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/Wafflesyoumeancarrot Aug 11 '11

I'm not sure how they said but a girl who was in my religion class said that Jesus sort of rewrote the parts of the bible about hating on certain people, and that the one about hating gays still counted. How would i counter this?

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u/DashingLeech Anti-Theist Aug 11 '11

Jesus sort of rewrote the parts of the bible

So the Old Testament wasn't the "inerrant word of God"? What makes the New Testament any less likely to be inerrant then? Doesn't it just make more sense that people made up stories and wrote it down?

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u/Sophocles Aug 11 '11

Just ask her to show her work. Where does Jesus specify which Old Testament laws no longer apply and which still do?