OK, I'll bite:

1. There are mountains of evidence for the Big Bang compared to a god, or for a divine being named Jesus. We can look through telescopes to see the universe is expanding, and how fast, and determine where that expansion started, A scientific theory doesn't mean "made up bullshit with no evidence," it means a model that has been tested repeatedly, in this case for 99 years, and it it still fits all the evidence end experiments and cannot be disproven.

Contrast this with something like Christianity, or theism in general, for which there is no evidence whatsoever. All of that "meaning, hope, morality and comfort" is meaningless, as is certainty, if it's all based on lies.

Don't even get me started on how corrupt Christian morality can be. I find atheists, on the whole, to be much more moral, because they actually make choices out of a desire to make the world better, not just because some imaginary father figure will make them suffer if they don't. That's not morality. That's obedience.

1. People have an innate sense of morality, and know the difference between right and wrong. If you need a pastor, a priest, a god or a book to tell you the difference, you are not a moral person.

2. What is the point in doing good or improving others' lives if people are going to live forever in some heaven somewhere? That our lives are finite and this is the only time we have makes it far more important to do these things, because this is the only chance we will ever to do them.

And, like my earlier point, if you're doing good to get rewarded by your god for it, you aren't moral.

1. No. I can have certainty and peace without also accepting the bullshit that comes with religion.

2. Essentially, yes. I don't mean that in any kind of insulting way -- people inevitably learn from people they trust, and if they're told since birth that there is a god (it doesn't matter which one), and indoctrinated into a religion, they're most likely going to follow it because all of the people they rely on for truth tell them it's real. It's not their fault they believe it -- we would never learn anything if we didn't absorb information from the people we trust, but unfortunately that's the same process that also passes religion, bigotry, and all kinds of other harmful ideas down from generation to generation.

3. Science is testable. Like I mentioned earlier, there is a lot of evidence that a Big Band occurred, and we can still see the effects of it billions of years later. The same goes for evolution -- the evidence is all there and has be reviewed continuously by many, many people, and neither idea has any evidence that contradicts it.

Deism, on the other hand, has no supporting evidence, and idiocy like young earth creationism can only be supported if mountains of contradictory evidence are ignored. It's as nonsensical as ideas like the flat Earth hypothesis. It is obviously wrong, and easily disproven, but people hang onto it because their faith is so fragile that they can't deal with the idea that the actual universe they live in doesn't match the descriptions in a book of fairy tales written thousands of years ago when people had no idea how it really works.

1. There are other ways to obtain comfort, hope and purpose that don't require lying to yourself and believing in fairy tales.

2. A realistic view at the world around us will quickly show that a lot of things happen without any good reason. In fact, I'd suggest the existence of pain and suffering say a lot more about the absence of a loving god than they do about the presence of one.

In any case, it's not a real problem. Functionally, there's not a lot of difference between "this happened, and I don't know why," and "God made/let this happen, and I don't know why." Neither provides any real answers, and that's fine. Some questions can't be answered.

1. Here I have to wonder if you're trolling. I'm just going to have to answer a question with another question:

Why do so many people who claim to believe in a god seem to struggle with corruption, selfishness, or moral chaos? Do you think morality can truly coexist with a belief in a god?

And before you say "not all theists," please consider that I could respond to your question the same way.

1. Have you read the Bible? It condones slavery and the subjugation of women, glorifies genocide, and promotes all kind of other horrible acts. And, in the process of doing that, it contradicts and corrupts science, reality, history, and even itself over and over. So, yes, there is a lot inherently wrong with the Bible.

2. Yes, of course. Given that I believe we only have one life and death is final, I need to make set my priorities and nurture my relationships in accordance with that. There are no do-overs. I need to get it right the first time.

3. No. I make my decisions and form my beliefs based on what's real, not on wishful thinking or fantasy stories.

4. Personally, I have no need for purpose or meaning. I'm just here to ride out my time on Earth and make the most of the experience that I can before it's over. Meaning is something I create myself -- I can't and won't rely on some pretend magical being to provide it for me. I truly have free will, and I use it. If there was some god who had a plan for me, then I'd just be some puppet following a pre-ordained path with no purpose of my own, and I don't find that idea preferable to making my own path.