Brian Griffin is cognitively dissonant in regards to religion

First we should define atheism. Atheism signifies a lack of belief in a deity. This lack of belief can either be held in a weak (simple non-belief in a deity) or a strong fashion (positively maintaining that there is no deity). For the sake of this debate Brian's religious belief can be from either camp.My arguments will be based off of several instances in which God/Jesus are clearly involved/shown and which Brian would have most likely witnessed either first or second-hand. (Note that the contention names are also the names of the episodes which the contentions reference.)Blind AmbitionIn this episode, Peter, jealous of his friend's accomplishments tries to eat more nickels then anyone ever has. This in effect blinds him. After this, Peter goes to a bar to sulk. At the bar, God is hitting on a young woman and in the course of this he inadvertantly lights the bar on fire. Peter, being blind, is unaware that the bar is on fire and ends up saving Horace the bartender which gives him the accomplishment he had been seeking all along.The reasons that Brian would have most likely known about this are as follows: (1) God's actions formed a major plot device of the episode. Without God lighting the bar on fire, Peter would have never saved Horace or gotten an accomplishment for himself. This lends credence to this not simply being a one-time joke. (2) The bar was far from empty at the time. Surely, there would have been at least one witness to the scene who saw God (or Jesus) there.Episode found here: [http://familyguy.wikia.com...]I Dream of JesusIn this episode, Peter meets Jesus Christ in a record store and eventually helpd him rise to fame and popularity around the world. The episode portrays Jesus in this episode as the literal son of God, not a mere human being. This is evidenced by Jesus' miracles he performs over the course of the episode, such as walking on water. Not only did Jesus become a celebrity of sorts (appearing at the MTV Music Video Awards for instance) but he interacted with the Griffin family specifically. Brian would have to live under a rock not to notice this.Episode found here: [http://familyguy.wikia.com...]Family GoyIn this episode, Lois learns that her mother's side of the family is Jewish, prompting her to question her ethnic/religious identity. This also causes much conflict with Peter, a Catholic, who turns against her Jewish identity after having a vision of his father. At the end of the episode, Jesus Christ appears and helps resolve Lois and Peter's conflict by pointing out that Judaism and Catholicism aren't as different as Peter thinks. Was this just some random man breaking into the house? That's unlikely (given that the same character/actor appears as the legitimate Jesus Christ in Blind Ambition and I Dream of Jesus). Furthermore, Brian never appears to sign that he disbelieves that this is the son of God speaking to them. It's true that at the end of the episode Jesus says all religions are "complete crap". However, this only refers to organized religions, not the existence of a deity.Episode found here: [http://en.wikipedia.org...]===Conclusion===As I've here shown, there have been numerous instances in which Jesus (not some imposter) reveals himself to the world (and the Griffin family specifically). Brian, being of above average intelligence, is clearly smart enough to understand the significance of these reveals. Therefore, being that he is still a committed atheist, Brian is exhibiting cognitive dissonance between his experiences/perceptions and his beliefs.