Ask them what kind of Parent sends there son to die. A real parent would die for their child.

Care to elaborate?

They are suppose to be family people and care for thier fellow man. Although thier main Story is a Father who sent his son to die. What a great parent!

Cute theory, but it doesn't really work in practice. If anything, it just makes them want to tell you about Jesus that much more.

The quickest way I've found to shut them up is to not provide them with an audience in the first place.

Were Jesus and God not the same person? What has this got to do with Satanism?

You are giving validity to the mythology, by suggesting that an anthropomorphic deity sent his son into the world to die. I prefer to laugh at them.

Virus9 has the right idea. Just walk away. Or don't engage them in the first place.

I agree, it is a waste of time and energy to prompt them in any way, even if it is a guilt motive.

I'm past the stage that I need to create arguments against Christianity.

But this argument doesn't shut them up, it simply gives them the opportunity to expound upon Gods love of man and his willingness to send his "only begotten son" to die for our sins. The power of his forgiveness is total they say, and it's evidenced by this event.

Trying to use reason against faith is unproductive and will often make you the target of ridicule and attack. Just let sleeping dogs lay when you're around them, it won't make you any less of a person.

When you have bible thumpers as inlaws it can be harder to walk away. Maybe I am alone, but sometimes I find it fun to take their great stories and poke holes in them. Also taking some of their own words, spinning them and throwing them back in their face.

They will always have something to say back, their arguments are bullet proof because if you get close to trumping them they just whip out the old "God works in mysterious ways" and you're done.

As long as you acknowledge that it's an indulgence, rather than a need, then nothing is wrong with doing that.

I just don't see the point, but that doesn't invalidate your right to do such a thing.

When you have bible thumpers as inlaws it can be harder to walk away.

Perhaps you could tell them to get out of your house.

It sounds as if you've gotten yourself in rather deep.

To me, anyone who "believes" that an Emaciated Dead Jew is flying around in the sky and that if they impress him while they are alive they get to hang out with him when they're dead, has a mental problem.

Look at the latest DSM and try to find what mental illness goes along with these symptoms:

- Person's behavior dependant on doing what a fictional voice says to do.
- Person talks to an imaginary friend in hope that the imaginary friend will help them.
- Person believes that certain actions they do will ingratiate themselves to their imaginary friend.

You get the idea.

You are dealing with people who might not be thinking properly. Hopefully, you have other things to do than overly concern yourself with them.
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