The one way I have found to quiet the religious? I ask them if Zeus or Hercules is real. Works every time.
I come from a family of 30+ aunt's and uncles. They are all Bible thumpy. When they get all god this god that I begin challenging them to a fight to the death. If I win it's because Thor protected me and if they win god protected them. I'm a 15 year martial arts practioner, no one's taken my bet yet.
nobody bugs me about not being religious. seems people got a bug up their ass if other people are. Unless they are fundamentalists who say they are religious then act like dicks to others on the planet. Nobody bothers me. lotsa of people are not religious these days
Every one is an Atheist in regards to other gods.
I wish that would work for me. They always respond with “ but that’s different!”
That doesn't have to be the end of the conversation. Ask how it's different. Keep asking them to explain how their 2000 year old Messiah and 6000 year old god is different from the other gods worshipped and written about by other men. Ask why they believe in the existence of Yahweh, but not Anubis, Zeus, or Odin. You only need a bit of knowledge to ask these questions, and a little more to respond when they're wrong.