I said ATHEISM, not Satanism! Do you have anything against non-religious people?

Atheism: The belief that no God exists.
Agnosticism: The belief that God's non-existence cannot be proved any more than his existence can be proved.

I'm an agnostic, personally, but not because "What if God does exist? Shouldn't I remain agnostic just in case?" but because I legitimately believe that it's not impossible for a deity to exist, but if it is, it's probably not any one humans worship. So why bother trying to please the maybe-existing God?

Lately, I've been running into a lot of religious poop. I don't know why; maybe I'm just unlucky. But I've noticed that most people who think they're better than the non-religious tend to make the same arguments.

"You're part of Satan's team if you're atheistic!"
Yes, I have actually heard this. And I've heard it implied by many, many others. But what kind of thoughts are those? An atheist cannot work for Satan if they DON'T BELIEVE IN SATAN ANYMORE THAN THEY BELIEVE IN GOD. Yes, some are annoying when they try to reason with religious people without prompting, but just because I don't believe in God, doesn't mean I'm a bad person, right? With this (or before this) always comes:

"Atheists have no morals!"
Because, of course, only religious texts can give people morals. People cannot just be good because they are. Can I respond with the tale of the Good Samaritan? (Yes, I have read your Bible, imagine that!) First, a Priest walks by and ignores the dying man on the road. He was too occupied worshiping his God to actually do good. But someone does-- someone who is not really part of what was the "right religion".
And atheists do good without a more selfish purpose. Not to generalize, but at the end of the day, a Christian doing good is doing it for their God. ("It was never between you and them anyways"). An atheist does good to help the people who are here, without that ulterior motive.

"You're going to go to hell!"
Threatening people with a hell they do not believe in is always the best way to go, after all.

I said ATHEISM, not SATANISM. People need to stop acting like not believing is a terrible crime. What's wrong with not believing? In fact, I'm going to argue that even if God does exist, being an atheist still is not wrong.

Someone "wise" once said, "It's better to believe and be wrong than to not believe and be wrong." But once cannot just force themselves to believe. You can't say, "Well, I'll believe so I don't go to hell in case God does exist", but that's not faith. If God requires unconditional faith, then this argument is just silly. You still won't believe, even though you pretend you do. And, at the end of it, you'll have devoted your life to a lie to yourself, and an omniscient God will know this, and if atheists are automatically sent to hell for not believing, you're doomed anyways. Why not let yourself live according to what you actually believe?

If God is so arrogant that he will reward anyone who believes in him (and seriously confesses and feels bad for their sins) and condemn people to ETERNAL SUFFERING because they don't WORSHIP HIM, then what kind of God is he? Not an all-loving one, I propose. Furthermore, most of the other religions in the world are going to hell as well. I'd rather suffer with them, thank you very much, then spend an eternity with a God who is all about himself. If your God cannot accept a person who tries to be good, to do good, and live according to morals not dissimilar to that which he promotes, but doesn't worship him and devote their lives to him... then your God is not worth believing in. If you truly have an all-loving God, he will not send atheists (or people of other religions) to suffer forever when they are good people despite their lack of faith.

So, why, exactly, is atheism such an immoral thing? The only sin I commit more than you probably do is sinning by not believing, and even though I don't go to confession and apologize to God for my sins, I apologize to those I committed the wrong against and genuinely feel bad because it was a bad thing, not because if I don't I'll go to hell.

Don't get me wrong, I don't think all Christians think themselves so high-and-mighty. I interact with normal Christians on a daily basis.

But, one must remember, with or without religion, good people will do good things and bad people will do bad things, but it takes religion to make good people do bad things.

Atheists can look at the world and think, "Wow, this is so beautiful. I'm so lucky to be alive in this vast, beautiful universe," without thinking the universe was created for them. They can look at their children and think, "I created that. Without me, this beautiful person could not exist" without thinking that their child exists because God destined them to, and nobody had a choice in the matter. And their love is between two people, not two people and their imaginary friend. It doesn't take God to appreciate the world, and I pity the people who are not truly seeing the beauty of living because their God is in the way.