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"The fool says in his heart, 'there is no God'" (Psalms 14:1) This is one of the Bible verses that the religious will quote as a supposed refutation of atheism. It tries to make a case for belief in God with what seems at first…

"God still loves you" is something atheists will hear from the religious toward the end of one of those conversations where the religious participant is starting to figure out there isn't going to be a reconversion. Not today, at any rate. This is meant to…

"One day you will know the truth." At the very least, this is somewhere between dismissive and insulting. Obviously, the speaker is asserting that you do not yet know the truth. Or Truth, more likely. Truth about what? This is often left vague. Taken at…

This is another of the useless things religious people (not only Christians) like to say to atheists. And I don't mean "useless" in the sarcastic, pejorative sense. It's simply without purpose. There is no benefit anyone can gain from hearing it, no action anyone can…