This was an interesting and challenging blog to read. I was an extremely heretical person for most of my life until I begged for revelation, and God revealed himself to me. (Yes, the Abrahamic God!)
I did not see Him, I did not audiably hear Him, I did not touch Him or have any sensory perception of Him. But He spoke to me louder than ever. Since that day about 3 and a half years ago, I have had more miracles and encounters with God than I ever would have imagined. I just pray that God does for you what He’s done for me. My life has had a lot more ups and downs since then, but slowly I am being refined. Be it today or in 10 years time, if you seek Him with all your heart, you WILL find Him. I thought I was beyond salvation, redemption, deliverance etc. and He proved me wrong. He offered me forgiveness even though I was the worst of all sinners. May God do the same to all of you! God Bless!

“I forgive my god aborting 1 in 4 pregnancies”

Cheers.

Paul.

As logical as stories about flat earth and diseases comming from whitches.
We learnt it was not right, but, hey, what can I do if you still believe such stories, just replacing whitches with a god.

Creation =Creator. See the logic yet you deny this reality and believe in a universe which created itself.

Begging the question (i.e., assuming as a given that which is required to be proven).

When asked, how do we know the universe was created? Your answer is that it was created. This is not logic, this is circularity.

In reality it’s entirely possible that “creation” wasn’t actually created, but always existed, and the term “creation” is a misnomer that has been absorbed into common speech.

Which is OK, because linguistics and logic are separate fields. I mean a lot of people say “God’s green earth” and say “Goddammit” when they stub their toe, too — that doesn’t “prove” there’s a God any more than your silly circular “Creation = Creator” nonsense.

Lets [sic] look at this logically.
A universe with no intelligence or plan creating itself

Uh oh. I was all ready to look at this logically with you. But then you abandoned logic before finishing the first sentence. “Creating itself” is again assuming a point that hasn’t been proven. Try again, and this time use logic.

or an omnipotent being with intelligence and purpose creating a universe? The later [sic] is observed daily in all areas of our daily life from flat irons to cities. Therefore it is logical.

No, it is not logical, because we see things that make the idea of an omnipotent God absurd, all the time. Like inherent flaws in the design of the human body, mental disorders arising from simple chemical imbalances, designing a woman’s plumbing and sewage system right next to the snack bar, etc.

Not to mention all the horrifying natural disasters that happen every year and kill millions of people, usually in the most devout countries which worship God piously (most likely because devout religious countries are usually backward and don’t have the infrastructure to help prevent maximum damage from natural disasters).

Any honest observation of the world ends up in, “Why would God allow that to happen and design it that way, if he is perfect?” The answer is usually gibberish.

Viewed through the lens of natural processes without God involved, those things make a lot more sense — earthquakes happen, they’re a geological event. Tsunamis happen. Flaws in the body happen because evolution isn’t perfect, it only favors traits that help survival, but doesn’t “zero out” the bad or unnecessary traits. Et cetera.

In other words, in short, if you pull your head out of your asshole, you will see a clear blue sky. And then you will thank scientists for allowing you the opportunity to live an extra 50 years through innovations and medicine, and to live comfortably through the inventions of cars, computers and plumbing. Instead of pining away for the Good Old Days of drinking shit water, dying from a toothache, and burning witches. Give it a try.

Therefore, since we see similar patterns for our universe therefore we conclude a designer. It is a logical progression.

QED

I believe virtually all atheists, nihilists aside, want to see durable rational institutions as the foundation of society. Some, such as myself, despair at the encroachment of ignorance and religion into what should be the secular institutions of the government and society. Look at the attention the garbage minister from Florida is attracting for wanting to burn a Koran. There are much bigger problems facing our country and the world. The world would be a much better place going forward if we could, as a first step, educate children so we could eliminate all Abrahamic religions.

“Our” does not include me!

You seem to be getting along quite well w/o logic. Creation =Creator. See the logic yet you deny this reality and believe in a universe which created itself. Lets look at this logically.

A universe with no intelligence or plan creating itself or an omnipotent being with intelligence and purpose creating a universe? The later is observed daily in all areas of our daily life from flat irons to cities. Therefore it is logical. Your theory is never observed in daily life and therefore denies logic.

You can live without God, sure. Most of us like to live in reality.