BTW, in this entire thread nobody has yet tackled the issues I brought up in the original post. Is somebody going to give me a little intellectually stimulating debate, or should I throw up my arms and except I'm just going to get more "I know I'm right, I put my faith in god."

My fellow posters, please, realize that if your beliefs are true then questioning them and researching the arguments against them (as well as for)will only confirm what you now hold so dear. and if it doesn't, then it's better to have found the truth.