Any other atheists here? Some frustration

[MMI]

You say you want there to be a god, while I say that I don't need a god. And God certainly would not need me!

Good point: Christians need their God, and Jehovah needs them.

As for me, wanting is not the same thing as neeeding. As I have rejected the notion, I clearly don't need a god. I take credit for my own achievements and accept the blame for my own faults. I don't need anyone to thank or to blame, and I am no better or wose than other god-fearing people.

(Q. Why are people with faith said to be

god-fearing when they worship a god of love?)

But it would be nice if there were a kind and benevolent deity out there really looking after our interests.

[Thorne]

(Q. Why are people with faith said to be

god-fearing when they worship a god of love?)

But it would be nice if there were a kind and benevolent deity out there really looking after our interests.

They are God-fearing because Jehovah, as depicted in the Old Testament, is a capricious SOB, capable of inflicting horrid punishments on those who stray from his path.

As for a "kind and benevolent" deity: I suppose that would imply that there would also have to be a nasty and evil deity as well, since a kind deity wouldn't allow the kinds of things which happen every day in this world.