If you think April Fools Day = Atheist Day

 Atheism is not believing in any gods or deities. It's very simple. In pretty much the same way you're an atheist in regard to every god that's ever been worshipped except one, I'm also an atheist in regard to every god that's ever been worshipped. Period. That's all.

But you think April Fools Day should also be called Atheist Day. After all, the Bible reads “The fool has said in his heart ‘There is no God.’” If you believe that to be the unbending truth, then you almost certainly believe other things to be true.

That our entire universe is less than 10,000 years old. (or at least humanity is, depending on the particular dialect of your particular religion). Adam & Eve, the talking snake- That's real history, right? Also a global flood 4,300 years ago, with every kind of animal in the world living within walking distance of Noah's ark. The origin of all our languages involves an ancient tall building having been constructed for religious reasons. The Red Sea parting, the whole Exodus story.
You are convinced that Abraham’s attempted murder of his child is a beautiful story about loyalty to the god that ordered such killing. And the massacres and genocides by Israel were also good, because God ordered them to happen. Men women and children were slaughtered because their religions were different from the Israelites, because they refused to become slaves to the invaders. Except for their virgin daughters. No one should have a problem with soldiers of the Almighty abducting girls from other tribes and nations after they've butchered the girls' parents, brothers and older sisters, their friends and communities. After such traumas, the girls were to be raped by these killers and give birth to their progeny. You really believe all that and feel it's all justified.

That and many more stories you take as literal history. Yet I'm a fool for not agreeing with you?!  And I'm going to be enveloped in agonizing flames for endless millions of years (or be annihilated instead, (again depending on the flavor of your special faith) because I'm convinced the Bible is no more than a collection of literature authored entirely by ancient humans that could not conceive of a supreme deity with a higher morality that those of the most savage cultures to exist. But you are going to spend your eternity in heaven, being friends with the Almighty Creator of our universe because he got himself killed by his own creation to fix that talking snake/forbidden fruit episode in Genesis. Right?
You and I agree on one point: Most people are being seriously misled in regard to this very important subject about the existence of a god. But logic suggests Atheists aren't among those fools.
Sorry about that. You really should try thinking, scrutinizing, being skeptical by demanding evidence for what you believe and told to believe. Life is better that way.
-Phoenix Knight, 01april2018
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