Imagine that you're trying to shoot a baby

No I don't think that I will.

No, but I'd definitely put that necklace on anyway. Not like the baby knew anything about religion, but it still worked for him; should work for me, too.

In order to verify that this wasn't a coincidence, I would need to repeat the experiment on multiple babies.

What do Christians think atheists spend their time doing?

Funny how they keep relying on impossible hypotheticals.

They get weirdly intricate with their baby death fantasies

That depends, if I shoot the baby and they die immediately, as if they took a shotgun blast to the face, would you become an atheist?

I mean... Why did the God not protect the baby anymore? Is the crucifix a required magic catalyst or something to get Gods protection? Do we have any known cases where the catalyst was not needed?

I think I'm closer to solving the riddle of Gods power...

No. I'd just wear the cross to become invincible.

Nothing scarier that someone who believes in shit they can't see that encourages them to be violent.

Just because the amulet of protection in the shape of a crucifix doesn't mean it has anything to do with god. Wizards are mischievous.

wouldnt it be the anti-christ, since hes technically indestructible. jesus can be killed by normal humans.

What happens when the baby turns to red mist? Is that just "part of God's plan"?

Maybe don't shoot the baby?

Wtf??

you're trying to shoot an indestructible christian baby

I really want to know why I would be trying to shoot said baby in the first place. Is it the antichrist? Am I being blackmailed? Is this some sick bet?

It's christians who kill babies. Gaza, Iran, and the grandaddy of them all-the Oklahoma Federal Building.

They have atheists and vampires confused I think

I haven't build my identity around not believing in gods. Show me compelling evidence and I'll reconsider. Shotgun pellets bouncing off a baby would definitely offer food for thought.

Got a few issues with this one.

1. Nobody goes out trying to shoot indestructible christian babies with a shotgun. They're indestructible and shells cost money.
2. Is having the cross forcefully removed supposed to make the baby no longer christian, indestructible, or "christian indestructible" (and if so, what's that?)?
3. Would converting therefore involve or require equipping the amulet I've looted off the now dead baby? And if so, will I lose my christian indestructibility if I take it off?

In essence, would you change your religion if it gave an attunement bonus to something you wore (and perhaps have looted off a murdered faithful)?

Tbf, it'd be worth the shitload in church tax I'd then have to pay... if it worked. Which is the trouble with these religious relics anyway, eh?

Why would I be shooting a baby with a shot gun?

I'm an evil atheist, but Christians want to shoot babies with shot guns. Seems legit.

I'd probably start believing in magic necklaces. Then I'd start down a dangerous path of experimentation to test the limits of the necklace's invulnerability enchantment.

What the even fuck is this

I’d dislike a god even more choosing to allow such a test to proceed. It’s a variant on the “Trolley Problem”.

What kind of god would sacrifice an infant to prove belief instead of just popping in with a booming voice and saying “Yes, I’m real you morons!” to prove it?

the question is designed to trick anyone who engages with it into conceding that they would shoot a baby, and then they can turn around and say "atheists want to shoot babies"

Old testament god seemed to be pretty good and offing kids so this tracks

Nothing about that cruel suggestion makes any sense. Why did it need to a baby, why can't it be trying to shoot the idiot making this insane suggestion who volunteers to wear a necklace and be shot.

Counter-offer: same scenario to the ignorant Christian who is shit-posting, but the necklace is of Ra, the Egyptian Sun God. Let's see if he would convert. Moron.

How am I supposed to eat a baby that's either indestructible or full of buckshot?

If shotgunning a baby is what it takes to discover immortality...

God didn't stop me from taking it off the baby despite knowing I was going to kill it, so no.

In all honesty, I'd think the previous shells were functionally blanks.

Me: I can't believe in a supposed deity who couldn't think of a way to motivate it's followers better than Gary Fucking Gygax.

Christian: have you considered infanticide?

What if the gun is also cross-shaped?

(Like in From Dusk Till Dawn)

It’s almost like they’re getting it. Yes, fools, if I was shown direct evidence for your imaginary friend in the sky, I might conclude that they do in fact exist. Bring out the babies and the shotguns, by all means.

Killing babies, you know, Tuesdays.

I've missed the Christian baby genre and haven't seen it in awhile.

I'd turn the gun round

If I was sick enough to try to x the baby and actually did it would be time to stage left