Worst Thing Said to You for Being a Non-believer

[Chad32]

That I have no moral compass, or that there's no meaning in my life. As if my morals are dictated by a book that thinks consentual same sex relations is worse than slavery, or that I need someone else to tell me what value my life has. It's ridiculous.

The meaning of life is often played up as this super deep question that people have been asking themselves since the dawn of time. That's only because they were trying too hard, looking to find one path that fits us as a species.

Why would I get my morals from a collection of books written at a time when people thought killing an innocent animal or child would improve their lot in this life or the next? Or that we should be punished for things we can't control, like our thoughts? I know christians like to gloss over the old testament because that's the jewish part of the bible, or some such, but it's also the first impression we get of this god we're meant to follow, and some christians want us to believe Jesus and Yahweh are the exact same guy anyway. Not to mention the parts of the old testament they like to keep, like the ten more well known commandments, or the stuff about how gays are an abomination. Go back to raping that slave girl you dragged from her home, and forced into marriage, after killing her friends and family, like a normal person.

The idea that the new testament is slightly better than the old is little consolation.