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Nazggul, I didn't mean to offend. But it doesn't stand to reason that just because you aren't certain about God's existence that no one else is. Believe it all you like, but you're wrong.
I do in fact think you're quite cynical... To replace a symbol of love (Santa) with a symbol of fear (the Boogieman) isn't faithful to your argument at all. I challenge you to examine your own emotions and come back to the discussion in a different frame of mind.
I also challenge your statement that "Most of the oldest religions imagined their God, or Gods, as vengeful, spiteful, and taking pleasure in the torment their human puppets." Do you have any reference to that, or is that just a simplistic (mis)understanding of the Old Testament? I think gods historically bridge the gaps of understanding to world views of their contemporary cultures, but to say that gods take pleasure in spite and vengeance betrays a serious misunderstanding of good and evil, and it also betrays your own emotional biases to make such a fundamental error.
Monotheistic gods (such as in Christianity) represent the zenith of goodness and love and peace and understanding. If you're imagining polytheistic gods such as the Greek and Roman gods, you are talking about a group of gods representing good, evil, and everything in between.
I'm feisty about people discounting my faith as simply emotion. My faith and intellect are both real, and it's the tension between the two that makes life interesting.
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