[Ezekiel Bathfire]

I haven't read all that is written in this thread but I feel moved by The Spirit to write about the fundamental fallacy of atheism.

1. Atheism holds that there is no God (not even false ones), no Satan, no Jesus and no Holy Spirit. Well, we can write that last one off, can't we? The proof of the Holy Spirit is here - I am being moved by it!

That leaves the other two members of the Trinity: God The Father, and God the Son.

2. Atheism states that either (a) Jesus did not exist or (b) He was a man and asks, "Why is there no huge record of Him and His miracles in the Roman history of the time?" and concludes "If he did exist, then He was no more than a lunatic preacher similar to the leaders of Al Qaida/ISIS/Boko Haram, etc., and there were hundreds of those about back in the day."

The trouble with this is that Roman history is unreliable! The Romans did not have freedom of speech or a constitution allowing for a universal franchise as we do. No! The Roman Empire resembled the Soviet Union of Stalin or the Hell Hole of North Korea: If someone came along and tried to overthrow the established order, the Communists would liquidate Him and write him out of History! Added to this were the Sadducees and Pharisees (and Scribes) who were the local politicos who, like the demoncrats, just wanted everyone to behave as they wished, as long as it was exactly what Sadducees and Pharisees (and Scribes) said they should be doing. In basic terms, they were the KGB of the Roman Empire - keeping people in order through terror. Never forget, even to possess a Bible in those days in Israel would have resulted in your being thrown to the lions.

This is more or less what happened to Jesus: He pissed off the Sadducees and Pharisees (and Scribes); they sent a report to the Romans; the Romans executed Him.

Why would the Romans execute someone who didn't exist? Atheists can't explain this.

3. So, this leaves only God the Father, and the atheists' claim that God is unnecessary to the running of the Universe and that everything has already been explained without God the Father.

Well... everything, that is, except things that have not been explained by them.

Christian: The earthquake was cause by God
Atheist: "No. It was caused by the movement of tectonic plates.
Christian: Who moved them?
Atheist: They moved themselves as they float on liquid iron
Christian: Who put the iron there?
Atheist: It appeared from the superheated fundamental particles that were released into the universe. They combined and decayed into the elements we know today
Christian: Where did the stuff in the Big Bang come from?
Atheist: There are several theories but we don't know for sure.
Christian: I suggest God did it.
Atheist: He didn't do any of the other things: why should god have done this? (Notice how Atheists annoy Christians by consistently failing to capitalized "God")
Christian: How can there be an effect without a cause?

Checkmate Atheist! Because from this, The Holy Spirit, Jesus, the Miracles, the Bible, Salvation, Eternal Life, all logically follow, and all is clear.

The only question that remains is Why would atheists based their religion on "not knowing"?