1) Atheists Believe Everything Came From Nothing

Many theists believe there was once nothing, and
then there was something—the universe—created
by their god. And so they ask, “But if there is no
god then how can something come from nothing?”
This question has been asked for thousands of
years, but now Quantum physics has provided a
basis for some atheists, such as Lawrence Krauss,
to indeed believe the universe comes from
“nothing.” But Krauss doesn’t speak for all
atheists and he speaks of a very different kind of
“nothing,” the kind where virtual particles are
created from borrowed energy inside a vacuum.
This is not even remotely close to what theists
mean by the term “nothing.”
When asked about the universe, most atheists
simply stop somewhere along the lines of “the
evidence suggests the universe began expanding
approximately 13.77 billion years ago.” Beyond
that I’m fine with “I don’t know.” I don’t need to
know. I do not believe the universe came from
“nothing” in the way theists use the word or in the
way Krauss uses the word. I don‘t think there’s
enough evidence to reach a conclusion yet and
I‘m fine with that. I’ve never met an atheist who
believed everything comes from “nothing“ in the
way theists use the word and in my experience,
only a minority subscribe to the theory Krauss
puts forward. Theists may believe the universe
sprang from nothing, but they then have the
burden of proving there was ever “nothing” and
that “something” requires any gods at all.
2) Atheists Have No Morals

Humans are social beings, and as such we have
morals. Some theists say atheists have no reason
to be moral since we don’t believe in a god to
instruct or punish us. This claim seems rather
disingenuous when one considers that most
theists who say this wouldn’t become immoral
deviants overnight if they suddenly stopped
believing in a god.
Studies have shown our morals are a product of
multiple factors . The Milgram experiment shows
authority plays a major role. The Stanford prison
experiment showed the same, but also displayed
the role of social hierarchy. The “good or evil”
puppet test for babies suggests we are all born
with a basic sense of fairness, justice, and
unfortunately, bigotry. Human morality is too
complex to be explained by religion or lack of it.
Millions of atheists across the globe live moral
lives every day. Some don’t. Neither do some
believers. There are atheist charities and atheist
criminals. There are religious charities and
religious hate groups. Religious people and
atheists can both behave morally or immorally
because of—or wholly independent of—their
religious beliefs. One doesn’t necessarily lead to
the other. Studies have shown the basis of human
morality is present even before we’re exposed to
religion.
3) Atheists Have No Meaning of Life

Even if humanity survives the next 5 billion years
on this planet, the sun will balloon into a red giant,
boil and possibly devour the earth before exploding
and blasting out through the cosmos. The universe
will continue to expand at an increasing rate, and
eventually the force of gravity will be too weak for
any new stars or planets to form. The universe will
whither and die.
Some theists consider this and think without belief
in an afterlife, nothing really matters in this life.
Believing in an afterlife can influence one’s
meaning of life, but a meaning of life doesn’t
require belief in an afterlife. Some theists refer to
Nietzsche’s nihilism as if Nietzsche were the be-
all and end-all of existentialist philosophy. But
humans generally define our meaning in the
moments we enjoy and the goals we set. This was
probably best articulated by Albert Camus in The
Myth of Sisyphus.
I enjoy every moment I spend with my daughter,
and one of my goals is to be a good father. I enjoy
art, and one of my goals is to read, hear and see
more of it. I like a large, hot cup of coffee while
watching the dim glow of morning just before
dawn. I love the serenity of canoeing on a sunny
day and the soft crunch of fresh snow beneath my
feet. I enjoy my friends and my family. Atheism
does give life meaning because as an atheist, I
understand this is the only life I’ve got.
4) There Are No Atheists in Foxholes

Yes there are. They even have a website.
Nonetheless there persists among some this belief
that atheism is generally disingenuous and that
everyone cries out to “God” in times of need. This
claim highlights a conflicting epistemology
between the theist who is basing beliefs in part on
fear and need, and the those of us who determine
beliefs based on facts and evidence.
Their assumption also implies that when a theist
cries out “Oh God,” they are literally trying to talk
to “God.” I have several religious family and friends
who say “Oh God” in all sorts of scenarios but are
rarely actually trying to carry on a conversation
with The Almighty. Even a theist saying “Oh God”
in a foxhole is most likely not actually expecting
divine intervention. The phrase is generally used in
the same way as “Oh Shit,” which generally
doesn’t involve any reference to actual shit. Even
so, there are millions of people who’ve
encountered life threatening situations and didn’t
cry out about god, shit or anything else.
5) Atheists Just Hate God

About as much as we hate unicorns. Theists tend
to make this claim when atheists assert moral
opinions about supposed deeds of their deity.
“How can you have opinions about something you
don’t believe in?” The same way we form opinions
about Darth Vader, Willy Wonka or the Wicked
Witch of the West—according to their role within
the story. It doesn’t matter if the story involves a
Sith killing all the Jedi kids or a god killing a
nation’s first born.
Just repeating the claim back usually gets the
point across. Do Christians “hate” Allah? Do
Muslims “hate” Jesus? Do Jews “hate” the FSM?
Not believing in a particular religion is not
dependent on a negative opinion of that religion’s
deity or messiah figure. It’s simply the result of
not being convinced because the burden of proof
has not been met. I personally think Buddha and
Lao Tzu both had great things to say, but I’m not
a Buddhist or a Taoist.
6) Atheists Just Don’t Want to Submit to God

Well, one would first need to provide reason for
believing there is anything to submit to. Lacking
belief in deities doesn’t mean one doesn’t want to
submit to what they don’t believe in. Like number
5, the point can be made rather easily by simply
repeating this back to the theist. Does the Christian
lack belief in Allah just because she doesn’t want
to wear a hijab? Do non Catholics lack belief in
Catholicism simply because they don’t want to
submit to the Pope? Do Muslims lack belief Jesus
was the embodiment of “God” simply because they
want to continue justifying child marriages with the
actions of their so-called prophet?
7) Atheists Are Angry

There once was a time when challenging religion
was considered taboo. Some would like to hold on
to that standard to save their religion from
scrutiny. Those days are over, but that doesn‘t
mean being skeptical of religion means skeptics
are angry.
Being confrontational does not equate to anger. If
someone told you Elvis was spotted buying T-
shirts at K-Mart, their claims would be analyzed,
scrutinized, debunked and in most cases, outright
laughed at. I see no reason why it should be any
different for religious claims.
Atheists Are Responsible for the Worst
Atrocities in History

Stalin, Pol Pot and Mao were all atheists, so
atheism must be responsible for the mass
executions during said reigns—or so the
accusation goes. This statement is usually a retort
to blaming Christianity for the Crusades or Islam
for terrorism. The fact of the matter is there have
been Christians, atheists, Muslims and many
others of different beliefs and non beliefs who have
committed multiple atrocities throughout history.
But there have also been some of the kindest
deeds in history performed by people of all kinds
of belief and non belief.
Stalin, Pol Pot and Mao did not execute people in
the name of atheism, but rather for simply not
submitting to them as if they were gods
themselves. There is a long list of atheist
politicians who never committed atrocities.
Claiming atheism would lead to disastrous
atrocities like those witnessed in the early Soviet
Union is a hasty generalization fallacy which
ignores all the good deeds of decent atheist
politicians throughout time.
9) Atheists Are Guilty of “Scientism”

It must be difficult holding beliefs which cannot be
justified with evidence. This leads some theists to
conclude atheists all subscribe to “scientism.”
This term is meant as an insult against skeptics
for daring to ask for evidence when confronted
with extraordinary claims.
Scientism is a philosophy which holds that science
is the ultimate truth, and that science is the only
way to truth. But preferring science to superstition
doesn’t mean science is always correct. Scientists
are humans and can make mistakes like anyone
else. However, the methodology of science does
work. That doesn’t mean science is the only way
to truth. It just means it’s an effective method of
attaining natural truths.
Many atheists are equally skeptical of science and
religion. My first assignment in my college
statistics class was to find three examples of
misused data in the media. This same task had
been given to each class for over a decade and no
two people ever turned in the same three
examples. I have also studied philosophy,
including philosophy of science, and so I
understand science can be wrong. I have yet to
meet an atheist who believes scientists are
infallible.
10) Atheists Are All Rational and Logical

This is one I hear mostly from other atheists.
Some atheists like to consider themselves more
rational than theists and ask why we should call
ourselves atheists at all, as opposed to calling
ourselves rationalists or some other such term.
But all atheists are not rational. Atheism is simply
the lack of belief in deities. There are atheists who
believe in homeopathy, ancient aliens, 911
conspiracy theories and a host of other completely
irrational ideas unsupported by any stretch of
logic. Just because someone arrived at the rational
non belief in deities does not mean they are
rational about everything else.
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the major difference between most atheists and a theists is that an atheist admits his ignorance and embraces it while a theist fills those gap with "God"


eg.

Theist: you don't believe god exists? who created you? tell me who created you

Atheist: I don't know