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It would seem that if someone argued that something exists that I thought absurd, pink elephants for example, I would shrug their comment off and give it no more thought.
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Yeah, but you don't go to hell if you don't believe in pink elephants.
I used to really argue against people who asserted that there was a god and I was supposed to believe in it, because I found it offensive. I've given up on it, though I still find it offensive. Perhaps you haven't had a lot of people petitioning you to believe in something that you don't believe in over the years; perhaps they haven't been invasive and downright condescending on a consistent basis. Perhaps you haven't felt that you had to be quiet because voicing your opinion would make you an outsider and open you up to being accosted.
I understand why one would be passionate about it regardless. We are talking about what many see to be a huge fundamental question that shapes our existence. Living with or without god implies a lot of questions about servitude and internal vs. external sources of meaning.