Admitting You're a Sinner

[Catholic_Lady]

Jus Stahp, lol.

Accept that you will never be able to complete any sentence that begins with those two words without saying some silly religious thing.

I find it hilarious when people who aren't atheists attempt to tell atheists what atheism actually is.  Especially when their definition is religious gibbering and word salad masquerading as profundity.

Atheists truly, really, honestly don't believe in the existence of god.  It's not us being angry at god.  It's not us secretly believing, but choosing sin over god.  It's not any of those things theists tell themselves in order to help them sleep at night.  We don't think there's anything there.

Pro tip: atheists also don't recognize the authority, let alone the divinity, that's purportedly in the bible.  So referencing it as something we should take seriously is a clear sign that you don't understand what atheism is, or who you're talking to.  Quoting/paraphrasing it is not compelling to us.  Usually quite the opposite, in fact.

For my own part, I understand that atheists generally don't choose not to believe... they just don't. We often don't have complete control over what we do and do not believe to be true. If a person genuinely seeks truth and goes wherever it leads them, you can't really blame them. That's how I see it anyway.