When atheists start poking fun at religion, we constantly get told that we should stop insulting the sensitivities of the religious. And we should stop trying to convert them. But :-
- Trying to “convert” the religious to atheism (or stop believing in infectious imaginary friends) is exactly the same as what the religious constantly try to do to atheists.
- Atheists think they have evidence to show that religion is at best morally neutral, and at worst has a definitely negative effect on humanity. If you see an evil in the world, isn’t it your moral duty to try and minimise that evil?
- You guys started it first. Which is what this posting is all about …
You will burn in hell.
Ignoring for the moment that hell doesn’t exist, threatening someone with eternal torture is going to wind up even the most placid. It may well be that your religion promises eternal punishment but we know about the obsession gods seem to have with torturing unbelievers. It’s probably best to concentrate on the less unpleasant aspects of your religion.
Have you heard of Jesus?
To quote another atheist: No, I was born under a fucking rock.
What with people banging on your door asking whether you believe in Jesus, people shouting about him in the local shopping centre, constant mentions of religion in the media, etc, it is impossible to escape the ever present blanket of religion. Unless of course you are as dumb as a rock.
Do you believe in Satan?
What? So because we don’t believe in your infectious imaginary friend, we might believe in your infectious imaginary friend’s imaginary enemy? Nope. We don’t believe in any imaginary friends (gods, devils, other spirits).
Where do you get your morals?
From society just like you do. We (and society) teach children by example and punishment that certain behaviours are not acceptable – “don’t hit your school friends”, etc. Most of those morals can be found in holy books, but the books aren’t essential.
There are no atheists in foxholes
This one is insulting to my family because my grandfather was an atheist; and possibly became so whilst fighting with the rear guard at Dunkirk. It certainly didn’t make him a believer.
atheism is the ultimate intellectual suicide
I’m not entirely sure what this is supposed to mean, but it’s pretty sure that it’s fancy way of saying that atheists are thick. It’s perfectly reasonable to think so (if wrong in many cases), but coming out and saying so is unnecessary.
The supplied link is quite amusing as he goes on to prove that atheists don’t exist. I guess I must have disappeared in a puff of smoke, so I wonder how I carried on writing this? A question: There is no proof that Trolls exist and there is no proof that Trolls do not exist. Do they exist?
Now it’s pretty certain that the kind of religious nutters who advocate killing atheists are on the lunatic fringe of all religious people, but it contributes towards a climate of hate towards atheists.