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Prycejosh wrote
I think your view of god is irritating. your quick to judge him when evil happens and point the finger at him and not praise him for the good things he's given you. he blesses you and you don't deserve it.
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No. You're not getting it. You're just not understanding what it is we're doing when we point out the evils. We're not saying "we believe god is responsible for this" - we're trying to highlight the flaws in a worldview that wants to sweep those things under the rug.
I'm loath to use the Santa analogy, but you just didn't seem to be getting it when I used other stand-ins.
Do you still write letters to santa asking him for stuff at christmas? Do you blame santa if you don't get what you want at christmas?
I highly doubt it. Why? Because you likely do not believe santa exists.
And here is the important part:
people do not assign hate or blame to entities that they do not believe exist
Atheists cannot hate or blame god for anything, because literally the one defining trait of an atheist is that they do not believe a god exists. And what don't people do? Assign hate or blame to things they don't believe exist. And what do atheists not believe exists? God. So what can an atheist not assign hate or blame to....? Finish that sentence.
Get it now? Or do we need to draw it out like so a six-year-old can understand it?