To think that the ruler of the universe will run to my assistance and bend the laws of nature for me is the height of arrogance.

Atheists are suffering from bad PR. What if Sesame Street had an atheist character?

You keep accusing me of blasphemy all of the time, but I cannot be convicted of a victimless crime.

The longer I have been an atheist, the more amazed I am that I ever believed Christian notions.

Without "The Law of Moses" would we all be wandering around like little gods, stealing, raping, and spilling blood whenever our vanity was offended?

Faith is a cop-out. If the only way you can accept an assertion is by faith, then you are conceding that it can't be taken on its own merits. It is intellectual bankruptcy.

It's not easy to change world views. Faith has its own momentum and belief is comfortable. To restructure reality is traumatic and scary. That is why many intelligent people continue to believe: unbelief is an unknown.