I tell them we all make our own Hell here on earth and that hate only dams the hater. They should focus on their own house before they try to judge mine.

It doesn't happen. People are usually too polite tell me directly. But you know they're thinking it.

I just tell them I don't believe in hell. I also ask why would their loving God not let the worst of the worst into heaven to experience his love? Those would be who would need it most.

1). Usually I point out that this too is an unsupported assertion.
They have gone from using the imaginary carrot - believe in the loving Jesus - to the imaginary stick; fear Him for He is jealous and vengeful.

If I don't believe in the one, I'm not going to believe in the second.
Evidence, please.

2. I point out that burning me for ever for the sin of not being convinced by any particular flavor of theistic claims, is not the act of a moral god. Nor the act of a god who wants a relationship with me.

I don't recall any threats of "eternal damnation". But every now and then, some religious zombie will ask me "where do you think you go when you die?" To which, I always respond: "Well, that depends on how much you have. If you have lots of , you get an above-ground crypt, with flashing neon lights. If you have some , you get a vertical tombstone. A little , you get a horizontal, stone plate. And if you have zero , you end up in a crematory oven!".

I politely ask them where people who wish ill on others go...why is their behavior any less egregious than anything I do?

I don't feel like I owe anyone an explanation of my personal beliefs, much less those who are so closed minded and absolute in their thinking they have the right answer for everyone. Seriously, to "hell" with them, not me...

Hey, don't threaten me with a good time!

I dunno, will they report me to Santa and the Easter Bunny, too?

I simply do not care.

I just ignore them because as I used to be a christian and finally saw the light, they will argue with you about a hopeless lie which is heaven and hell. Of course, people have fallen for this for yrs and they have to believe in something to clear their conscience. Fear keeps them trapped.

Fantastic! All the good bands & all the cool people are in hell, sounds good to me.

I view religious punishments as I would a man threatening to kill me with a teddy bear.

Laughter

Laugh hysterically!!!

I threaten them with freezing in Scandinavian hell forever if they don't worship Odin.

Depends, but it might go something like this:

Them: "You're going to hell."
Me: "Judge not, lest ye be judged."
Them: "I'm not judging you! God is judging you!"
Me: "Then why is that passage even in the bible? What does it mean, and why is it in there?"
Them: ...
Them: ...

I start laughing, raise my arms, and say "If god exists, let him strike me dead now". Been doing that for 40 years.

I ask them what evidence they have that these places exist at all.

Save it for the weak minded sheeple

Laugh! What a load of old B****cks.

Now I either laugh or tell them there is no such thing. I'm getting sassy in my old age.

"It has been estimated that Human Beings have conceived roughly 3,000 major deities in our relatively short existence. I don't believe in any of them so, yes, that does make me 100% atheist. But you only believe in one of them ... so you're like 99.99785% atheist yourself."

I prepare them for regression that the content of their talk and thought will give me a bad case of the farts and make me nauseated

I vacate the conversation. No response is necessary.

"I'll take my chances"!