I could not agree more. And then prophecies that are foretold and don't come true. The Christian people belived that they were just misinterpreting them, when they really should've been taking it for what it is: a lie

A True Believer will simply dismiss this as blasphemy and deliberate "attack" / insult. It destroys nothing so far as they are concerned.

I agree with whoever said (Hitchiens? Dawkins?) "that which is ridiculous is worthy of ridicule". I think there's a place for such disparagement as it breaks through the demand for unearned deference and respect for an ideology that has historically gotten a free pass in the marketplace of ideas.

But it's a fine line. I think if your objective is to plant seeds in people's minds that will give them pause and get them to question their assumptions even a little (probably, under some future duress) it's not going to be delivered in an envelope marked "ridicule". That makes it too easy for them to dismiss out of hand and not even listen enough to that it gets into their memory banks.

But then again ... I suppose that once in awhile it shocks them into paying attention. I don't claim to know the "right" answer here, but I'm usually pretty restrained with out and out derisive mocking as it tends to backfire, at least in the short run.

One thing believers don't get is that we really DON'T believe, we really DO find their beliefs ridiculous. Their operant conditioning considers this impossible and unthinkable so they must find another "explanation" for it. The trick is to get them to see that we really dare to genuinely not believe, without them assuming we are just their stereotype of "angry" or "hateful". It's darned hard.

I have used similar arguments with theists, only falls on deaf ears.... the most common response is that I would understand if I had a real relationship with Jesus....
And I really don't care who said it...

Have you tried taking that out for a test drive with an evangelical?

Everything you say is true, but someone will come on here tomorrow and whine about how we are bashing religion.

Or it’s just fiction, written by one person thousands of years ago. It’s really not a bad novel, even Andrew Lloyd Webber thought t it was a pretty fun book. I can listen to the soundtrack of Jesus Christ Superstar over and over. “ don’t let me stop you’re great self-destruction, die if you want to you miss guided martyr. “ absolutely love it.

Whaaaat?

If you put it like this ...

I have always wondered, if we were created in its likeness, why aren't we invisible.

Ya that sums it up nicely