I enjoy participating in an email discussion group which is headed-up by a man who is an atheist. Today he sent a story which I think would be a great one for the ThinkChristian crowd:

For the past few months (ending at the end of December) I’ve been conducting a little experiment. I went to multiple xtian boards trying to see if discussion between the two camps [of Christianity and Atheism] produces anything of value. In this case, by ‘value’ I mean an understanding can be reached, ideas exchanged and preconceived notions validated or annihilated.

I started this because I’ve noticed that on atheist forums theists can get run off fairly quickly. This is mostly due to their own behavior, but they claim victim status. I have seen countless accusations from theists that atheists just hate god/religion/believers. Also, countless pleas for us to “consider the evidence” or to “take an honest look at faith.”

The 11 most common misconceptions about atheists: 1. Atheists hate god/are jealous of theists 2. Atheists are arrogant and don’t want anything “superior” to them 3. Atheists have never experience religion 4. Atheists have never read/don’t understand the bible 5. Atheists just don’t want to receive the truth 6. Atheists are bitter/angry 7. Atheists just don’t want to admit they sin 8. All atheists support abortion/evolution/liberal politics/communism/fascism/etc 9. Atheists are gay 10. Atheists want to destroy/limit religion 11. Atheists think they know everything