What's the lamest defence of Theism you've ever heard?

[LadyForCamus]

This deserves at least an honorable mention

https://youtu.be/BXLqDGL1FSg

:: LMFAO:: Jesus fucking Christ, that was one of the best things I have seen in a while. Man, don't you just hate it when the contents explode your face?

[Regina]

In a debate about whether or not God existed, I once heard a Theist say to an atheist "I don't claim to have the answers like you do"

???

But you do though? Our mentality is to look at evidence (or lack thereof), while your mentality is "I don't have the answers... so Islam."

[Mr.wizard]

Ya theists have this weird thinking, that being open minded means believing something outlandish.

[MTL]

This deserves at least an honorable mention

https://youtu.be/BXLqDGL1FSg

OMG OMG OMG 

I love when they argue like this:

[Mr.wizard]

For me I hate it when they start talking about personal experiences and after they are done telling you this longwinded over exaggerated account of alleged events, they stare at you with this dumb look on their face and say, "how do you explain that?".

[robvalue]

In a debate about whether or not God existed, I once heard a Theist say to an atheist "I don't claim to have the answers like you do"

???

But you do though? Our mentality is to look at evidence (or lack thereof), while your mentality is "I don't have the answers... so Islam."

Of course they are claiming to have answers. That's the whole point. I say I don't know if this reality was created or whether it's always been here in some form; and if it was created I don't know by what or why. I haven't the first clue, and I don't pretend to.

They say they do in fact have some of this information but are unable to demonstrate any of it to be at all true. I don't claim to know or even have beliefs about all these grand questions, and I'm perfectly happy with that. If you claim to have an answer, then don't even bother telling me if you're not prepared to at least try and back it up.

[vorlon13]

lamest defense ?

The one I love and use the most:


Because Jesus !!!!!

[vorlon13]

Oh, I can't even begin, the examples are too numerous.

It's like asking, "What's the wettest water molecule you've ever encountered?"

But I recall having an argument about corporal punishment in parenting,
with a devout theist once, who believed in "spare the rod, spoil the child"
and her argument was,

"God gave us bums so we could be spanked."

I felt like telling her I know lots of gay men in the fetish scene who would agree with her,
and then use a similar argument about why God gave us anuses,
or why God put the prostate gland where He did.

I love it when you talk dirty like that

[LadyForCamus]

One of my favorites was a viewer call on the Atheist Experience: "how do you know the Big Bang actually happened? Were you THERE???"

The most annoying for me, personally, is this one:

Theist: "I have evidence that the world and everything in it had to be designed."

Atheist: "Okay, what is your evidence?"

Theist: "well...everything LOOKS designed! Duhhhh. I mean, it's obvious. We were designed."

*facepalm*

[Regina]

The most annoying for me, personally, is this one:  

Theist: "I have evidence that the world and everything in it had to be designed."

Atheist: "Okay, what is your evidence?"

Theist: "well...everything LOOKS designed!   Duhhhh.  I mean, it's obvious.  We were designed." 

That one kills me as well. Nothing about this planet or life on it looks designed. We live on a tiny sphere at the mercy of a giant fireball, riddled with natural disasters and in a constant game of dodge-ball with meteors. We live 80 years at best, and probably die from some horrible disease.

"God's plan, though"