"Bill Graham" wrote in message
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I have been an atheist all of my life. Even when I was a pre-schooler,
when I went to church, and saw the others praying, I would ask, "Who ar
they talking to?" and when they said, "God", I knew that there was no such
thing and they were fooling themselves, or kidding, or wasting their time.
Now, I tell the religious people who pester me to become a believer, that
its a good thing I don't believe in their God, because if I did, I would
hate his guts for all the pain and suffering he causes/allows to the
millions of little furry creatures he freezes and starves to death every
Winter.

Amen brother Bill. I feel the exact same way. I had a friend who always
said, "Nothing fails like prayer." Somewhere along the line I lost my faith
and belief in the Christian/Jewish God. I believe it happened slowly as I
matured and saw and learned what went on in the world. Where was/is this
God when people and animals needed him/it most? Nowhere to be found. When
millions of people starve to death and/or die of disease, my believer
friends would say, "It's part of God's plan." Their God plans these
horrific deaths? God planned the AIDS virus, the Bubonic plague and all the
wars since time began? What kind of God would do that or look the other way
and let such things continue?

As for the animals... God has and shows no mercy for them or he would do
something. People torture and kill them with impunity (crush videos are the
worst) and this God does nothing! Of what use is this God? You can
fervently pray for 2 people with cancer. One will live and the other will
die. I just don't get it.

There may be some kind of intelligent life out there in the universe, maybe
it even created the Big Bang... but it sure as heck was no compassionate,
loving, all-caring, all knowing God the believers talk about.