[quote]Steve said:

"You believe in God and I think that's a big delusion, though I'm not going to tell you that I don't believe in God. I'm going to tell you instead that you have an interesting idea that, unfortunately, just doesn't stand up to close scrutiny"

This isn't one clear point but two opposing views.

Do you "think that's a big delusion"

or

Or are you "not going to tell [us] that [you] don't believe in God"

At the moment, your post reads as saying that you don't have an opinion on whether or not there is a God, but in your opinion there is no God.

Do you want to have your cake or eat it?[unquote]

The reason I'm not going to tell you that I don't believe in God is something I've covered before. It's the answer to a wrong question. I'm not going to let religious people define what I am and I'm not going to let their first question be put by them as they stand firmly on their comfortable ground. My view of the world does not allow for this "God" posited by certain sections of the population. It's an interesting idea that, unfortunately, doesn't bear close examination. It isn't a question of getting me to express disbelief in what I consider to be a ridiculous notion. I wouldn't belittle myself so. You wouldn't harangue me similarly about Bertrand Russell's cosmic teapot, would you?