Christianity is Dumb

I will start by reiterating my stance on Christianity. Here is my thesis: In short, I stand by the belief that theistic religion is a collection of fairy tales which attempt to explain natural phenomenon. It should be noted that religions came before science, and therefore, before many natural occurrences had rational explanations. In an attempt to explain the weather, for example, people obviously concluded that there must be a weather god, since no other explanation could be found at the time. After generations upon generations were brainwashed into buying into this belief, even when science arose, and presented clear, obvious, factual, and observable explanations for the weather, theists clung desperately to the stories they were taught as 5 year olds. Christians and theists in general, seek truth evidence from claims made in books that lack evidence themselves. Christians place faith where evidence is sparse. Faith, by definition, is required in Christianity, because logic and reason fail. Obviously you have to have “faith” in something when it can’t be known and can’t be seen. So, in this respect, it is foolish to place the foundation of one's lifestyle on a collection of beliefs that lack logical and factual support. I'M NOT SAYING THAT RELIGION IS FALSE (because it can’t be proven or disproven), I AM HOWEVER, SAYING THAT IT IS OFTEN TIMES FOOLISH TO BELIEVE, AS IT HAS A SCARCITY OF EVIDENCE. ******To clarify, this is not a debate concerning the question of whether or not religion is good in our society, but rather, it's about whether or not it is factual. Frankly I do not care what makes people “feel good”, and gives people “hope" I care about whats true.******** When Christians and theists alike hear that I’m an Atheist, they are often quick to provide me with a myriad of inane statements, hoping to overpower me with the same, simple, and baseless claims that I have heard so many times. I will provide a couple of these arguments and refute them one at a time. ARGUMENT #1. You Can’t Prove that God doesn’t exist. I can’t prove that the Easter Bunny exists either, but never the less I think it’s a moronic thing to accept as truth. I can’t see it, I can’t hear it, so I don’t believe it exists. Just because a five year old girl may say that she has seen the Easter Bunny jumping around, the claim is not made valid. Bertrand Russell refuted this type of thinking with his famous Celestial Teapot argument. I will paraphrase: "if I were to propose that there is a small China teapot revolving around the sun, could you disprove me? No. Does that make it a reasonable claim? Not really.” The burden of proof is not on the Atheist/the non believer. "When you make an extraordinary claim, you need extraordinary evidence." -Carl Sagan. Here are Russel's exact words on the Celestian Teapot argument: "If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is an intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.” Argument #2. A painting needs a painter, a building needs a carpenter, a clock needs a clockmaker, and therefore the universe needs a creator. Upon first glance, It makes a bit of sense I suppose. The only problem is this: Unlike man made creations, natural phenomenon have NATURAL causes, and this can be observed. The waves are created by wind, and the wind is caused by differences in atmpspheric pressure. Mountains are created as a result of plate tectonics, and plate tectonics are cuased by thermal convection in the Earth's mantle. The rationale, that states everything needs a creator, was perhaps accepted before we had explanations for such phenomenon such as weather, however, now that we know that science has a clear, observable answer for most everything, religion can be cast aside, as it isn’t needed to explain our universe. The fact that every "natural" occurrence has a “natural” cause, contradicts the assertion that there is a creator at work. Natural-world phenomenon do not compare to man made creations. They are apples and oranges.