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Why is it that people who seem to passionately believe there is no god. Insist that:
1) Christians should prove that there is a god.
2) Christians should respect other people’s beliefs by not saying they’ll go to hell.
3) Christians are brainwashed sheep.
I”m well aware that there’s many non-Christians that don’t say these things. I have also come across plenty of people spouting these ideas in a single rant and I think that they are being a hypocritical and not really making much sense at all.

If being alive and experiencing creation, happiness, sadness, love, isn’t enough to convince you of a creator then surely the onus isn’t on Christians to provide more proof. Sometimes I think the tone of the questions and accusations almost beg for proof - why is it that people want to believe, but don’t?

Yes, people don’t like being told they’re going to hell. No, I haven’t actually heard many Christians ever tell a non-Christian that they are going to hell. The fact is that Christians believe that all people have done something wrong at some point and are separated from God because he is holy. Yes, Christians should respect other people’s but that doesn’t mean they should agree with them and it doesn’t remove their desire to share their beliefs. Believe it or not it’s out of love; Christians want their friends and family and even people they don’t know to be right with God and to know him. How is that disrespectful?

So after whinging about how high and mighty, disrespectful and intolerant we are, we get called brainwashed. We get accused of not thinking for ourselves. Just because you feel wrong-done-by, does that give you the right to do wrong to others?