[gcruse]

Well, if you're that secure in your rationality, then you
 have nothing to fear from reading a couple of short books

Open my mind to the possibility of an invisible man in
the sky?  Please.   Been there, done that.  Existentialism
is a stern master with no Big Rock Candy Mountain at the
end, but it goes farther to explaining 'things' than anything else..

[dsc]

"Existentialism is a stern master with no Big Rock Candy Mountain at the end, but it goes farther to explaining 'things' than anything else.."

Sorry, but that is philosophically immature. In the end, existentialism leads only to despair.

Existentialism? Been there, done that.

But you don't seem to show any interest in looking at even one of the very interesting (and free) books I recommended.

[dsc]

"Open my mind to the possibility of an invisible man in
the sky?"

I read an article recently (here?) that remarked on the near absence of substantial religious education after childhood.

What that means is that many, believers and unbelievers alike, rely on a child's understanding of theology.

A description of the Christian God as "an invisible man in
the sky" would seem to reflect just that.

It is very easy to reject theology as taught on a child's level, and very easy to pretend that there is nothing more than that to theology.

It is far less easy to persuade skeptics to expose themselves to "grown up" theology.

[lasereye]

Existentialism is a stern master with no Big Rock Candy Mountain at the end, but it goes farther to explaining 'things' than anything else..

Existentialism doesn't explain anything.