[HiTech RedNeck]

He’s not an atheist; he has fixed upon a very peculiarly parochial idea of God, and of course all those ordinary Christians are just washed up and he’s the smartest person in the world.

[trebb]

I wasn't an atheist either, but when I became engaged in the discussion, things were all downhill (perhaps "uphill is the more accurate term) from there. I had never read the Bible, but my genius mind allowed me to ask, "What did the carnivores eat while on Noah's Ark" and other such drivel of the uneducated skeptic.

I usually give a synopsis of the Old Testament and how it led to the New Covenant. Then focus on the New and what it really means to us. Some folks refuse to be convinced, but the upshot is that it does me a world of good to engage.