My girlfriend has an excessively religious Christian friend that believes atheists are nasty, evil people destined for Hell. And why wouldn’t that wonderful Christian believe this prejudiced nonsense? After all, the Bible contains passages promoting this idea. For example, Psalm 14 reads, “The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.” Christians that have been indoctrinated to believe that everything in the Bible must be true, and that have a holier-than-thou mindset, are going to believe this mindless drivel. They are even more likely to believe this if they are unable to comprehend the simple common logical fallacy known as begging the question. That is to say, if one believes the Bible is the Word of God, she cannot prove it by referring to the Bible itself. She needs sources outside the Bible, such as reputable historians, expert, trustworthy non-Christian eyewitnesses, etc.