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**Cinjin** · December 23, 2015 at 7:14 pm

(December 23, 2015 at 4:31 pm)Veritas Wrote: I hear my dad talking about this book that he's reading which discusses how demons are masquerading as extraterrestrial life who could cure cancer but the "lord/god" knows that they're secretly "demons" who are working on human reproductive parts for the ability to reproduce for the final battle. It sounds so stupid but I have to life with someone who believes in "god " and subscribes to the most radical right-wing ideas. I'm a right winger though, just because I like to keep my money, etc.

CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TELL HIM WHY THIS IS BS?

PS: Thanks for welcoming me!

There is not a damn thing you can do. Don't bother trying to change him.
He's the type that even if an alien ship landed in his back yard at high noon with enough verified evidence of their civilization to fill up the Smithsonian, he would STILL not see the truth.

You can't fix stupid.
He's like Godschild, let him go. He's going to play the fool to the day he dies.

Welcome to AF

SteelCurtain · (This post was last modified: December 23, 2015 at 7:44 pm by SteelCurtain.)

Assert a story that's equally as ridiculous, but contradicts his in some important way, this way he has to disagree with you.

Then you show him how stupid his story is by having him deconstruct yours.

Veritas · December 23, 2015 at 7:53 pm

(December 23, 2015 at 7:44 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Assert a story that's equally as ridiculous, but contradicts his in some important way, this way he has to disagree with you.

Then you show him how stupid his story is by having him deconstruct yours.

I'm not very good at strawmans

ignoramus · December 23, 2015 at 7:56 pm

POE= pasta of enlightenment! Ramen.

**Iroscato** · December 23, 2015 at 8:14 pm

In the wise words of Mr T, simply pity that fool.

Goosebump · December 23, 2015 at 10:51 pm

This got three pages...

**Cyberman** · December 23, 2015 at 11:24 pm

Ask him why demons would want to cure cancer.

**robvalue** · (This post was last modified: December 24, 2015 at 6:10 am by robvalue.)

Ask him whether:

1) God can get rid off the demons but chooses not to, thus endorsing them

Or

2) God can't get rid of the demons, thus being not as powerful as claimed

Brian37 · December 24, 2015 at 6:57 am

(December 23, 2015 at 4:31 pm)Veritas Wrote: I hear my dad talking about this book that he's reading which discusses how demons are masquerading as extraterrestrial life who could cure cancer but the "lord/god" knows that they're secretly "demons" who are working on human reproductive parts for the ability to reproduce for the final battle. It sounds so stupid but I have to life with someone who believes in "god " and subscribes to the most radical right-wing ideas. I'm a right winger though, just because I like to keep my money, etc.

CAN SOMEONE HELP ME TELL HIM WHY THIS IS BS?

PS: Thanks for welcoming me!

"Atheist" is not a political party or economic view.

Did it ever occur to you if workers had livable wages that there would be less dependency on government, not more? The real welfare queens are corporate America.

As far as family, I wouldn't push it while under the roof, if it blows up in your face you would need somewhere to go. And people can have mental health issues and belief can make that worse. Many atheists including me live in isolated areas and contact with other atheists is limited to being online. If you live in the suburbs or in a big city with transport you can actually meet other atheists, and no, not all of us are Bernie loving commies, I am, but not all atheists are.

Wyrd of Gawd · December 25, 2015 at 2:40 pm

Do demons taste like chicken or do they taste like pork?

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