Yeah, I’m bowing out of this thread for the foreseeable future.
Y’know, I do have respect for atheists. I’ve encountered a fair number of them over the Internet over the years, and a fair share of them are pretty decent guys; they aren’t shy to make their skepticism/criticism of religion/theism known, but they tend to remain well-mannered and respectful, never going out of their way to resort to strawman arguments or inflammatory language to insult or belittle their opponents even when their opponents failed to do likewise. Some of those atheists frequent this very forum, I might add. Unfortunately, most of them aren’t here right now.
I’ll just end this post with an apology to Mike O; if you’re reading this, I’m truly sorry for inadvertently sparking off this worthless discussion; you don’t deserve the strife.