Originally Posted by Fourputt
You make this flippant statement, smugly confident that you are smarter than those who believe in God, because you believe that your logic is more pure than theirs. However, your belief is based solely on a lack of evidence, while theirs is based on tangible evidence. That actually puts them on a firmer footing than you. They have faith in the Book, while you have put your faith in nothing. In your case it isn't a jar of air, it is simply an empty jar.
??? What? Have I missed something? Was there actually a scrap of proof newer than two millenium old that a deity exists?
Here's an interesting observation: I don't know what the exact numbers are, but a lot higher percentage of the US population believes in a god than believes in bigfoot/sasquatch. Yet there are many thousands of eyewitness accounts of sasquatch sightings (some by highly reliable persons including law enforcement officers), there are hundreds of footprint casts, and there is photographic/video proof of the existence of the alleged creature. Now some of this evidence is unquestionably faked, and some of it is confusion with bears or other animals. But is it all a hoax or confusion? Let's contrast that with the proof of the existence of the traditional monotheistic god, at least the evidence that is modern:
There, I've listed it all. Or rather, there is none to list. All evidence of a deity relies on not second-hand, but ten-thousandth-hand accounts from millenia ago of so-called miracles, all or nearly all of of which can be explained by modern science or is simply the work of people seeking power and attention and are not above fictionalizing accounts to achieve it. The evidence to support the existence of a deity isn't enough to meet the burden of proof necessary to convict someone of shoplifting a candybar. Heck, it's not even enough to meet the burden of proof to win a lawsuit over an old $20 sandwedge.
Personally, I like the good-ol' Golden Rule. In this case, it would say don't judge others unless you want to be judged.