What about posthumous investigations? Reverend Robert Carlson, Bangor, Maine, investigated for multiple counts of child sexual assault.

I, of course can't speak for the nebulous Atheist Movement. But I can speak as one single atheist, and on behalf of all the cells in my brain, THANK YOU, pastor, for the work you're doing to speed things along. It's SO much easier to point out the harm religion does to kids, thanks to you.

My question is, were other women in bikini tops kicked out as well? Or just this one? Do the rules only apply to those who aren't deemed "pretty" enough?

Hey GospelToday; I see this is something that's very important to you but honestly, you're not saying anything that we non-believers haven't heard tons of times before. In fact, many of us (myself included) were raised on these beliefs. If I could find holes in them at the age of twelve, what makes you so certain that any of us are going to believe them now?

You seem very willing to share lots of links to your blogs; well I'd like to share a link also if I may.

This is The Top Ten Arguments for the Existence of God. Several of these, you have used already, starting with the Burden of Proof. You ask the original poster to prove that there is NOT a god. Well, you can't prove a negative. Prove to me that there is not a dozen gods. Prove to me that there are no fairies or unicorns or ghosts. Prove to me that Elvis wasn't at Starbucks last week. You can't, because you can't prove a negative. The person who makes the claim is the one that must prove it: I must prove to you that Elvis really WAS at Starbucks (I didn't really see him; that's just an example).

You believe that crispysea is making an outrageous claim that all babies are born atheists, and you ask him for proof. This is where it becomes evident to me that you don't really understand the meaning of the word "atheist". I think you may possibly be confusing it with "antitheist". Therefore I propose another test. Take a six month old baby and put him/her in a room with numerous religious symbols (since you state that the reason the baby can't articulate what his/her religion is because of underdeveloped speech). Doing nothing to the various symbols (no change in scent, taste, etc), ask the baby to choose the symbol of his/her religion. Then do it again, re-arranging the symbols. Then do it again later in the day. And again the next day. And it doesn't count if you're there saying "Point to the cross!" because that's creating bias. And continue to do the same with numerous babies.

You see, atheist just means not believing that there is any god (or unicorns or fairies or Elvis at Starbucks), without having seen any real evidence of it. A holy book written by people who already believe in that god is really insufficient evidence; it's a bit like saying that vampires exist because the Twilight Saga says so.

Another argument we've all heard countless times is the argument from coercion; the idea that if you don't believe, you're going to hell. Sometimes that coercion has a much more gentle face (Don't you want the wages of your sin paid? Don't you want to live in eternal joy?).

"What about you? What choice do you make?"

You imply that your choice is the only right choice. In addition to being a poor attempt at manipulation, it's also a question to which you already know the answer. Crispysea, and I, and many others, choose to not believe that something exists without fully seeing first-hand documentable evidence of it existing. That goes for vampires, unicorns, fairies, dozens of other gods, and your version of god.

Crispysea's blog is not a "write-only" medium. Please really read what he's saying before you ask any more questions which have already been answered.