Stupid things religious people say

[The Architect Of Fate]

Not sure I follow

I think it's the use of 'fairy story', maybe false equivalence (there is no atheist story) or non sequitur.

That might very well be the case

[Angrboda]

Theism is a fairy story for people scared of death 

Theism is a fairy story for people too weak to live without a sky daddy  

Two can play at that game. 

You tell 'em...... architect?

[Sheldon]

Plain to see his subject is maths, and not English.

Not sure I follow

Lennox is a pretty well known religious apologist, so the fact he's a mathematician is usually floated by other apologists when they use him as an appeal to authority. If he said what that text states, then I was implying his English skills must be pretty sub par obviously. Sarcasm aside, a more likely reason is that this sort of oxymoron using the word atheism is in vogue to sell books, ever since Prof Dawkins "The God Delusion", though of course a belief can delusional, as all beliefs are the affirmation of a claim, unlike disbelief or the lack of a belief.

[Sheldon]

Not sure I follow

I think it's the use of 'fairy story', maybe false equivalence (there is no atheist story) or non sequitur.

Exactly so. This sort of oxymoron is very much in vogue with religious apologists, Like Lane Craig's "I don't have enough faith to be an atheist". As if he's unaware that the primary dictionary definition of faith, differs from the definition of religious faith.

[Fake Messiah]

You can never have enough models for the sin forgiving business because gullible people will pay and do a lot to get rid of them.

Vatican to open five ‘sacred portals’ for once-in-quarter-century ritual

The doors are only opened once every 25 years, so may well be a little rusty.

This year, for the first time, one of the doors will be opened in a prison, as a ‘sign inviting prisoners to look to the future with hope’, the Pope said in his bull of indiction announcing this year’s ceremony.

The tradition dates back to 1300, and the door openings themselves follow a ritual first carried out in 1423.

They mark ‘Jubilee’ years, a concept dating back to the Old Testament when sinners could see their sins forgiven.

2025 is one such year, so if you’ve got something on your mind, it could be a good time to confess.

They will remain open all year for pilgrims to pass through until the Jubilee finishes on January 6, 2026.

The pope will then be the last person to walk back through before closing them, and they will be sealed up once again.

https://metro.co.uk/2024/12/10/vatican-o...-22159719/

[brewer]

^^^ Movie Dogma now stuck for the day.

[Angrboda]

"Was Wisconsin really that bad?"