So I was thinking about how theists love to fallback on their "faith" once logic and reason has obliterated their weak arguments in a debate setting. You know what I'm talking about, it goes something like: "Well Mr. Atheist, while you have a good point logically, it's really quite irrelevent. My strong FAITH in (insert imaginary friend here) is all I need."

It dawned on me that this situation is no different than that of an adult asking a child "Why did you do that?", and the child's obstinate reply of "Because!"

"Because why?"

"Just because!"

ad infinitum

Because. That's what it boils down to. Because. Obstacles to medical progress, religiously motivated war, "honor killing", unneccesary guilt, oppression, sexual repression, women treated like dogs.