Broadly defined, an atheist is a person who does not believe in God or other deities. Other than disbelief in God's existence, atheists don’t necessarily share anything in common, although many of them tend toward secular philosophies such as humanism and naturalism. Many atheists are skeptical of all supernatural beings and cite a lack of empirical evidence for the existence of deities. Others argue for atheism on philosophical, social or historical grounds.

Having said that, let's analyze the most common theist beliefs about atheists (and atheism):

1. Atheists are immoral.
Throughout the history, atheism and atheists were commonly been equated with immorality, based on the belief that morality is directly received from God, and therefore cannot be reached in the absence of the divine. Moral precepts like The Ten Commandments are seen as divine laws, demanding a divine judge. This belief is strongly challenged by the Euthyphro dilemma, which, in monotheistic terms states "Is what is moral commanded by God because it is moral, or is it moral because it is commanded by God?" This dilemma has continued to present a problem for theists since Plato presented it in his dialogue "Euthyphro", and today is still the object of theological and philosophical debate.

2. Atheists hate God.
Well, atheists don't hate God, because they can't. It is impossible to hate (or to love for that matter) something or somebody who doesn't exist. One can argue that there are theists that hate evolution, despite the fact that, in their view, evolution doesn't exist and it never happened. It's not quite so... If those people hate something, it is not the evolution itself, but the Evolutionism as a theory and maybe, its followers.

3. Atheists worship the devil.
As stupid it may sound, there are a lot of people who really believe this nonsense. Personally, I think these people not only do not understand what atheism is all about, but they don't understand theism as well. These are the people who interpret atheism as just another religion, a bad one. If someone doesn't believe in God or any other deity, he (she) cannot believe in devil for the very same reason.

4. Atheists are rebelling against God or/and religion.
I won't comment about rebelling against God because the same arguments from paragraphs #2 and #3 apply. As for rebelling against religion, well, theists did that too and that's how there are so many religions and sects out there. When someone creates a new religion or a new sect or when someone converts from a religion to another, he automatically reject the religion he just left. Isn't that a rebellion?

5. Atheists are responsible for the worst crimes and massacres in the history of mankind.
Usually, when it comes to this topic, theists are bringing up names like Hitler, Stalin or/and Mao. The flaw in this argument is that none of this guys did what they did in the name of atheism. In fact, this is not a flawed argument, it is more like an unfair one, because when it comes to this, theists forget about the Inquisition, the Islamic terrorists, the human sacrifices in the pre-Columbian societies and about all the peoples and cultures that were literally wiped off the face of the earth in the name of one religion or another. And that was done more often than not with the club and the sword, not with gas chambers and atomic bombs, so they really put some (physical) effort in it.

6. Atheists will go in hell after they die.
In order to claim that, there should be a proof that there is life after death. There is none. Only wishful thinking, and that is not a "smoking gun". And if there is life after death, one must prove that hell exists. And if hell exists, just take another look at the previous paragraph: hell must be a very crowded place and its atheist residents should be a tiny minority.

7. Atheists will never make it into the heaven.
Well, at least they've got this one right!

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