What do Atheists believe the Bible as?

[Judas BentHer]

Has anyone else noticed the trend of Creationists apologizing to atheists for "offending" them whenever they can't handle an argument?

It's a smug sense of self satisfaction, I think. Creationists attempt to insult everyone's intellect by insisting the earth is no older than 6 to at most 10 thousand years old. They promote this absurd notion by then playing the persecution complex card.
Imagining they're being targeted by those prompted by the devil, to remain blind to the truth. As some Creationists have said at other sites, and amazingly in all seriousness, Dinosaur fossils dated to millions of years old by science are just lies planted in the earth by Satan so that, when discovered, they tempt believers from their new earth faith.

Ridiculous of course. However, it's not really all that surprising when one takes into account the whole premise for that smug offending self satisfaction is posited in the notion that everyone on earth is damned, if they don't believe exactly as the Christian creationist does. That it is indeed an us against them paradigm. Us being the creationists who are so insecure in the midst of a secular society they can no longer sway by authority of a united church and crown or as they'd dream a united church and State, so as to dole out judgment and horrific tortuous punishment to them. Those heretics, atheists, non-Christians or free thinkers, so as to destroy the opposition and in the process persuade the doubting onlookers into voluntary compliance through intimidation.

This is what prompts creationism to be retooled so as to be labeled "Intelligent Design Science". A effective subterfuge, they think, to validate mythology so that it stands a chance on equal par with what the creationist see's as a dread rival; evolution. And also, the intent of ID is to bypass the prohibition of creationism being taught in government funded public schools, if ID proponents can argue a science is not a religion and thus is entitled to be included in the curriculum.

And given all that, when confronted with those shallow avenues contrived to interject their religious exclusivism into the secular realm, as their arguments for the credibility of creationism are soundly thrashed by facts and reality, they resort to false humility. Apologizing to atheists for offense they may have committed, as a pretext for what is actually their intolerant nature bolstered through self-righteousness indignation for any and all not in accord with creationism and Christianity.

It's a transparent facade that is as insulting to the Christian who says, they love the sinner but hate the sin.

As if they're able to believe they can love the person who is a sinner, while holding hatred for who they are which is what is responsible for the action judged as a sin. As if love can flourish honestly while hate lives on it's periphery. It's delusion they can live with as is consistent with all of what is the platform of Christianity and creationism.

Those types of creationists and Christians don't offend me. I know what they hold faith in and I know it's irrational because it's in print and easily proven if one reads the lines and even in between. It's not hard. One just has to have faith if there is an intelligent designer he'd have to be smarter than to have authored the creation myth and inspired the whole Bible. Perhaps it's a matter of omnihumor. And the invisible all mighty friend was just kidding.

None the less, the smug satisfaction I share in return to theirs is that Physics tells me nothing really dies. That everything is energy, which can not be destroyed only reformed. And so at the end of the argument between the camps, those of atheists and Christians, it's the Christians that shall be surprised. Because as it stands while living they already hop from foot to foot unsure of the destiny they hope awaits; heaven if they deserve it or hell if they earned it, because nothing is sure and all have sinned and come short of the glory of god. So while I shall die having lived, they shall die having accepted all their life they were unworthy.

And that's OK.