A very well informed and measured response, thank you. I'm afraid I sit firmly with the atheists on this one but as you say, each to their own. I would however caveat that when 'each to their own' causes unnecessary harm in the name of god, god is not responsible and is not to be held...
Isn't the bigger question 'why aren't believers questioning their faith'?
If there is an interventionist god out there, why would she/he (see what i did there?) do this to us????
Might start another thread.