Oh yeah? What’s the difference between gods and other mythological creatures and why does it matter?

Atheists don’t believe that gods don’t exist. Atheists don’t claim that gods don’t exist. They don’t believe claims that they do. And the difference between those two statements is far bigger than the difference between gods and dragons. You keep popping up the same old straw man so you can knock it down.

But it isn’t even an argument if your opponent denied your premise and keeps correcting you about your total misunderstanding about themselves, but you refuse to correct your mistake.

Atheism is not the idea of denying any gods, but rather not believing claims that they exist. This requires not faith, but by definition, the lack of it.

And your reply wasn’t one at all.

I wasn’t arguing. I was giving you an analogy. What’s the difference between not believing in a god and not believing in a pet dragon? Does one require faith and not the other? Why or why not? That’s an argument.

If my argument is so easy and stupid, rip it apart. Condescension gets you nothing.

I have a pet flying dragon that breathes fire and devours people I don’t like. Do you believe me?

I wonder how much high school athletics have contributed to conservatism via head injuries and groupthink?

I’m sorry, that really sucks.

Yeah, I’ve been expecting this shit since childhood. Weird now how the people who raised me to see it coming consistently voted to make it happen.

Same here. Grew up deep in the South. Kids got in trouble for racist talk in public school.

It’s time to leave the Bible Belt.

I don’t disagree

Atheist. I was raised in various flavors of southern, whites protestant churches. Mostly the so-called charismatic, non-denominational, types, but also mainstream Southern Baptists, Presbyterians, etc, but not excluding some of the weirder cultish strains.

I left because I began to realize just how fucked in the head they raised me. I couldn’t relate to regular people very well at all, and couldn’t trust the judgement of religious people at any level. I got out and got the help I needed. I only wish I had done it sooner.

Please please don’t. You’re setting great examples by putting them in prisons. Nobody anywhere needs American fascists getting reinforcements. It’s better for everyone that they be incarcerated, banned from public office, and their wealth seized. If they can be rehabilitated, fine. Maybe. Otherwise let them rot.

Because idiots clearly need to feel pain in order to leave this cult.

Trump has friends?

I hope to live long enough to piss on some graves.

They’re doing a great job talking us into it.

That wasn’t an idiot, that dude was trying to dump while he could.

Bigotry is so insidious in America that when you call it out for the poison that it is, bigots call you anti-American.

I kinda want to swap a classic car onto a Tesla chassis, while removing anything with Tesla code. No idea if it’s even possible.

But can one be an HOA president without being a pedophile?