Those who profess atheism ...

Because they're self-righteous nutters who think god is informing them on these matters, and at least in the case of this particular nutter, they're obviously tinfoil-hat level conspiracy theorists as well.

It solves a terrible problem they would otherwise have.

Many believers believe that people who don't believe in the christian god go to hell.

However, it's difficult to justify punishing a person for not believing something. It's especially difficult to justify punishing a person for not believing something when not believing it is an eminently sensible thing to do. christians with this belief are in a position where they have to accept that a person can reject their religion on completely reasonable grounds, and then have god punish them for that.

They can see that this is terribly unfair. But if they accept that their god is acting unfairly, they can't claim omni-benevolence.

The solution is to shortcut the entire argument and claim that it's impossible to reasonably reject their god. So they say that the existence of god is so obvious, so certain, that literally every single person in the world definitely does believe it. And therefore anybody who says otherwise must be lying.

It's the only thing that gets them out of the pickle; god isn't being unfair in sending atheists to hell, because atheists are a bunch of liars and meanies who reject him on purpose.

Having arrived at the need to believe this, they seek justification from the big book of contradictions. Sometimes they go with Psalms 14:1, "The fool has said in his heart, 'There is no God'". But that's problematic because if atheists lack belief because they are stupid, it's a genuine failing and so it's still unfair to punish them for it. So 'fool' gets translated as 'deliberate rebel' a lot. Or you can go with Romans Chapter 1, "For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful." Or you can go to Psalm 19, "The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge."

Of course atheists know that this is a load of old bollocks; I know my mind, I know what I do and do not believe. But the important point here is that none of this is intended to convince non-believers of anything; that's not the purpose of apologetics at all. Apologetics are intended only to convince those who already believe that they are right to do so. It's not an argument, it's an excuse.

believers are brainwashed into believing that their spirit father figure is the one true spirit father figure and everyone had better listen or else.







god is nothing more than an encyclopedia of centuries-old recycled excuses for a twisted form of self-infatuation that only a religion could possibly attempt to get away with.