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Atheists & Agnostics

mountain grammy

(26,598 posts)

16. I usually just chuckle and walk away..

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #4)

Tue May 9, 2017, 09:10 AM

May 2017

but think I like this. I once told someone who said, "I'll pray for you," that they were actually "reporting me" if they believe their own nonsense. Once we become adults, life's too short to sit and listen to fairy tales.

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I recently encountered a bigot who referred to atheism as my "particular religious belief". [View all] beam me up scottie May 2017 OP

Some combination thereof. trotsky May 2017 #1

I call that the carrot and stick approach. beam me up scottie May 2017 #5

I'd say, "I'm so atheistic that I don't even believe in THAT." dchill May 2017 #2

It's so immature. Basically they're trying to insult us by saying we're just like them. beam me up scottie May 2017 #6

I don't know what to believe. But that doesn't mean... dchill May 2017 #7

Yep. I think that's the part that bothers them the most. beam me up scottie May 2017 #9

Yeah, like "bald" is a hair color Warpy May 2017 #3

Or like health is a disease. beam me up scottie May 2017 #8

I tell them to report me to god, "he" will take care of it. LakeArenal May 2017 #4

If their god doesn't approve of atheists why do we exist? beam me up scottie May 2017 #10

Satan LakeArenal May 2017 #11

That's another thing I like to ask about. beam me up scottie May 2017 #12

I also want to know... LakeArenal May 2017 #13

Not just Eve - this all forgiving deity punished her descendents by making childbirth painful. beam me up scottie May 2017 #15

And... what part of any of it does make sense? LakeArenal May 2017 #14

I usually just chuckle and walk away.. mountain grammy May 2017 #16