It's interesting to note how often believers attempt to invert their position to put others on the defensive. "What you do you mean, the supernatural is completely unsubstantiated? You need to prove that it isn't real." Or "We're not the crazy ones by talking about magical and invisible beings. Refusing to accept our ideas makes you the crazies." Then there are feeble attempts to defend the absurd by saying "The bible doesn't have any errors, absurdities, contradictions, or atrocities. It's you, the spiritually blind and ignorant, who don't know how to read it correctly." As for accusations of someone else being closed minded, it's an easy out for believers. It's not the fact that what they say sounds like utter nonsense, and sometimes pure gibberish. No, it's you, the skeptic, refusing to consider how profound they find their own self-identified truths.

This is kind of a soap box I sometimes jump on every time I'm up against people like that.

It's not "narrow minded" to ask for evidence. It's not "hate speech" to disagree with someone. And if someone is lying, and I call them a liar, that doesn't make me a hater. It's a simple diagnoses of the conversation as it's being presented. It's not bigoted to call out pseudo science, and just because we disagree, doesn't mean we have to be enemies.

I really wish that we were taught how to have a discussion in high school or college so we could actually have civil discourse in our society.

Some people will accuse you of being close-minded if you simply dare to disagree with you. They don't appreciate the need for evidence or good reasons. They seem to feel that what seems obvious to them, should be obvious to the person they're arguing with. I think we all have a tendency to do this to some extent, but people who are good rational thinkers probably do better with seeing past this sort of mistake.

I really empathize with them. I was raised a fundamentalist and was one. They don't anger me, they make me feel sorry for them and want to help them. Some are just too brainwashed to be helped.

This happens to me pretty much everyday..... they act like I kicked their dog and called them ugly. I think it comes from never being asked questions about what they're saying and a complete lack if understanding what valid proof is

I'm around religious people 24/7. I ignore their comments made about god and jesus. Sometimes I will reply with some comment to contradict their beliefs. I'm not trying to make anyone feel cognitive dissonance. Sometimes people exasperate me with bringing up god in every single conversation.

People no longer make me mad. No longer give the bitch the satisfaction. Don't be bother anymore, them seeing you happy really cause and effect in them after all with little effort from your part.

we are a mad bunch of coconuts

Yeah and people who share or post links to articles the person didn't read themselves and it really discredits the stance they're taking. Better to be thought of as a fool than to open your mouth an remove all doubt.