God FAQ

It seems that every time there is a debate over the existence of god, or the need for religion, theists seem to bring up the same (refuted) points over and over. I was thinking there must be some collection of arguments and rebuttals somewhere on the net? Could someone be kind enough to direct me to such a place?

>>90
"Eventually it's conceivable that we'll be able to predict weather patterns completely"
No, it isn't. Learn a little bit about chaos theory and you'll know that given any finite amount of information about the current state of weather, our predictions for the future can (and will) still be wildly inaccurate.

"What then? Will God simply stop using lightning to smite us?"
You are the only one here who seems to think that a hypothetical god could use lightning and only lightning to smite people. Why not house fires? Heart attacks?

"You're literally saying that God explicitly chose to avoid helping those people for the sole purpose of confounding scientists."
You're assuming that god cares about helping people in the exact same way that you do. Anthropomorphization does not justify an argument just because you really really want it to.

"The utter, staggering idiocy of this argument boggles the mind. I can't even fathom how a person can believe such lunacy. If you honestly think this is what your God does, then how on earth can you possibly respect him?"
Where, in my post, did I say I respect god? Or that I believe in him? (Note: I'm the author of >>87) I'm not defending the idea that god does exist, I'm calling you out on your babbling idiocy about a disproof of god.