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"If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself." ~ St. Augustine
"There are no atheists in foxholes isn't an argument against atheism, it's an argument against foxholes.”
~ James Morrow
"It seems religion can dish it out okay but it can’t take it: like a street thug who calls the police when his victims fight back." - Anon
"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do, because I notice it always coincides with their own desires."
~ Susan B. Anthony
"I always distrust people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows."
~ Susan B. Anthony
IRRITATING and DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIORS COMMON AMONG THEISTS PROSELYTIZING ON ATHEIST THREADS:
[1] Telling us what it is that we believe, especially that we claim that there is no god
[2] Unsolicited (which is all of it) preaching and proselytizing
[3] Referring to atheism as a religion, saying that atheism requires faith, or calling an atheist a fundamentalist
[4] Trying to prove something by quoting the Bible
[5] Threatening nonbelievers with damnation
[6] Pretending that you don't have the burden of proof
[7] Using cut and paste arguments from others that you can't defend
[8] Repeating arguments that have already been refuted and rejected
[9] Saying that we believe nothing, that our lives are without purpose or meaning, or that we have no basis for moral behavior
[10] Announce that you'll be praying for us
[11] Invoking Pascal’s Wager, which says that there is everything to gain and nothing to lose by believing in Jesus
[12] Telling us that we can’t or don’t understand the Bible, or that our Christian experiences couldn’t have been authentic if we abandoned them
[13] Saying that we hate your god, are rebelling against your god, or really believe in a god
(Thanks to IANS for compiling such a wonderful list!)