Yes, I've heard this argument before (from my father), but I don't buy it. First, I'm not, perhaps, what you are claiming, a close minded inflexible atheist. I

Yes, I've heard this argument before (from my father), but I don't buy it. First, I'm not, perhaps, what you are claiming, a close minded inflexible atheist. I am perfectly willing to consider claims backed by evidence. So far, most religious claims don't seem to persuade me, the gods I've heard of don't seem to be consistent with what I observe in the real world. The idea of an omnipotent omnipresent and omniscient perfect god seems quite fantastic. Where is the evidence? I've seen with my own eyes manuscripts in a museum describing dragons and there have been many such descriptions over centuries[1], but would you believe that I had one in my back yard? What would it take for you to believe that I had one there? You might want to see it, for example, but I have to say that it's invisible. Well, you might ask me how I know its there if nobody can see it. Would you simply believe me if I said that I know it's there because I can talk to it in my head and that sometimes it even answers my wishes (but not always). I think that fantastic claims like the dragon in my backyard can reasonably be dismissed until there is solid evidence. Perhaps I don't believe in your God, but you likely don't believe is a hundred others that humans have believed in either. I simply don't believe in one hundred and one. However, I am open to the possibility of an explanation for the universe's big questions, I just haven't seen it yet. [1] https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/evidence/historical/dragons/ https://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/evidence/historical/dra...