It is freeing to recognize that I have never sinned and it pissed Christians off when I say this. To clarify, in Christianity sin is not simply “the bad things we do” it is specifically an offense against god. God does not exists so i have never sinned against him.
I’ve been an atheist for for 16 years but it was only recently that I realized this distinction. It short-circuits the guilt based evangelism. It forces the christian to first demonstrate that god exists before they can convince me I have sinned and need to be saved from that sin. And to say the least, they are ill equipped to demonstrate the existence of god.
What’s really fun is that I’ve talked to Christians who have told me in all seriousness that the King James Bible is the “correct” version and all others, including all those that predate it, are wrong.
I assume some Christians who speak German say the same thing about whatever German edition they consider to be the “correct” one.
I don’t get it, but that is really what they believe. That it wasn’t the true Bible until it was put into English.
The original Klingon is obviously the correct version.
Oh no! That means all those millions of people that read it in Aramaic or Greek had the wrong version and are in hell now. Bummer for them.