence for god. but then again, is there any evidence which disproves god (no matter how ludicrous it sounds)?

Just because more people are beginning to believe, doesn’t mean their intentions for doing so are corrupt or misplaced, they just believe in something different than you, just like a Buddhist, or a Muslim.

I am an atheist, I am also pretty conservative about most things and I tend to vote indipendant. I think if you took a real good look at atheists you might find that most of us are not liberals and are not atheists because it’s “cool,” when 90% of the world population would as soon spit on you as say hello you are not “cool” by any definition of the word.