That penultimate paragraph is agreeable. I wouldn’t be so dismissive in much of the rest. People believe for many reasons, but the comfort it gives is surely one huge factor which is understandable for even the hardened atheist.
But surely you can take comfort in any number of stories from any number of books? In fact the Bible is not a comforting book to read!
There are far better reads out there that don’t demand that you worship the author in return.
Anyhow my post was a specific reply to JI’s question about creation theory.
