I, unfortunately, did read all of your posts, understood them quite well, and have replied to you with a lot of patience. You, on the other hand, just lose it, shriek like a banshee, call names, and generally are shown to be incapable of answering a simple, direct question.
Lost credibility? You lost it long ago when you couldn't answer an easy, clear question about your beliefs. You lose it more with every post.
It's easy to see why you can't grasp the obvious, that believing there is no God is simply another belief system that you happen to believe in (dwat that word!!!).
Bingo!
Now I'm going to explain this one more time. You can read it or not. You can understand it or not:
Here is the deal: lack of belief is lack of belief, not belief. If you cannot understand this, you are dense. Any other silly semantic trick that any of you try only reveals that you are trying to create a worldview that defines away atheists because apparently our very existence is threatening to you somehow.
If you think you are presenting an image of Christianity that will impress anyone, I have bad news for you. You are hypocrites. It is hypocritical of you to address me and then try to shut me up when I answer. It is hypocritical to ask someone (like Muridae) questions and then seek to have him zotted when he answers. It is hypocritical to ask questions and then ignore the response and ask them again and again. It is hypocritical to claim I never addressed something to you when clearly I did.
And then finally, after pinging me and pinging me till my head feels like a sonar, (after I offered to leave at post #294) you ping JR like a child tattling on a playground? Well, do what you will, the fact remains. I'm an atheist and you cannot change that. You'd be better off accepting that (and I have said this before too) we have no starting point and debate is pointless. No amount of insults on your part will change that.
And now I am finished with you. Lakeshark, your actions have proven that you are not capable of honest debate. I'll not waste any more time on a man who isn't man enough to admit when he is wrong. I am perfectly willing to leave you the last word. If you really want what you say you want (for me to stop posting on this thread), you will not continue to address me. I hope I put that simply enough even for you.