Is there any point being an atheist when believers of God are prepared to kill you in His name? It's rather like walking in a bomb-blasted No Man's Land with a witty placard protesting against war, instead of digging yourself a nice deep trench to hide in.

We may argue whether the Lord is a lass or an "it" and if this magnificent entity lives in one holy city or another but He undoubtedly resides in the hearts of believers, hundreds of thousands of whom think it's quite reasonable to rape, execute, bomb, shoot and torture to spread His word.

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God may be just an idea, a human construct like time or money, but if enough big-brained bipeds legislate or murder based upon this idea, are not the objections of unbelievers moot?

It must be frustrating worshipping an all-seeing, all-knowing, all-powerful being and He does nothing to smite, humiliate or deter those who do not. Violence or discrimination in God's name thus seems to be the ultimate redundancy because surely the point of divine omnipotence is setting the chessboard just as you'd like it?