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There is this strange idea that atheists are just rebellious against God because they don't want to be responsible for being moral, kinda like disobeying your parents and sneaking out to party.
Also, lots of theists assume atheists used to be religious, they don't really consider that people are raised without religion sometimes.
Yeah, the first one is really frustrating.
No, I don't need the threat of everlasting punishment to be moral. I'm a secular humanist, and the idea that the only reason you're not evil is because of threats of going to hell is way scarier than just being kind because it's the right thing to do.