I keep getting lectured that I should believe a deity is real first, and then it will show itself, but why would I care then? If a deity can't be bothered to offer some evidence then it can fuck off, as I'd want nothing to do with a deity that is prepared to hide from me unless I am prepared to make gullible leaps of faith, that require me to become suggestible first before it will show itself.

I won't believe any claim until a reasonable amount of objective evidence is demonstrated for it, as I require for all other claims of course. Why should I treat this claim or any single deity differently to all other claims and all other deities, that is absurdly biased. No truth can be validated with such a biased perspective, that is axiomatic.

So please don't come to me with cliched platitudes about faith, you might as well be lecturing me about unicorn husbandry. If you can demonstrate no objective evidence then you're wasting my time, and offending my reason.