9 Questions That Atheists Might Find Insulting

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A few of the questions seem pretty inane and I cannot imagine even asking them. When someone tells me they are an atheist, I figure that's what they've decided and let it go at that.

You're one of the smart ones, though. I'm a casual fan of the Atheist Experience, and believe me, each and every one of those questions has been asked more than once on that show. To the point of becoming repetitive.

Good question. In the article that gets brought up " (And anyway, do you really think that God would be taken in by this con game? Do you really think that what God wants from his followers is an insincere, self-serving, "wink wink, I'm covering my bases" version of "belief"?)" Which, of course, he would not. He'd know you were full of it, and hey, maybe he even reserves a special place in Hell for your Pascal's Wager types.

But I guess that some believers don't credit their creator with such smarts. I've been asked that question. I can't help it - my response is to laugh and ask "You're kidding, right?" and every single time they were not. Go figure

I guess the other implication is that the believer asking doesn't care about the sincerity of the belief, just that you knuckle under and go through the motions the same as everyone else around them. It's not so much a genuine hope that you'll hear the good word, as a disguised demand that you stop upsetting the damn apple cart.