How do you acquire mind-reading abilities?
So I received a message in my mail today from another user. I won't reveal who it came from--let's just say a well-known Christianity who forgot that his religion is supposed to have something to do with loving the sinner--but it contained a long hateful rant (which I responded to in private with him/her). I'm going to ignore most of it for the purposes of this post, but there was this gem,
"we all know you atheits [sic] believe in GOD!! you do! but you want to keep sining [sic]!"
I've heard that one before and it is always surprising to me, as I'm pretty sure that I'm the only one who actually knows what I think, but maybe I'm wrong. Maybe other people know what I believe in better than I do.
So, if you're confident that you know what I believe better than I do, could you tell me where you get that idea? What makes you so sure that I somehow agree with you, but ignore what I "know?" Also, if you're somehow able to tell what's in my heart of hearts, unknown even to me, how did you get the ability? Do you use it for any non-religious, practical purposes? Because every time I say that I don't believe in a god, I've always been sure that I've been very honest and very clear in my meaning.