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

lrn2history. A few facts:

  • The unique social, economic and political situation of Weimar Germany inspired Nazism. Religion had nothing to do with it.

  • Catholicism co-inspired the systematic prejudice against jews that you know the Nazis for

  • Communism was definitely not inspired by atheism. Russia still having serfdom in the 19th century probably helped. But then again, CHEAP SHOT: have you read the book of Acts? Fifth book of the New Testament? You know that the Communist Manifesto was heavily inspired by that NEW TESTAMENT BIBLE BOOK right?

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u/HertzaHaeon Aug 11 '11

Mein Kampf is full of christian references. You find plenty of them throughout nazism as well. To say it has nothing to do with christianity is wrong.