Most of the back and forth and parallel arguments here, and in similar threads (with similar postings) have been discussed at length and summed up in a multitude of Internet sites, including the one below.

Matthew (whoever he is) has put much of it together in a easy to read format. A read could possibly reduce the number of threads dedicated to the same repeated (I never said tired) arguments   (Just a suggestion, not an argument, though it is possible it could start one). :)


An Introduction to Atheism (1997), by Matthew