Ceteloguing the Tricks Theists Play

[Drich]

I think it's important to codify and catalogue the mind games theists play so we know what we are dealing with when we see them. This list of five is hardly exhaustive, so feel free to add things you have noticed.

1. They try to put the burden of proof on the non-believer.
   

Ah, no. The 'burden of Proof' is on God. However it is on the non-believer to do what God says to obtain the 'proof' He offers.

They never lie. They simply say whatever they think is necessary to get their point across with no regard for whether what they are saying is true or not.  If it will convince someone to accept their religion, god is powerful enough to make it true.
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[color=#333333]They are ambulance chasers, looking for weaknesses and addictions to which they claim that god has the answer.

They present statements as if they were facts, then when we prove them wrong, they switch gears
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I would say the same about atheists, but rather than 'god' in your truth statement substitute 'science.'

When we point to something in the Bible that is obviously incorrect or of questionable morality, they play the bad hermeneutics card.

I've never done that. I simply point to how the word 'morality' suits whatever society wants. Which in most cases is designed to exclude behavior God has sanctioned, but hypocritically ignores similar accepted behavior in society.

Edited by Pandæmonium - Sorry, don't ever normally edit the format of a member's post but that font colour was just not going to fly.