Yeah, I could do a very long talk on why I'm agnostic and NOT an atheist. Atheists are equally misguided as believers. Perhaps they come to better conclusions without having to jump through the hoops of a deity, but still, they're people asserting something that cannot be demonstrated.

They lost me at Abraham and Isaac when I was seven. I could do a talk then run like hell.

No. I was lucky to be born this way.

It woudl be easier to talk about inaccuracies of the bible, how the stories of the jewish religion were an amalgamation of four different previous religious traditions, which they adapted and edited as their own.

As just one inaccuracy, in the story of the Tower of Babel (Babylon), historians and archeologists say they was a tower which remained unfinished for a little over 200 years, but then construction was resumed and it was finished (oops). It is incredible that afte we sent ment to the moon, people would believe that people could build a tower to heaven... and if it weren't possible,then why would god be upset about it? Like most of the bible it really doesn't make any sense... especially since the tower ws actually completed.

Yes.

5 minutes, you betcha. 45 minutes? not without becoming overly pompous and condescending.

Gads, man, just 45 minutes? Isn't that a bit restrictive?

I do it all the time. Just ask any of my acquaintances (and watch their eyes roll). I got that from my late partner who was an in-your-face, lifelong atheist from a Moslem country. Her body language let her get away with it. Mine not so much. Now I feel I have to do the work of two.

Absolutely. I talk about it at least once or twice a week on my radio show. My big crusade now is to lift the non-profit tax exemption from all religions. We could pay for medical and social services with that dough!

I could do a 5 minute talk or a two hour talk. I've thought about it a lot.

I have a stand up routine on the subject that could easily fill 45 minutes.

I could, I'm sure, write up a speech that covers my religious upbringing and my progressive break from religion. If I didn't get much into philosophical concepts, but was detailed enough about my experiences, I'd probably have 10–15 minutes of material.