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What the? You say that to religious people? How rude. I would be offended if was in mixed company and you said that to a religious believer without some rather significant provocation.
Try not hitting people just below the knee with a hammer with the intention of provoking a response.
One option is to make a concerted effort to signal dissafilliation with those atheists who act like obnoxious fundamentalists.
Yes, but what does "acting like an obnoxious fundamentalist" mean for an atheist?
Edit: Also, how is that rude? If you believe in God, he can't die, and if you don't, he can't either. The phrase is, in itself, meaningless, a metaphor, which I still think is very apt to describe the state of orphanage after losing God as a perpetual father figure watching over you.
To dismiss someone's opinion with a short resolute statement like that is always perceived as rude. When the opinion is of great importance for the person and the statement mentions death, even worse.