Atheists, yawn

I just read an Op-Ed from the Los Angeles Times by P.Z. Myers called "Why is Charlotte Allen so mad at atheists?".

I can't answer as to why Charlotte is mad at atheists, but I can share why I am mad at atheists: they don't have all the answers.

I will tell you about my experience meeting atheists. It is always the same arguments. The best way for me to convey this is to make a list of these boring, redundant arguments:

1. God doesn't exist because the world is older than 6000 years...
2. God doesn't exist because he wouldn't allow this suffering...
3. God doesn't exist because there's no evidence of his existence...
4. God doesn't exist because of all the various religions and their non-consensus...
5. God doesn't exist because [insert evolutionary science]...
6. God doesn't exist because [insert morality argument]...

Yawn.

Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. Yawn. Yawn.

I'm religious. I believe in the existence of God, wholeheartedly. Do you think I have not asked myself EVERY SINGLE question you write about, speak about, and think about? It's very insulting that you think I haven't.

I do not have the time to write out my answers, but my is this: Stop sitting on your high horse acting like you have this bag of "doozies" to stump the "believers".

Is there a God? | To believe or not to believe | Economist.com

Is there a God? | To believe or not to believe | Economist.com

"Francis Collins is a scientist and a Christian. He confronts Darwin daily in his work as head of the human genome project. He writes well about how, as the code on which DNA is written began to reveal itself, his faith and sense of wonder increased. He stood by Bill Clinton (and worked with his speechwriters) when the then American president talked about DNA as “the language in which God wrote creation”. Mr Collins has no time for intelligent design but conceives God to be of the non-interfering sort, a kind of divine CCTV camera. Yet he believes that Jesus was His son and he prays regularly."

This is a quote from the article. It contrasts two recent books about the existence of God. I find their take on Mr. Collin's beliefs fascinating.