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"I'm an atheist and I want a refund because someone put a Christian bible in my hotel room. Why are you laughing?"

Zing. Very good example.

Terrible example because no-one actually gives a shit, where it's pretty clear some people - with money to spend - do give a shit about the devil.

The devil's in the detail, though..

and (as others stated all over these threads) no christian text says that the devil is a tiny red (arguably) cute comic figure. Even if you're a die-hard believer, it's about as hard to argue that this mascot is representing the devil as it is to argue that Harry Potter is about evil witchcraft or AD&D is about dark rituals and serving strange gods.

To be fair Harry Potter is about evil witchcraft, it just doesn't promote it...or rather It's about the power of friendship (and good witchcraft) defeating evil witchcraft.

And yet people argue each of those every day.

atheists generally don't give a damn to books or symbols otherwise they are idealists in fact

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