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Permalink Reply by Garrick McElroy on February 23, 2010 at 9:32am

I got something like that. After I told a friend I was atheist, his response was "So... You're a Scientologist?"

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Permalink Reply by Ryan on April 21, 2010 at 9:01am

I go a similar response when I told someone that I think that Scientific Theories are truer than religious ones.

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Permalink Reply by Jason Rothenberger on December 24, 2011 at 11:54pm

A guy at work asked me that.  I had to set him straight and tell him about the basics of Scientology.  He thought it was weird, but the whole Virgin-Birth/Trinity thing is a-okay.  He also thought that Jews believe in Christianity...

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Permalink Reply by faith the atheist on March 5, 2010 at 5:00pm

Hahaha My sister asked that.

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Permalink Reply by Hank Fox on July 5, 2009 at 11:08pm

Worse is the one I've gotten about three times: "You're such a good person, I think you're a Christian without knowing it."

It's funny, but it's also sad ... because I know I can't possibly get them to see how truly insulting that is.

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Permalink Reply by Trish Duncan on December 11, 2010 at 6:28am

Love it!

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Permalink Reply by Adrian on April 12, 2010 at 2:06pm

How about saying: "And you are a good person despite being a christian..."

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Permalink Reply by Cher Mason on June 24, 2010 at 1:41pm

This one's brilliant! Because it's friendly, yet states your point in one swoop. I should use this one.

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Permalink Reply by Sandi on December 11, 2011 at 6:24am

oooh, stealing that one if I may..

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Permalink Reply by Rob Steele on April 14, 2010 at 10:34pm

I've been told by my mother and my father-in-law that I am not an atheist, I'm a non-believer.

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Permalink Reply by New Atheist on November 7, 2010 at 8:01pm

Haha. Speaking of cells multiplying ... they only like science when ultrasounds show pictures of fetuses so they can enlarge it fifty times and harass people having abortions.

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Permalink Reply by Laura on March 10, 2009 at 4:26pm

I got a variation on that from a fundamentalist co-worker. We'd gotten to be pretty good friends since we started working together. The fact that she wore her fundamentalism on her sleeve didn't really bother me. She was very young and seemed a little unsure of her faith, which I considered a good thing.

I mentioned once that we had gone "to church" on a Sunday, and that in fact we are regular churchgoers. That was probably disingenuous of me; we actually belong to a UU Fellowship. My co-worker took it to mean that we are Christians and came to me one day to discuss her difficulty in "doing god's will." I don't even know what the context was. Before she got very far I said, "You know I'm not a Christian, right?" The rest of the exchange went something like this:

Friend: But you go to church.
Me: Yes. But it is not a Christian church.
Friend: Well what kind of church is it, then?
Me: Unitarian Universalist. I shouldn't have said "church." We call it a "fellowship."
Friend: What's your creed?
Me: Unitarian Universalists are non-creedal. If we had a creed, it would be "Deeds, not creeds." Or perhaps, "Free coffee for all."
Friend: I don't get it.
Me: Well, most of us were raised in a different faith. We have ex-Christians, ex-Jews, ex-Muslims, you name it. Also a lot of Buddhists, Transcendentalists, Pagans, Secular Humanists.
Friend: Secular Humanists?!? Aren't they....atheistic?
Me: Mostly. Not all.
Friend: And you let them in?
Me: ... Yes. We let them in. We let anyone in.
Friend: Well, what are you?
Me: I consider myself a Secular Humanist, actually.
Friend: Are you an...atheist?
Me: Yes.
Friend: But...but...but...You're such a good Mom!

Sigh....

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