Thank you Christians...

[Mister Agenda]

Do you all feel better now?

Is this some sort of bizarre group therapy?
Get together and mock those who worship God so that you don't feel so vulnerable?
What is the point? Do you feel better about yourselves when you mock those you do not understand?

Can't speak for everyone, but I don't mock all Christians, just the idiots. There's no law that says you have to be one of those.

What a pathetic bunch, sitting around patting each other on the back for absolutely no reason.

We're patting ourselves on the back for not being dumbasses like Mickiel. You deserve a pat on the back for that yourself.

You mock Christians for this very thing and then go do it yourself.

Not sure what you mean here, but there's nothing wrong with Christians congratulating each other on being Christians, per se. Reasons are important. If they're glad-handing about making some member of a minority group feel like shit, they're being despicable. If they're patting each other on the back for raising money to open a women's shelter, good on them. It's not our fault so many of our recent theist visitors have been nutcases. When nutcases take on a Christian forum, they get a similar reaction, and reasonably so. Mickiel trolled Christians before he trolled us, and got banned quicker.

God is merciful, he will still forgive your blasphemy, your contempt, and your stupidity.

But you won't eh?

Get your heart right. Love Jesus. He wants to guide your life and live with him forever. Why not accept this gift.

Why should we believe all that is true?

Who cares about evidence.

Only people who care whether the things they believe are actually true.

Evidence won't save you. Faith will. Only faith.

Why should I believe you?

Say a prayer asking Jesus to come into your heart and save you. He will do that and so much more.

Been there, done that, got the t-shirt, and the dude was a no-show.

Why go to hell when you don't have to?

That argument works just as well for any other religion that has a hell. Why aren't you worried about their hells? Is it possibly because you would have to believe one of them is actually real BEFORE you could be afraid of it?

Don't burn for eternity. Live with Jesus Christ in a perfect existence!

Why would you use arguments on us that wouldn't work on you if they came from a Muslim? Put a little thought into your prosyletization, please.

There's going to be a new heaven and a new earth. Don't you want that?

Wanting something to be true has nothing to do with whether it actually is true. Learning that is part of growing up. I hope you reach that level of matureity some day.

Don't be like the rest of the foolish atheists, burning forever in hell.

Don't be like the rest of the foolish theists, smugly believing they can speak for God about who is damned.

Smugness and pride are the Devil's tools.

You have both of those qualities in abundance.

You're being deceived. Come to the mighty God Jehovah and know real love.

Is Jehovah mighty but not very smart? Because I'm trying to get my head around why he would equip his followers with such weak ammunition.

Ask and ye shall receive.

Asked, didn't receive. Q.E.D.

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Do they realize they are more effective than any reasonable atheist at turning someone away from their God?

Yeah that scientism is some bad juju!

It's funny when believers speak of scientism as a "religion" or something that otherwise carries negative connotations. Or when they say, "there are realms of knowledge that science is not equipped to deal with," as if science necessitates a person in a white lab coat with a test tube in his hand.

Scientism is a complex term, and is sometimes defined as over-reliance on science, like if someone in a labcoat said it, it must be true. In that sense, scientism is not a good thing, by definition. Best to make sure what the person you're talking to means by 'scientism'. A cult-like belief in everything scientists say without careful examination is scientism, but it's not scientific.

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Do fuck off. Your happy little death cult had their chance at me.

Never again.

It's not a death cult it's a LIFE cult. Amen!

However, what do you mean? Were you once a member of the flock? Why would you ever leave Jesus?

Most atheists in America have been at least nominal Christians. Our numbers have doubled in recent years. We're not popping into existence spontaneously.

Our reasons for leaving vary, but often involve a realization that when we're talking to Jesus, we're really talking to ourselves: 'Jesus' can't tell us anything we don't already know, he's an imaginary friend. He might have some use as a psychological prop for some people, but that doesn't make him real. It's usually much more complicated than that though. We have a section on this forum where people share why they became atheists, you should check it out if you really want to learn something about us. It's called 'Converts Corner', and it's in the community section.