Please don’t be offended, Mr. Eady. I’m not referring to your post specifically, but rather to the debate in general. Does God exist? This question is as timeless as it is tiresome. No matter what side of the fence you sit on, both arguments are, typically, equally uninspired, if not totally irrelevant. As my old seminary prof once said, for most people the question is not if there is a god, but rather which god? And where is he now?

With regard to the existence debate, however, the general lack of inspiration is aggravated by the fact that every now and then someone comes along and restarts a discussion thread with some “fresh” new insight into the matter… usually that someone puts his faith in the fact that God does not exist. Typically, this faithful non-believer feels a bit smarter than the rest of us for having read some ridiculous book plagiarized from some poor atheist philosopher who died 500 years earlier. Sorry, there’s nothing fresh here and I have nothing fresh to rebut with (Eccl. 1:9).

All that aside, Mr. Eady, I feel obliged to warn you. As an “atheist (obviously real gods aside)” you’ve fallen into an old trap. God gets really angry when you place more importance on his creation than him, the Creator (Deut. 4:19). I, along with countless others throughout history, have made the same mistake. It was dehumanizing. Only an encounter with the one, true, living God could restore me. Whether or not you take this warning seriously, just know that Richard Dawkins will be no comfort to you on your deathbed.

Let me leave you with some food for thought:
Intelligent people 'less likely to believe in God'

Query: Do Atheists Know Any Human Women, Human Children, or Human Families?

Like I said, I have nothing fresh, but I’m certain you’ll find these articles interesting.