ACougar- You have said nothing that you didn't already say. You didn't answer the question either. Your God is still worthless and unnesscary to me. You have proved nothing. I consider the Greek and Roman temples, built in the name of their Gods, much more beautiful than the paintings done by the classic painters depicting your own God or your Virgin Mary.
There is no doubt these paintings are breathtaking, but they are only imagination. The painting 'Red Dragon' was incredible as well but there's no real, physical Red Dragon. Just like there is no real, physical, Saviour.
Blackhawk- I see you are alot more sensible than many of the Christians I deal with. They are totally convinced that they have 100% proof that their God is real, of course if they did I would be a Christian.
As for proof, I can give you one that is very simple. An all-powerful being is impossible because of paradoxes. For example:
If God is all-powerful, this means he could do anything. If he wanted to, he could build a wall that not even he could knock down. Now, if he built this wall and was unable to knock it down, he can't do everything. If he couldn't build a wall that he couldn't knock down, he is not all-powerful. Even God must have some type of limits.
There is even a verse someone quoted in another board that says God cannot lie. Not all-powerful anymore, is he?
But let's examine the most faulty area in the Bible to date. The Resurrection. I forget the exact address but one of the apostles said 'If Christ is not risen your faith is in vain.' or something of that sort. I'll look for the quote.
The Resurrection accounts are the most contradictory in the Bible, and that means something. I challenge any of you out there to write a timeline of the Resurrection accounts without contradicting another part of them. From who carried the cross until after the tomb is entered and Jesus found gone, give me a timeline. You can't do it.
Multi-Elia- What started me onto atheism? Depression and anger, to be honest. Life was getting ever worse for me, no matter how much faith I had. Much of it, actually, got worse because of the influence of the Bible. I began to hate God for what he had done to me and the rest of the world. For what he had let happen. I harnessed this anger because I am a rational person and decided to try to find a rational explanation for my veiws. I did. I found all the information I could ever have wanted and so I decided to help others find the peace of mind I feel now, knowing that I have the truth safe and sound under my belt.
And you also asked what I would say qualifies as proof. Well, this is hard to describe. My best friend, a devout Christian, sent me a photo of a ship on top of a mountain that was supposedly Noah's Ark. That was physical proof it happened except for a few things; there is no fossilized evidence the flood happened, in fact, there is nothing but that boat. And the people who went to examine the boat each gave testimonies and they all contradicted each other. I consider this the closest to cold hard evidence that I have been show yet, but it was still lacking.