"What a great idea! Maybe start a bit earlier next year though, eh? :)"

"I remember from my time as a Christian that if anyone pressed me too hard on why and what I believed, I tended to back away. Putting your faith on the line in an atheist forum is tough for most believers, in fact there are only a tiny minority who…"

"If I may, I'd like to throw in a word of caution - if your dad is, as you say, a 'die-hard Christian', you are never going to 'convert' him anyway. If I was in your position I would not go for the head-on debate with him, I…"

"You should invite Smiley as a friend and post your message directly to her page. Frankly, if someone was trying to convert my friends on my facebook page, I'd delete it too. :)"

"Have you got samples of your work on a blog I can link to?"

"Sorry to hear it, Misty, I hope some freelance work comes your way soon."

"Haha, Smiley posted her own credo, which was rather sweet, and I then posted something like "I went through exactly what you're going through, 25years ago", summarizing my Christian experience and how I subsequently lost my religion.…"

"I ordered this a few days ago, looking forward to reading it. I get the impression that Dawkins does a better job of debunking god(s) in The God Delusion - I'll let you know after I've read it."

":D :D :D Thanks, I needed that!"

"Good for you, Jim. Way to "witness" for atheism. :)"

"I think you are entitled to put 'boo-yah!' at the end Well done!"

"Yes I guessed this figure would be way off. I suppose he could argue it is still a majority, however. I think I dealt with his points ok though. Hopefully some of his 291 Facebook friends will now have some food for thought."

"OK here's what I came up with to answer Kerby's 5 points (thanks to Atheist Ninja for the suggestion about the argumentum ad populum and Misty for the tip about Dr. Spock): "The core issue is whether god exists" - spot on. But…"

"Neither Dr. Spock nor his son committed suicide. http://www.snopes.com/medical/doctor/drspock.asp"

"Very nice, Ninja :) and definitely short and pithy as requested! But as my objective in this debate is to get some of this guy's other friends thinking (he's basically a lost cause, but he 'ministers' to seekers of truth,…"

"There are five logical fallacies of God's existence that are insubstantial -- meaning as you know that they can be independently laughed at by anyone. 1.) Bare assertion fallacy 2.) Argumentum ad populum 3.) fallacy of composition 4.)…"