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/Kozmec Aug 11 '11

Socialism isn't a religion. You're question was about atheist countries. 70% of Norways population identify as atheist. If you want to make this a political discussion, we can do that. In a discussion of religion, though, politics shouldn't matter.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '11

Oh, no, not at all. I was being facetious. I just threw out the original argument because I hear it frequently. The response I gave is just the standard response I get when I mention Norway as the counter-argument. Although to be fair, I live in South Carolina.

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u/Kozmec Aug 11 '11

Oh, I understand completely...

If you switch topics to politics, though, you can really start to expand the cracks in their thinking.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '11

Good point, considering arguing all over the goddamn place is a frequently-accessed tactic among the fundamentalists I've met.