‘”Your God”? Really?’ (2017)

Idiom talk past each other: Meaning and sentence examples

I’ve never had a gift for conversing with atheists. I’ve never had what I’d call a real conversation with any atheist. It always breaks down into name-calling.

They hate God but say He does not exist.

‘Your God’? Really?

I admit it: that “your god” cliche really annoys me. As if we had created Him, rather than the other way around.

I never expect ordinary civility from atheists, and am astonished on those rare occasions when I encounter it.