General Discussion

you realize a focus of theirs was to emphasize that there is no scientific or empirical evidence supporting the existence of a deity. That said, beliefs should be grounded in evidence, and without such evidence, belief in God is unjustified. Hitchens maintains that extraordinary claims (such as the existence of a divine being) require extraordinary evidence, which religion fails to provide.

So here is what I think about that. Science tells us the universe is 13.8 billion years old, the earth around 4.5 billion. Our evolutionary ancestors go back millions of year, but let’s begin at Homo Erectus, say 200,000 years ago.

This means that ‘God’ created the universe 13.8 billion years ago and after twiddling his thumbs for 9.3 billion got bored and formed planet Earth. He then waited another 4,499,800,000 years to witness the first humanoids, but thought it best to wait an additional 194,000 before creating Adam and Eve. Fast forward 4,000 years and we get to baby Jesus, who spent his first 30 years as a tekton before informing the world he was the son of God.

So one of my many questions would be: He waited 13,799,994,000 years before creating his masterpiece. What would have been the difference had he waited until the year 2025, a mere 2,000 years longer, a difference of .0000145%. Would our current population believe someone who said the world is flat, that Earth was created prior to the sun which revolves around us? Would Charlton Heston have had the opportunity to play Moses in the Ten Commandments?

I prefer science, logic, and reason. Your ‘arguments’ sound remarkably like those put forth by Chrisitan Apologists/Nationalists.