The Christian hierarchy know how to choose their words carefully. They puff up a simple statement with a lot of flowery language in order to leave plenty of escape routes so they can immediately start back-pedalling if the shit hits the fan.
The mugs in the pews are not quite so smart. Whenever a thought pops into their head they spontaneously blurt it out with no obfuscating language to facilitate future back-pedalling. The very simplicity of their brain fart means escape routes are non-existent and they cannot back away from any statement they have made.
But that simplicity causes other problems as well. It makes it very easy to expose the underlying thought processes that caused the Christian to expel the brain fart in the first place. Actor Kevin Sorbo, for example, is the most recent in a long line of Christian zealots who have declared that atheists really do believe in god but they are too proud to admit it.
Now Sorbo would never make that ludicrous claim about any other statement of non-belief. If somebody expressed non-belief in the Tooth Fairy, or Unicorns, or the Hindu god named Ganesha, then Sorbo would never call them liars and say that they really do believe in those creatures - so why does he call people liars when they express non-belief on his own little god?
Well he knows that some of his beliefs are complete nonsense. His religion requires him to believe, for example, that Matthew is telling the truth (in chapter 27) when he says that long dead Christians climbed out of their graves on Good Friday and walked around the streets of Jerusalem where they were seen by many people. Sorbo has to accept such foolishness because he is desperate to get into heaven when he dies, and god will keep him out if he doesn't believe that the bible is true.
Unfortunately for Sorbo, the stupidity of his position is highlighted by every atheist who rejects god and suffers no disadvantage for his unbelief. It almost looks as if Sorbo and his fellow Christians are gullible fools and the atheists are the clever ones who know the real truth...
But Sorbo can't accept that idea so he he casually declares that everybody else believes exactly the same things he believes. He says that everybody knows that god exists, but some people (the atheists) are just too proud to admit it.
So now, instead of looking like an idiot, Sorbo is able to present himself as a completely normal human being who believes exactly same things as every other human being including the atheists!
But that simplicity causes other problems as well. It makes it very easy to expose the underlying thought processes that caused the Christian to expel the brain fart in the first place. Actor Kevin Sorbo, for example, is the most recent in a long line of Christian zealots who have declared that atheists really do believe in god but they are too proud to admit it.
Now Sorbo would never make that ludicrous claim about any other statement of non-belief. If somebody expressed non-belief in the Tooth Fairy, or Unicorns, or the Hindu god named Ganesha, then Sorbo would never call them liars and say that they really do believe in those creatures - so why does he call people liars when they express non-belief on his own little god?
Well he knows that some of his beliefs are complete nonsense. His religion requires him to believe, for example, that Matthew is telling the truth (in chapter 27) when he says that long dead Christians climbed out of their graves on Good Friday and walked around the streets of Jerusalem where they were seen by many people. Sorbo has to accept such foolishness because he is desperate to get into heaven when he dies, and god will keep him out if he doesn't believe that the bible is true.
Unfortunately for Sorbo, the stupidity of his position is highlighted by every atheist who rejects god and suffers no disadvantage for his unbelief. It almost looks as if Sorbo and his fellow Christians are gullible fools and the atheists are the clever ones who know the real truth...
But Sorbo can't accept that idea so he he casually declares that everybody else believes exactly the same things he believes. He says that everybody knows that god exists, but some people (the atheists) are just too proud to admit it.
So now, instead of looking like an idiot, Sorbo is able to present himself as a completely normal human being who believes exactly same things as every other human being including the atheists!
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