[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Livia

The simple answer is, next time you start a thread posing a question it's taken learned people millennia to ponder, and to which there is still no definitive answer, I hope people with faith, such as myself, will steer well clear of the "debate" so that the atheists can just talk amongst themselves.

Let me know if you come up with anything.

That's not an answer, suggesting it's been thought about before shouldn't stop people from thinking or questioning.
Free will gives all the right to do this, god given.
Anyone who feels secure in their faith can rest on their laurels while others wrestle with the big questions then.