I say (Plagiarize), "Burn in Hell??? Every Atom in my body was forged in the belly of a Super Nova and it didn't hurt one bit!"
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"I was dead for billions of years before I was born, and wasn't bothered by it in the least bit!" ~ Samuel Clemens

My response to someone threatening me with eternal perdition would be the same as my response if someone threatened to tickle me to death with an angel's wing feather.

Or as George Carlin said in one of his routines, "If there is no god, may he strike this audience dead. See? Nothing happened."

I always like to say back to people that if the god they believe in will punish me for being the best person I can be and just not believing in them and forgive people who hurt people and are just not good people then I would rather be punished

I laugh in their ignorant petulant faces.

I don't even bother responding. Mostly I just walk away. If I have to say anything at all, I'll just say I'm not interested--and then walk away.

The conformation bias is of course one bias religious people use over and over again. Almost impossible to show or to explain that there are many different sides to every story. Donna's post says it all. Very well done.

That is a good question. I have not had the pleasure of such an exchange with a believer. I think a polite "piss off" might be a good start in that conversational gambit.

I tell them I've been to Hell (it's in Michigan if you Google it) several times and that the bar is pretty good but the road to it isn't paved, with neither good intentions or asphalt.Usually causes themto suffer enough confusion for me to wander away.

Had that debate as well. Religious people always win. If I'm wrong it's going top be interesting. If they're wrong (done deal really) nothing happens.

I tell them im already there

I laugh at them.

omg...fucken loved that and have said the same to those weirdos that have tried to convert me to their shit....and failed I applaud you and the life you want to live ....You are american it is going to to be harder to get the religious shit out of your system...good luck with that...xxx

Roman's 3:10-12, None are righteous, no, not one. 1 Cor. 6:9, Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of god?... Don't sweat it, we're all unrighteous and we're all going to hell.

God is omniscient and therefore knew that his creation would sin and rebel against him. This begs the question. Was hell created for the benefit of mankind, "his children", or is god sadistic?

"I'll take my chances"!

Hell sounds like a great rave club

I just make fun. When they tell me I’m going straight to Hell, I simply say, “Of all the ways I’m going to Hell, STRAIGHT isn’t one of them.” One lady yelled at me, “I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.” And I responded, “DUDE, I’m dating his dad, he’s practically my son too.” When they threaten me with hell, I remind them that even hell is a better option than spending an eternity with them.”

I am just as intimidated by threats to turn me into a road.

I feel sorry for people who live in fear of imaginary punishment for equally imaginary transgressions.

I was once 'accosted' by Jehovah's witnesses who quickly went to their main selling point: Armageddon. I immediately told them I had chosen my side and it wasn't theirs. They quickly exited my domicile.

I sure as fuck don't want to live in eternity with people like you and praising some really insecure fucking boogie man in the sky... I mean seriously... all powerful creator gets all bent out of shape if it's creation doesn't worship it... Yeah if the boogie man in the sky is real he/she/it is a fucking ass hole and I stand opposed reguardless of the consequences.

How can I feel threaten with something I don't believe exist?

Not counting keyboard warriors, I really don't know many religious people that are rude enough to openly threaten someone with Hell. When someone does talk about the fear of Hell I usually point out that avoiding Christain Hell means dooming yourself to Muslim Hell. After that they tend to admit that they aren't actually afraid of another religion's punishment and the conversation ends with a mutual admission that it's not worth living in fear of an unseen fire.

Laugh at them....or worse.

My mother died when I was 11. A Christian woman told me (shortly after she died) that since my mother had not been "saved," she was going to burn eternally in hell. Yup, a Christian woman actually said that to an 11-year-old girl.

The Good News is that since my parents had raised me without religion and its accompanying fears, this revolting comment did not have the effect on me that this horrible woman might have intended. What did she intend? That I be saved and spare myself my mother's fate?

The comment didn't bother me at all when it happened. I just thought she was stupid. It bothered me later: what kind of person would say this to a child? What was in her mind?

I once saw a bumper sticker that sums it up nicely for me....”it’s your hell, you burn in it.”