(March 19, 2014 at 6:09 pm)tor Wrote:(March 19, 2014 at 6:08 pm)Bittersmart Wrote: I don't go out of my way to tell people I think their religion is wrong. That's just kind of dick move. Like, if they want to discuss religion/atheism or something, that's cool, but if someone is just like, "I went to church today!" I'm not going to be the stereotypical atheist asshole and be all "God doesn't exist! Your beliefs are ridiculous!" How does that make me any different from the twat standing on the street corner saying atheists are fools? Bah.
I don't say it's ridiculous I just inform them that there is no god. Who knows maybe they don't know. Just telling people the truth. Nothing special or offensive. Maybe they didn't know.
Yes, but how do you know for a fact there is nothing there? I don't. I lack the belief that there is anything there because there is no evidence, but I don't pretend that I know for sure. I think maybe a better thing to say would be "There is probably no god, so don't worry about it." But I still wouldn't say that, because it's obnoxious to people. No one wants to hear "God doesn't exist" after they ask their friends to pray for their sick aunt, or whatever. They don't fucking care, and it just reinforces the notion that atheists are smarmy dicks.