Herein are some common assumptions made by the Christians I encounter. I'll deal with these right from the onset to avoid these assumptions being used as actual arguments. In other words, please don't waste my time, or yours, with these retorts:
In no particular order.....
Christian: "You just hate God!!!!"
Me: No, I most certainly do not "hate God". I no more "hate God" than I "hate" the gremlin who hides my car keys under the couch cushions(and once in the trash). I don't believe that gods or gremlins exist, but since I must share the planet with people who insist that the former exists, I sometimes talk about "God" under the pretense that he/she/it exists to make a rhetorical point. It's not exactly unheard of.
Christian: "You just want to sin!!!"
Me: No. I just want to search for truth no matter where it leads, and so far, there is no extra-biblical evidence for "sin". And besides, if "sin" is defined as a transgression against God's laws, then "sin" is a relative thing; not an absolute thing. For example, if there is nothing that prevents God from creating a new law that states, "If you don't behead your third-born child, that is a sin!", then intelligent, sane people see the immediate problem with that. On the other hand, if something does prevent God from implementing such a law, then obviously there is an external standard of "right"/"wrong" that even this God conforms to.
Christian: "You just want to be God!!!"
Me: 'Heard this "gem" just the other day. Nope, sorry, Charlie, I have zero desire to drown the people who disappoint me, nor do I have a desire to have someone tacked to a cross before I can forgive someone else. I have zero desire to send plagues, smite people, or dash children's heads against rocks. But if one finds those aspirations noble?... aspire away. Best of luck with that.
Christian: "You think Christians are stupid!!!"
Me: No, I don't think Christians are stupid, but I do think that they compartmentalize their beliefs, just as I once did. At least Atheists disbelieve across-the-board..i.e..they're consistent. Whereas, while Christians disbelieve in the myriad supernatural claims of other religions, they reserve a part of their brain to allow Christianty's outrageous claims. This part of their brain is "taped-off" to reason. Christians certainly don't believe that Allah dictated his will and testament to Muhammad as he sat in a cave and then later flew off into the clouds on winged pony. No, hell, no, that is nonsense to them. Yet, Christians don't flinch at the thought of a man dying, and then three days later, getting up and walking out of his grave. Virgin birth? Sure!...it's in the bible, isn't it? This is what we're dealing with.
Christian: "You're so angry!!!"
Me: Yes, angry at myself - not you - for allowing myself to be duped, when I knew all along that there was something amiss. In this case, anger is very a cleansing and even necessary emotion.
Christian: "You think we came from slime!!!!"
Me: And you think we came from DUST! Is that really less absurd? Now, with that point made and out of the way, Atheists don't believe that we "came from slime". That is a classic strawman argument.
Note*, I will likely be adding to this list as time goes on.
Thx for reading.
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