"You just want to be your own god"?

[zwanzig]

1st, nice to see a fellow Punk on here, I was one back in the days.

2nd, I think they think that we think we're more of a god than their own god. Thing is though, we don't preport to believe that we're gods. They just can't process someone thinking that there is no god becuase it literally goes against what they've been indoctrinated in their whole lives.

Yes, that's it. We don't see ourselves as walking away from a god; we see literally nothing there. But in their fictional stories, blind obedience is a virtue and arrogance/pride is the number one Satanic sin.

Yet another device theists use to exert social pressure on one another.

Another foolish assertion that atheists (for some reason) assume theism in their thought processes. They don't.

Yes, true. It's meant to be emotionally manipulative so the fact that it doesn't make logical sense to a nonbeliever is irrelevant for how it is intended to be used.

Best shut down answer -

"Yeah? Do you need me to be yours too?"

That's a good one!