Satan is trying to trick you with dinosaur bones

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Objection

"Satan is trying to destroy your faith by placing dinosaur bones in the ground to contradict the Bible."

It's begging the question, assuming atheists haven't already "thought for themselves", and examined the evidence.
It's begging the question additionally, assuming there's a god to "test" us, at all.
The claim is not falsifiable, and thus cannot be considered within a scientific context.
It's in violation of Occam's Razor, in that the simpler explanation is that dinosaurs died and fossilized, without an additional agents and motivations.
It's accusing atheists of engaging in the argument from authority. Accepting the claims is based from evidence and skepticism, not because "experts" said so.
Given a choice between evidence and logic-based claims by experts, and no-evidence and illogical-based claims from religious sources, it's a far better choice to go with the evidence.

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Common objections to atheism and counter-apologetics

Personal	Why are you trying to tear down other people's faith? · Why can't everyone just have their beliefs? · What are your qualifications? · Atheists believe in nothing · You are a communist · Why do atheists inspire such hatred?
Religious	That's not in my Bible · They're not true Christians · You just want to sin · Atheists know there is a God · It takes more faith to disbelieve than it does to believe · God doesn't believe in atheists · Science is a faith · Atheism is a religion · Atheists worship materialism · Hypocrisy of celebrating religious holidays · Atheism is based on faith
Science and logic	You can't prove God doesn't exist · Science can't touch god · God can't be defined · So you think we came from nothing / pondsoup / monkeys? · If God didn't create everything, who did? · That might be true for you, but its not true for me · Religion is another way of knowing · God is trying to trick you with dinosaur bones · Satan is trying to trick you with dinosaur bones · Tides come in, tides go out. You can't explain that.