I actually met god in a dark back corner of a busy street with the smelly stench of the city

Nope you don"t need to apologize at all for who you are. Just like I don"t need to apologize at all for who I am. I"ve been doing this for 43+ years and I have discussed this very subject of religion with probably 22, 000 or so. So I"ve seen everything that there is to see on the subject. God is a disdain to man, A step down to the absolute lower class of feeble worthlessness that this so-called god of superior ego god complex chatiziezes him to be. After all, That"s what the bible is entirely about if you really think about it and get down to the nitty gritty. Its about nothing else. Genesis 1:26 does stand tall because after all the trinity is a modern day classic of misleading. You can"t after all combine the OT with the NT just because you want to when they in fact are 2 separate books. And you"d be discrediting all jews that have ever lived. Then you have to consider when they were written. The OT of who knows when and by whom? Many think the first 5 book are by moses but that makes no sense because no one can write of his death after the fact. And the NT was written a good 2, 000 years ago again by who? Nobody knows. Nobody can trace what has been said to any of the apostles unless you have active tape recorders from the time period because memory is ---always--- unreliable. NOBODY can possibly remember what christ said as an example except for maybe a few lines. Certainly not hundreds, Get them right, And put them into a book. Yep it gets even better because if god is reasonably intelligent, Because of all of that (and there"s oh so much more on the why) he"d never even consider using text, Namely the bible, As a form of communication the worst form of communication possible. Of course the best part is, Absolutely nobody can prove that this so-called god even exists. Then you have to sort out why this god was so horrifically violent, Hateful and evil. Christians simply don"t get that their god simply could have started out with peace, Love, Kindness, Care, Harmony AND KEPT IT. Nah to this so-called god, Evil, Anger, Wrath, Vengeance, Rage, Fury, Jealousy (all in which he"s freely admitted to in his bible) jealousy? Jealousy is nothing but anger as disguised fear, All of those emotions are far better. Even better is this god guy neatly passed down those emotions to man so in turn man could learn to hate. Great going god. Great going you for worshiping this thing with at least 1 billion dead on the battlefields alone all in his supposed "good" name. So do you really think you are interpreting correctly unless you believe hate is an absolute must and screw everything else? One more problem you have with the trinity is because there are these "mistakes" in genesis 1:26, You don"t get to say "ah ha rewrite POOF, Trinity" That"s exactly what is happening right now as gays are becoming accepted worldwide. Instead of Leviticus 20:13 which is by god"s orders to demand the deaths of all gays, No exceptions, None. Its "Let"s change the bible in 20 years time and make it more acceptable and accommodating to them. " 1 hundred million % that"s what is going to happen. In other words, Man changes the bible to suit his wants, Needs and desires. Its yet another reason why your god would never choose text as a form of communication, The worst form of communication possible. "Followed by the "Spirit of God" moving upon the deep. " What? That takes place in genesis 1:2. And it was changed there as well depending on the translation you read. It wasn"t "followed by" It was beforehand, Unless repeated in the translation you read. It yet another reason why your god would never choose text as a form of communication. Translations upon translations upon copies upon copies with dead languages upon dead languages that die out with absolutely no possible way of tracing it back to the original so absolutely nobody is interpreting correctly. No minister, No priest, No rabbi, No pastor, No pope, Nobody. Even if there was an original, Who"s to say that its interpretation for today"s generation is interpreted corrected with especially all of the characters quotes and verses being changed and altered from what was stated into updated versions? And exactly from which bible exactly? Absolutely in no possible way is it satisfactory and even you can admit that. Sure viruses creep from creature to creature and on the ground and sure in the air. "I would like to point out though that this dominion over things that creepeth upon the earth was prior to the fall" even so at that time, Most certainly back then far far worse than now, Man DID NOT in any way have "dominion". So the bible lied. Flatly lied. Point blank lied and it got caught. Especially at that time man most certainly did not in any way have any such a thing as dominion over grizzly bears or polar bears. And the only reason why we do today is because man has those terrible weapons, In which every single one of them needs to be removed if there is to be worldwide peace, Are shotguns. Otherwise, Forget it. That"s another reason why your god would never choose text as a form of communication, He would see through these lies. Nah. "And that after the fall the serpent"" Oh I get it a talking snake. Seriously? Anybody that believes that one and no offense, Is an idiot. That"s another reason why your god would never choose text as a form of communication, Get rid of the truly unbelievable. Regardless, The curse for man was being himself. And god was being an a$$. Adam and Eve were children and according to the bible they were warned ONCE, Only one time. Children do not learn anything from one teaching. Teaching(s) need to be repeated. And there are many many things that are constantly repeated throughout the bible such as if you curse at your parents its death. Also I"m not nor should anyone have to pay any penalty for someone"s faults that I am in no way a party to. That is a HUGE fault of the bible. What Adam and Eve did was nothing wrong. There are far worse crimes such as the raping and beating of 6 five year old kids, But naturally not to god who is clearly insane and who truly hates children in which this demonstrates to be true. Take my insults as satire, Laugh at them and have a good time with them. Obviously they cannot be taken seriously. "But I will state first that, As mentioned earlier, I am new to Christianity, So I do not have all of the answers, " If you do not have the answers as it is drilled into my head by a great weekly show named The Atheist Experience which is on every Sunday at 5:30 EST on youtube and they take calls from around the world, Sure call them if you"d like, "if you don"t have the answers, Then---why---believe? Especially if you cannot prove this "god" even exists? " You automatically assume that this holy terror exists without a shred of proof. "All I can say is that from my limited understanding it sounds wrong and I do not understand it, But that I am not God, And I do not see or know everything. " Again, You don"t even know that this god even exists. So why assume he does? AND here"s the key pat that"s a "gotcha" "All I can say is that from my limited understanding it sounds wrong and I do not understand it" you know what? That automatically makes you better than your god AND that you have risen above your god. Because you know what every good scientist and atheist can state which is when they don"t know something we all say "I don"t know". Its not a crime to not know everything single thing. But ah yes to christians those words of "I don"t know" are terrorist words because dare their god be imperfect? Of course not even though he flat out is in multiple ways and that"s according to the bible. Indeed you are also better than your god because of course no way in hell would you ---ever--- for any reason kill your own kid because a voice in your head told you to. "For the record, I have read and/or listened to the bible many times, " Why? Why don"t you believe and listen to you and what your moral compass is? Are you going to go out and kill people or cause harm unto them? No. God does. BIG DIFFERENCE my friend. So if you have a degree from a research university, Then you should no better by now that you have all the information you need. Trust yourself and not something from the outside that you don"t even know. If you know about research then you know that there"s no possible way to test for your god, That there"s no possible way you can demonstrate your god and your god does not in any way give a description of what "it" is. You have no idea. But you do know that in order to believe in your god, The only possible way that you can do that is through faith. Faith is not truth of any kind because everything can be taken on faith. Right? "Why would you believe anything on faith? Faith isn"t a pathway to truth. Every religion has some sort of faith. If faith is your pathway you can"t distinguish between christianity, Hinduism, Judaism, Any of these others. How is it that you use ---reason--- in every of the other endeavor in your life and then when it comes to the ultimate truth, The most important truth your"re saying that faith is required and how is that supposed to reflect on a god? What kind of a god requires faith instead of evidence? " Matt Dillahunty "Faith is the reason people give when they don"t have evidence. " Matt Dillahunty "Faith can be very very dangerous, And deliberately to implant it into the vulnerable mind of an innocent child is a grievous wrong. " Richard Dawkins "Faith is the great cop-out, The great excuse to evade the need to think and evaluate evidence. Faith is the belief in spite of, Even perhaps because of, The lack of evidence. " Richard Dawkins Now don"t get me wrong because I am not by any means a Richard Dawkins fan. But what he said there is 100% correct. Well I'm out of space. I wish debate. Org would allow more than 10, 000 characters.