I read a lot of material written by religious theists — mostly Christians — about atheists and atheism. I see a lot of different myths, misconceptions, mistakes, and even outright lies. Too many to count, in fact. One characteristic which I see that is common to so many different myths and lies, though, is the failure or refusal on the part of Christians to show any interest in learning something factual about the subject they are writing on.

It seems very clear to me that when they sat down to write something about atheists and atheism, they decided to rely entirely on their religious ideology instead of spending even a second doing the most basic research. What this means is that the “atheism” and “atheists” they write about aren’t the atheism and atheists of the real world, but rather are just props in a religious ideology. These Christians aren’t writing about real people with real histories, real feelings, and real interests, but cardboard cutouts that can be invested with whatever nonsense the religious ideology happens to require at any given moment.

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