RE: What is the biggest thing that theist do that annoy you?
October 13, 2011 at 5:54 pm
(This post was last modified: October 13, 2011 at 5:58 pm by Cyberman.)
Tell me they're not religious, they have a personal relationship with Christ.
Say they don't have enough faith to be an atheist.
Quote from their holy books at every opportunity, regardless of the quote's suitability to the situation.
Tell me that every quote I might make from their holy books exposing the plot holes is: a) out of context; b) not to be taken literally; c) a translation error and means the exact opposite in the original language; d) beyond my limited understanding; e) any combination of the above.
Take a single word or phrase out of something I've said, ignoring the rest, and assume it's an open invitation to preach at me.
Expect simple one-syllable answers to life's biggest questions, then triumphantly play the god card when we don't or can't answer.
Even if we do give them answer, play the god card anyway as though we hadn't.
Reply to a carefully crafted 1,000-word post with "Well, I don't bellieve it" or some similar dismissal.
Kent Hovind Bonus:
Maintain that Evolution is a religion just like creationism/ID, so has no place in American public schools; then in the very next breath claim that creationism/ID is just as scientific as Evolution, so it's only fair to teach it in public schools.
Say they don't have enough faith to be an atheist.
Quote from their holy books at every opportunity, regardless of the quote's suitability to the situation.
Tell me that every quote I might make from their holy books exposing the plot holes is: a) out of context; b) not to be taken literally; c) a translation error and means the exact opposite in the original language; d) beyond my limited understanding; e) any combination of the above.
Take a single word or phrase out of something I've said, ignoring the rest, and assume it's an open invitation to preach at me.
Expect simple one-syllable answers to life's biggest questions, then triumphantly play the god card when we don't or can't answer.
Even if we do give them answer, play the god card anyway as though we hadn't.
Reply to a carefully crafted 1,000-word post with "Well, I don't bellieve it" or some similar dismissal.
Kent Hovind Bonus:
Maintain that Evolution is a religion just like creationism/ID, so has no place in American public schools; then in the very next breath claim that creationism/ID is just as scientific as Evolution, so it's only fair to teach it in public schools.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
