One fewer god...

I've always liked the atheist argument that everyone is an atheist with respect to most gods throughout human history, we atheists just believe in one fewer. I first saw this at Friendly Atheist, but since then I've Stumbled it a few more times, so I'm doing my part to spread it.

The thing that I especially like is the way this takes the argument out of the abstract and really confronts one with the fact that there are literally thousands of belief systems out there (if not more?). Most have fallen by the wayside, especially with the inexorable march of science as an explanatory force. There are a few pesky followers of various cults (e.g. cargo cults, Christianity, etc...) that refuse to go away in the face of overwhelming evidence disproving their most basic claims. Also, remember that the popularity of a given god has no correlation with the "truth" to be found within that religion/cult.

Christian beliefs vs. atheist beliefs

Gods that Christians don't believe in

Gods that atheists don't believe in

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