...wait, so if I don’t want to believe in a God whose morality is ineffable, who has power over time and matter, and has, they say, surgically altered the course of history on a number of occasions (think the Flood), does it mean I’m making this exact mistake, avoiding my [atheistic] belief’s real weak point? I mean, I can’t remember any ‘manifestation of God’s power’ that happened in peopled regions which didn’t hurt anyone. If he exists, and is supposedly powerful, what are the woes of Egyptian firstborn to me if he can just wipe out the universe?..
...wait, so if I don’t want to believe in a God whose morality is ineffable, who has power over time and matter, and has, they say, surgically altered the course of history on a number of occasions (think the Flood), does it mean I’m making this exact mistake, avoiding my [atheistic] belief’s real weak point? I mean, I can’t remember any ‘manifestation of God’s power’ that happened in peopled regions which didn’t hurt anyone. If he exists, and is supposedly powerful, what are the woes of Egyptian firstborn to me if he can just wipe out the universe?..