I remember one day when I was still in college a crazy man showed up on campus one day screeching at people from a streetcorner that they were all going to hell for not following the Bible. Being the edgy smart ass that I was I of course asked him why I shouldn't just worship Zeus and Odin since their holy texts are even older than the Bible. He told me that these were questions I should go ask my own preacher about. I told him I'm not a Christian and I don't have a preacher and that's why I'm asking him. He refused to acknowledge me again after that lol

"Why?" "The lord works in mysterious ways."

"How?" "The lord works in mysterious ways."

"But the Bible never says that." "It implies it. Mysteriously."

Hey now, don't be a dick - the polite thing to do is go around to their houses at eight in the christ-damned morning and ring their doorbell a few times.

Why?

Edit: atheism debunked question mark. Nobody wants to have a discussion based logic and reason here? Very sad…

It was through “his word,” (logos). Sorry, I’m reading multiple books about ancient christianity. Check out Jesus the Jew and How Jesus Became God and especially The Passover Plot.

There is no god. There was only an apocalyptic jewish cult. Plus the other religions.

Bonus points if you say WHYYYYIE like Elmyra from Animaniacs every time in the most annoying way possible

Depending on the church, this might actually be welcome. Bible study is supposed to be about interpreting the Bible, so asking why a person read a verse in a specific way wouldn't be rude.

Just talk to any religious people on the Internet.

I once saw one of the usual creationist comment that the universe and all living things being perfectly fine tuned. I countered that we have so many junk DNA wasting energy we consume to replicate these non-functioning DNA (I know some junk DNA sequences turned out to have some use but for the most part, junk DNA as a whole is non-functional and thus waste of energy to be replicated, and therefore this contradicts the fine-turned argument). An interlocutor tried to trap me by saying I should re-frame my arguments without mentioning junk DNA. I know what he was trying to do but I did not fall for it. Eventually, typical of free speech YouTube, if someone simply did not like what you say no matter the credibility, your comment gets reported and you are not able to reply further. In essence I was kicked out from that comment thread lol.

"Can God define what's true or not?"

"No, God always tells the truth"

"If God's not setting what's true or not then he didn't invent truth. Who did create "truth" if it wasn't God?"

"Ok well maybe he did then"

"So he can change what's true and what was previously false can become true?"

"....I guess so, but he wouldn't do that. God is unchanging"

"But what if that's one of the 'truths' he changed? How would you know?"

"God doesn't lie"

"But what if he used to and now decided the truth is that he doesn't. How would you know?"

"..."

Sounds like a plan

If you can out wit the pastor on religion and the bible, the whole charade breaks down to a game of politics. Depending on the church you might find yourself in charge of a lot in a short order if you remain smart and polite through the ordeal