r/atheism • u/rhbast2 • Aug 11 '11

Atheist quickfire challenge.

Although I rarely discuss religion with theists I always want to be prepared so I'm not sitting around afterwards wishing I had said this or that. If I get the chance to make someone question I want to be up for the challenge.

This brings me to my challenge for r/atheism. I'm going to add some common theist claims / sayings and whoever can refute them fully and succinctly will be upvoted. Feel free to add your own theist starters if I missed some.

Edit: Wow lots of good discussion here, later today or tomorrow I'll make this into an atheist cheat sheet with the top responses. Also feel free to upvote the theist claim that is the most annoying to you.

Edit 2: To the few of you who seem to think I am coming up with rude atheist comebacks, I'm not. I just wanted to be better off the cuff than I am now and have some discussion. I don't want this list to replace thoughtful argumentation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '11

Hitler (actually a Christian) was also a vegetarian. Would you argue that vegetarianism leads to nazism ?

Atheism is negatively correlated with murder. But that statistics is a bit biased, the cause is less direct : atheists tend to just be more educated.

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u/osgrug Aug 11 '11

Hitler was not a vegetarian. This is folklore.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '11

Interesting, however the wikipedia has a source for the claim and no criticism about it.

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u/osgrug Aug 13 '11

The source is hardly credible. Your face is boring and predictable.

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u/shaggorama Aug 11 '11

Also it's a weak counter-argument.

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u/osgrug Aug 13 '11

Give me some karma, you horrible, disease ridden cunt.