How Evangelists Sound to Atheists

[TubbyTubby]

They all sound like this fuckhead.

Hallelujah....shama-lama-ding-dong, banana-fama-fo-fama! That's a Baptist or Pentecostal church, no doubt. Speaking in tongues is one of the most blatantly obvious displays of made-up bullshit one can witness in church.

They know it as well. On the christian forum site they advise not discussing it but I saw a couple of times where they did and then ended up closing the thread after one of them realised that their religion does actually have some limits when it comes to trying to pass itself off as something more than delusion.

They don't dismiss it out of hand mind, simply ignore it like it wasn't there.

[robvalue]

Does anyone else get the feeling that when talking to the more grounded religious theists, "Obvious I don't really believe this" is sort of silently coming out the sides of their mouths? The fear of being wrong keeps it silent, but it's there.

Or maybe I'm just projecting.

[T.J.]

They sound more like this:

[TubbyTubby]

Does anyone else get the feeling that when talking to the more grounded religious theists, "Obvious I don't really believe this" is sort of silently coming out the sides of their mouths? The fear of being wrong keeps it silent, but it's there.

Or maybe I'm just projecting.

Probably so, you tend to see that they refrain from dismissing any sort of manifestation of anyones belief or practices because in doing so, they are picking holes in their own beliefs.

That's why you very rarely witness 2 theists of differing faiths debate the veracity (or not) of their respective beliefs - they appear to avoid this at all costs, preferring to descend on atheists as attacking unbelief is so much easier for them.

Understandable really, defending a belief against another opposing belief must be racked with difficulty and complications without exposing your own as being just as riddled with holes as the one you are arguing against. That and 'only my god is the one true god' thing of course. Our ex-theists will have a better explanation I guess.

I remember seeing an audience debate about religion a few years back. They had representatives of all the major faiths along with atheists, not a single one of them rounded on an opposing faith, instead grouping together to take on the unbelievers. I doubt any of them realised the absolute mess of irony and farce that they turned that debate into.

[robvalue]

It's a good point. The theists we get on this forum have wildly different beliefs, yet they (on the whole) keep on at us atheists rather than with each other. Is this an admission that they have no grounds to criticize anyone else's religious beliefs? That idea that as long as you "believe in something" you're OK is baffling.

Well, the something still has to be a popular religion of course. It has to be a "real" one.

You're totally right. It's glass houses. How can you respect someone whose religious beliefs are totally contrary to yours, and instead pick fights with atheists who simply say they are unconvinced? Insecurity, of course.

Some people don't get how I can watch a sport without supporting a particular team or player. "You have to pick one!" they say.

[TubbyTubby]

I did a search and found a good example why they avoid debate amongst themselves. It's only a short clip but demonstrates the utter insanity of "belief vs belief" arguments.

https://youtu.be/UJKQzyNr7b4

"Christian vs Muslim debate (funny). Did Jesus die for our sins". The Muslim was on the offensive with good analysis while the Christian fellas speeches just sounded like a jumble of words repeated in a different order to me. I have to remind myself that I'm watching serious adults sometimes but then I get used to it reading the theists on here. He had an advantage in knowing more about the bible than the christian knew about the Quran I think.

The Muslim was simply stating (similar) things that have likely been said on this forum (an atheist type argument against the absurdity of bible stories) without realising that he took an atheist viewpoint temporarily. Of course, he went home and stuck his head in his own book of myths right after the show no doubt and returned to fantasy world No.1.

[robvalue]

Haha. Adults. Adults... Yeah, the muslim is just being an honorary atheist. Then he'll go back to "My story is much better, listen..."

[TubbyTubby]

Oh fucking ace, here's another quality clip while youtube searching. This one is hilarious, at least the christian has an ability to laugh it all off while being shown up for not knowing his own book as well as the Muslim.

https://youtu.be/kRaaoBbLu9c

[robvalue]

Pwned!

Everyone knows the bible except Christians it seems Jesus is a monkey prick, people just pretend bits like that aren't there.

[rado84]

They all sound like this fuckhead.