Another student at my school found out I was an Atheist while we were at a banquet for marching band. The first thing he said was "I should have known with all the sexual remarks you make" Up until this point he had always laughed when I made a sexual joke and he is known for making quite a few crude jokes himself. The fact that I am an Atheist has nothing to do with my crude sense of humor, while the fact that I am a teenage boy does. His issue was that there is no rule book that I am going against when I make comments while he has to be a hypocrite anytime he says something dirty because his magic book tells him not to.
His next thought was "I have to try to convert you" I welcomed this as I always have, hoping he would have some new insight. I was strongly disappointed. All he offered was a very weak first cause argument. As an ex-apologetic christian I found this quite saddening that he had nothing better to offer.
Christian "where did you come from?"
Me "the sperm from my father and the egg from my mother"
C "where did they come from?"
M "the sperm from their fathers and the eggs from their mothers"
M "And before you continue they came from their fathers and mothers evolving from other animals which evolved from simple multi-celled organisms which evolved from single-celled organisms all by means of natural selection"
M "You are trying to make a first cause argument, which is a weak argument for theism in general and has no proof for Christianity over any other religion"
The conversation hit a dead end there but hopefully he will have stronger points next time we talk
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