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MYTH 11: Atheists "Just Want to Sin" Without Being Held Accountable for Their Actions - (Refuting 30 Common Myths About Atheism)

MYTH 11: Atheists “Just Want to Sin” Without Being Held Accountable for Their Actions – (Refuting 30 Common Myths About Atheism)

This is a laughable argument that usually comes from people with a very poor understanding of both their own religion and atheism. Believers of various backgrounds usually say this when they have run out of actual arguments and begin to feel like, if they can paint the atheist as a rebellious hellion, maybe they’ll win a prize!

This argument is insulting to everyone’s intelligence (both the…

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MYTH 10: Atheists who left religion never really believed in God - (Refuting 30 Common Myths About Atheism)

MYTH 10: Atheists who left religion never really believed in God – (Refuting 30 Common Myths About Atheism)

Ask yourself a question… do you feel like you have the ability to read other people’s minds? Do you always seem to know what other people are thinking without even having to ask? If so, you may have a great career as a psychic or fortune teller ahead of you, so you perhaps you should use that skill to win the lottery and retire early!

Of course, I know you can’t really read other people’s minds,…

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MYTH 9: Atheists Think Religious People Are Stupid - (Refuting 30 Common Myths About Atheism)

MYTH 9: Atheists Think Religious People Are Stupid – (Refuting 30 Common Myths About Atheism)

From my personal experience it seems like in almost any given casual debate or argument that goes off the rails, the people who are quickest to call other people stupid are actually the ones most lacking knowledge on that particular topic, or possibly lacking intelligence in general. When people quickly get defensive or jump to threats and insults, it’s almost always because they have no argument…

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