I am puzzled by the silliness of some of the atheists' arguments. Here is a famous one: "Believing in God is just as silly as believing in the Flying Spaghetti Monster".
I'm gonna be brief.
This argument does not address the point that believers are trying to make: We believe in God because there is the STAMP OF GOD in human nature. Morality is a stamp. Love and selflessness is a stamp. The complexity of how we are created is a stamp.
Mythical creatures (Leprechauns, Unicorns, and even our beloved Flying Spaghetti Monster) do not leave stamps in said areas... at least not the point where billions of human beings are convinced of their existence.
Now, if I am silly enough to believe in God, how is it that I do not believe in 'other mythical creatures'? Because I have a brain (I think). The intelligence in the created world (in what is seen and unseen) points to something greater than ourselves. It is the ultimate. Mythical creatures do not explain anything... they leave no evidence to their existence... the only evidence they leave is fabricated in our imaginations and due to the over-interpretation of facts and lack of scientific understanding. now, one could say this about believing in God, but the evidence is overwhelming and science is at a loss for words.
But how we are put together and the inclinations of our nature and behaviour that cannot be explained by our animal/primal needs... it's God.
So atheists, dialogue is good and encouraged, but if we are debating the existence of God, don't defer to the flying Spaghetti Monster. It's apples and oranges, I tell ya. If we are saying that it's the three-toothed rainbow-maned unicorn that is responsible for the collective human belief that the holocaust was evil, then have at 'er. In the meantime, it's God. Stick to the subject and answer the question that is being posed, and do it directly. Thanks.
