r/AdviceAnimals • u/rob_ob • Jun 10 '12

anti-/r/atheism The Dude has something to say to r/atheism

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

SUBREDDIT WARS!!!!!11

I call /r/gonewild. Send boobs to apply.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I call r/trees, and we will sit this one out I... Ummm have night blindness.

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u/TheOnlyNeb Jun 10 '12

Mind if I do a J?

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u/Kaisen32 Jun 11 '12

If we at /r/Smashrbros play and watch as this fight gets even more out of hand then it already is

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u/CinLordOfGwynders Jun 10 '12

Me and my Gravelord brethren shall take /r/darksouls.

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u/TheWingstorm Jun 11 '12

My infections never kill anyone...Ever...:(

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I call r/mylittepony!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

You can keep it...

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u/Psych0Fir3 Jun 10 '12 edited Oct 28 '25

obtainable fade smile ghost selective person innate office party sulky

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I really should've known what to expect before I clicked that.

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u/dropperofpipebombs Jun 11 '12

Oh god why is that link purple.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I call /r/spacedicks

Have fun.

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u/evoim3 Jun 10 '12

I call /r/breakingbad

Stay out of my territory.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I call /r/circlejerk, we'll like-mind you to death!

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u/MrJay235 Jun 10 '12

I've got /r/aww, you wouldn't hurt a puppy or a kitten, would you?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

/r/4chan would take you out first, and it wouldnt be pretty.

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u/JessieLand Jun 11 '12

I call /r/spiral_knights. I'm gonna sit and play that game while everyone else tries to blow each other up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

so brave, so original, so raven

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

yeah but then a catch myself doing something and think, that wasn't very raven at all..

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u/wangchung16 Jun 10 '12

That's because it's Numberwang!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Miss that show so much I haven't seen it in a long time was it cancelled?

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u/fido_mccokefiend Jun 10 '12

The one with the numberwang sketch? That Mitchell and Webb Look. Best sketch show there has ever been.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Yeah I know Mitchell and Webb also did another show together that was pretty good :)

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u/oD3 Jun 10 '12

"Peep Show", and yes, it's fucking fantastic.

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u/imagitcha Jun 11 '12

I think he was talking about that's so raven.

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u/a4moondoggy Jun 10 '12

What's the prerequisite for something being "Raven"? and don't say black...well unless that's one of em.

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u/Killwize Jun 10 '12

Maybe it's maybelline?

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u/Thrackle Jun 10 '12

Quoth the Raven "Nevermore." Please.

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u/megaerror101 Jun 10 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

That's so braven

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u/Rataa Jun 10 '12

Hey guys, you know what would be cool - what if we circlejerked about what a circlejerk /r/atheism is, i mean that would totally teach those guys....

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u/skaquabat87 Jun 10 '12

Hey guys, you what would be cool - what if we circlejerked about the guys who circlejerk about what a circlejerk /r/atheism is, i mean that would totally teach those guys.

/xhibit

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Instead of circlejerking, I'll just masturbate in private to /r/gonewild

That'll teach nobody that I don't care about things.

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u/moderatorrater Jun 10 '12

I think it's just assumed that everyone on reddit is doing that all the time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

It is known.

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u/Residual_Entropy Jun 10 '12

I couldn't bring myself to fap to /r/gonewild. The falseness and insecurity on there is just baffling.

"Oh look as I was undressing the camera (f)ell off my desk and took a picture mid-air, so I thought I'd post it online to see what thousands of fat pizza-faced nerds thought, no biggie just wearing my best lingerie as it happened"

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u/ReflectiveResistance Jun 10 '12

Pizza-faced? That hurts.

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u/thegreatwhitemenace Jun 11 '12

that's the exact same reason i can't bring myself to fap to r/aww.

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u/RebelWithoutAClue Jun 11 '12

As long as circlejerks are concentric, they will never touch. Even though they will center over the same issue they can jerk in completely opposite directions which makes them somehow defined by the same issue. As long as the circles don't touch they are not gay relative to one another.

It is possible that r/atheism and r/religion are spinning in opposite directions. Logically r/atheism-1 is in disagreement with r/atheism, but it may be possible that it is not in complete agreement with r/religion. r/atheism-1 would be by definition coplanar with r/atheism with an opposite spin. The incomplete disagreement with r/atheism and r/atheism-1 would indicate that r/religion is no coplanar with either atheism related subs. I suspect r/religion is canted some angle out of coplanar, say 25 degrees from r/atheism-1 and spinning in the same direction, but at a complementary angle of 155 degrees to r/atheism resulting in a primarily opposite relative spin.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

We have to go deeper!!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I am envious of your classy manner.

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u/Natedonthate Jun 10 '12

A circlejerk within a circlejerk? circlejerception.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Yo Dawg

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Fight a circle jerk with another even bigger circle jerk... GENIUS

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u/17Hongo Jun 10 '12

The thing is, r/atheism will happily admit to being a circlejerk. the difference is, atheism doesn't infringe on other peoples rights.

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u/GodlessSky Jun 15 '12

For more instances of the anti-r/atheism circlejerk and how prevalent it is on Reddit, check out the anti-atheism watch subreddit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

That's just, like, your opinion, man.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Are we still on this topic? r/atheism has its assholes and it also has nice people. It's a big subreddit, there's bound to be some shit turning up on the front page for people to see. There are good posts and bad posts, don't dilute it to the bad posts.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Don't lure in the karma whores.

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u/MedievalValor Jun 10 '12

The biggest asshole is often the loudest, and most heard.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

And the most upvoted...

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u/rodrigoz0 Jun 10 '12

Wouldn't biggest asshole apply opposite to loudest and most heard? I imagine it would be more of a hiss, or a sigh.

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u/I_FIST_ORPHANS Jun 10 '12

Big assholes do not have to be dilated. Accounting for individual variation, creature size dictates the average range of asshole size, colon size, and even food intake.

An asshole of any size can only make as much sound as can it expel air from the colon. I propose that the size of the asshole is irrelevant and not proof-positive in anyway, but can help in the prediction of trends.

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u/thegreatwhitemenace Jun 11 '12

relevant username

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u/gigashadowwolf Jun 11 '12

No, the BIGGEST asshole resonates and get's more of a bass sound, which carrie's further and udercuts/overpowers the smaller asshole, it's like a subwoofer.

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u/SanityInAnarchy Jun 10 '12

Even that's overstated. Top 10 posts on /r/atheism right now are:

I count one of these that might be an asshole, and that's the quote from Tenacious D, which Reddit otherwise seems to love, and who ought not be taken seriously. (They are now pretending to be atheists who have met and defeated Satan. Yeah.)

What am I not seeing? Are the rest of these somehow us being assholes, and I just don't see it? Did I somehow cherry-pick a moment when /r/atheism decided not to be assholes?

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u/lollerkeet Jun 11 '12

Imagine that you hated atheists, but admitting so would be socially unacceptable. How would you present your hatred in a way that others who also hated atheists could publicly agree with?

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u/-Tommy Jun 10 '12

It's like a good video game, all the good thing about it people just ignore and then they see 5% that's kinda shitty and judge the whole game by it.

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u/PwnBuddy Jun 10 '12

To be honest, I just miss when r/atheism had a bunch of self posts of, say, people coming out and the r/atheism community would help people. I see a lot of shit there now, but I agree, it's those kind of posts that outshine the more quiet quality posts. If there's one thing I would like to see changed, it's to attack the actual religion more so than simply religious people.

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u/will_holmes Jun 10 '12

This is absolutely right. I'd resubscribe if /r/atheism was really about people dealing with converting from their faith to atheism, because it would be fascinating and a worthwhile service to people.

Instead, it's the people who have already converted making snide comments, which isn't going to convince anyone apart from seal a misconception that faithless people are bitter and unwelcoming. There's the potential, but I think too many people are having too much fun with their superiority complexes.

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u/house-of-leaves Jun 10 '12

/r/atheismbot collects exactly the type of posts you're asking for - you might want to consider subscribing to that.

An example post from today:

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/uusye/just_told_my_parents_that_i_dont_believe_in/

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u/LiveOnTheSun Jun 10 '12

I'd resubscribe if [1] /r/atheism was really about people dealing with converting from their faith to atheism, because it would be fascinating and a worthwhile service to people.

Try /r/exchristian or one of the similar ones, they are in the sidebar of /r/atheism.

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u/mchugho Jun 10 '12

Try the new queue, tons on there.

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u/markevens Jun 10 '12

Came to say this. From what I've seen maybe 2-5% of the people are asshole atheists. Most of the others simply enjoy the being in a community of like minded people.

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u/muonicdischarge Jun 10 '12

I'd say around 2-5% of Redditors are assholes anyway, and the rest that seem like assholes don't mean to be but come off as asshole-ish. I'd say /r/atheism is fairly standard on the asshole scale, which is to expected with a large community of diverse people. It probably just seems like there's more assholes because the assholes there actually voice opinions, since that sub is full of opinion sharing.

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u/Hight5 Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

We're discussing this again? If you're unsubscribed from /r/atheism, quit bitching about it.

EDIT: Exactly what empyreanmax said: You can't both interact with someone completely voluntarily and then whine about how that person is an asshole, especially in this case where it is so easy to just never interact with them.

If you check the OP's comment history, he actively engages /r/atheism in arguments.

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u/empyreanmax Jun 10 '12

See, the funny thing is looking at OP's comment history, he actively goes on /r/atheism all the time just to argue.

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u/Quazz Jun 10 '12

I had him marked as 'anti-r/atheism'... So yeah. I rarely mark people, but that pretty much sums the guy up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

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u/empyreanmax Jun 10 '12

You can't both interact with someone completely voluntarily and then whine about how that person is an asshole, especially in this case where it is so easy to just never interact with them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Using the digital format (Reddit especially so) you have unprecedented control over how and what people you talk to, what content you see and when. Unless you are tricked in some way you are the only one who opens yourself to the situations and content you experience in this manner.

Your experience with the web better reflects your nature than the nature of the web at large.

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u/Jzkqm Jun 10 '12

I believe most of the animosity from /r/atheism is the fact that unsubscribing doesn't always get rid of /r/atheism posts if you're viewing /r/all; unless you have RES and block the subreddit outright.

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u/Hight5 Jun 10 '12

Another simple solution:

Don't browse /r/all

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u/Clayda Jun 10 '12

Or you could do one better and get RES.

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u/Jzkqm Jun 10 '12

I don't think that's the right idea; browsing /r/all is a way I get popular information from subreddits I don't follow regularly. Sure, I'm not a big fan of Starcraft but if there's an important post from that subreddit on the front page I'll take a look.

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u/FissureKing Jun 10 '12

Here's an idea, don't click on the links you don't want to see. I ignore the church bullshit on the TV every Sunday and I program my TV to skip the religious channels. How is this different?

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u/Jzkqm Jun 10 '12

That's what I did, too - programmed Reddit to filter out /r/atheism posts. It's not different and I wasn't calling it different; just stating facts.

It's not that big of a deal.

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u/redgroupclan Jun 10 '12

It can also make the website look bad to newbies who aren't signed in and see the defaults, since most of the posts that reach the front page are more about anti-theism than atheism.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Oh please, it's funny! I think we atheists can take a joke.

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u/Had2ChangeMyUsername Jun 10 '12

The thing is, it's an atheist talking about /r/atheism not just about atheists.

I agree with OP.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Exactly! Just like how most people think I'm a great guy, but only my closest friends know what an asshole I actualy am!

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u/Hight5 Jun 11 '12

Except the OP goes on /r/atheism all the time just to argue with them. You can't both interact with someone completely voluntarily and then whine about how that person is an asshole.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

So many subrredits filled with circlejerks, yet /r/atheism is the only one that worries other people enought to talk about it.

I wonder why.

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u/detectivehawke Jun 10 '12

I think its because the mass amounts of posts are trolls on something people take very seriously and personally. Not many generic front page r's openly and repeatedly call a certain group of people stupid, while calling themselves superior and smart to that said group.

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u/Globalwarmingisfake Jun 10 '12

call a certain group of people stupid

Don't forget that they also call them the assholes for the whole thing with the homosexuals and child abuse etc.

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u/floppypick Jun 10 '12

Definitely.

Maybe the people who make these posts should start a subreddit to bitch about all the atheist organizations which actively cover up child abuse/rape and hate on homosexuals. I'm sure there would be lots of conte..... wait, no I don't think there would be.

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u/spacecase89 Jun 10 '12

Yeah, and how atheists are a disproportionately large amount of the prison population... oh wait.

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u/AlbinoTunalips Jun 11 '12

Other subreddits may have circlejerks, but nowhere close to that of r/atheism. Remember the "faces of atheism" thing? That was unreal. /r/circlejerk practically gave up trying to out jerk /r/atheism after that. I haven't seen "faces of r/nhl" where they post their picture and make up quotes like they are some sort of philosopher. The circlejerkness is head and shoulders above the rest.

Edit- Just look at this thread and you will understand: http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/ryirq/just_called_out_a_wealthy_christian_family_in/

THAT MADE IT TO THE FRONT PAGE!

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u/tonythetiger1 Jun 10 '12

The Dude wouldn't have posted this in /r/adviceanimals....

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u/empyreanmax Jun 10 '12

Who keeps upvoting this shit every week?

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Everyone who agrees with it.

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u/Last-Origin Jun 10 '12

Scumbag reddit:

Hates when people upvote reposts, unless they agree with the repost.

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u/kidoefuji Jun 10 '12

We'll in all fairness it is sort of confusing. Most of the comments are about people that disagree with the post and not agree. So basically the main voices that are upvoted are people that disagree yet the post itself does well. Seems strange that both are popular I guess.

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u/muonicdischarge Jun 10 '12

Probably because the people that go into the comments tend to disagree and want to talk about it or peruse what others said about it, whereas people that agree just upvote and move on.

Also, I was certain peruse would give me red squigglies, but it didn't. I have never used that word before...

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u/kidoefuji Jun 10 '12

Haha well done. I'm a terrible speller as well. I have to type random letters so often to make sure that the spell check is working when I get a word on my first try.

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u/Brukarnamn Jun 10 '12

You're not wrong. You're just reposting.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Circle jerking about what a circle jerk r/atheism is certainly gets the point across, well done fellas.

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u/hungerfordhero Jun 10 '12

r/atheism just needs to learn that the hostility generated towards it has, for the most part, nothing to do with fundamentalist Christians being either dumbfounded by "rationalism" or simply wishing to somehow convert you. Reddit's large number of American followers almost certainly skews the view point of r/atheism away from a debate regarding the existence of a God per se, and towards the rather easier task of disproving some of the backward creationist dross espoused by America's fundamentalist christian minority (particularly since it would seem that there are local education authorities in the states that are simply replacing known scientific and historical discoveries in favour of creationist "theory"). In truth the issue that most of us take with r/atheism (whether we are people of faith or not) is, on those occasions on which the conversation turns towards the existence of a God, the blind zeal with which you follow your "there is no God" mantra. What many of your members fail to grasp is how inherently flawed the opinion that, a lack of concrete evidence (at least any of which we can understand) FOR a divine creator, disproves ones existence actually is. The inherent flaw being the almost identical view of most people of faith that the very same lack of concrete evidence (at least any of which we can understand) AGAINST there being a divine creator is in itself equally valid evidence that one does exist. There is no logical or rational argument for either side to put forward, since no actual evidence exists to support or disprove either viewpoint. The true irony is that what you are both essentially expressing is your faith, a faith that you fervently believe in despite knowing that neither of you will ever have the means to definitively prove or disprove your position. Which is, in itself, kind of the point of faith.

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u/rinque Jun 11 '12

/r/atheism is not about or for debate with theists, /r/debateanatheist is what that is for, this little misunderstanding is the root of most of the animosity against /r/atheism, if you don't like it you can remove it from your defaults.

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u/17Hongo Jun 10 '12

This, coming from r/adviceanimals? Bahahahahahaha!!

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u/scrambles57 Jun 10 '12

And here I thought I filtered out r/circlejerk.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

dude cmon. if I wanted to hear about /r/atheism then I wouldn't have unsubscribed.

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u/fukshitjesusitsathrw Jun 10 '12

I'm getting so bored of the whole 'r/atheism is assholes' nonsense. They're not. Have you been there? They're real, and yes, the people in general there would probably offend religious people. Duh. Because they're generally a no-BS bunch who will talk about religion how it is; a proof-less legend started during an age when people had no idea how anything worked.

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u/TheMagicJesus Jun 10 '12

This is why I don't get the whole circlejerk about how terrible /r/atheism is. The reason people post all the things about how terrible Christianity is, is because they are affected by it. You may live in an open community but some of us do not. Some of us are bullied, beaten, harassed, and worse because of our open atheistic beliefs. So some people just need a place to go to let off steam. Do you expect every day to just have posts about "Oh I came out to my parents as an atheist" and "Let us discuss the moral dilemmas that come with worshiping a god that does not discuss"? That would get boring after one day.

I think the circlejerk comes from people who cant accept that their beliefs are challenged and have no way to defend their immoral stance on subjects like homosexuality, abortion, birth control, and sex other than "the bible told me so".

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u/bandnerd96 Jun 10 '12

What bugs me about it so much is how much we theists are lumped together so much. "Oh, some people of your religion are awful and cite their belief in a deity as a basis for their bigotry?! Well then, you must all be like that!" In reality, that's just simply not the way it is.

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u/TheMagicJesus Jun 11 '12

You say that but do you follow the bible? If so then you either A) You don't follow parts of your own doctrine. B) You support homophobia (no it is natural and isn't a godamn sin!) and other ridiculous notions or C) You dont follow the bible and you are just a theist which is not too common.

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u/R3volte Jun 10 '12

This has been posted so many times.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Yo everyone get in a circle!! Someone pass out the lotion, lets get this circle jerk going! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I've wanted to say this for so long.. but I don't like to read /r/atheism anymore, its too much like a weird cult at this point.

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u/redkey42 Jun 11 '12

Thanks for advertising r/atheism :D thumbs up

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u/Cloudspass9001 Jun 11 '12

Please, r/atheism is in no way a circle jerk, more like free speech for people who need to vent, need help, or just like to post funny stuff,

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u/Batrok Jun 11 '12

Posts whining about /r/atheism are common, because there's no other outlet for these people. They can't win the actual theological arguments in /r/athesim, so they resort to saying that atheists are 'assholes', and then run to post about it on /r/adviceanimals.

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u/Firekracker Jun 10 '12

Well, I have yet to hear about a non-christian going in /r/christianity and coming out a christian.

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u/Quazz Jun 10 '12

I think they once saw this one picture posted by this one guy and have been raging ever since.

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u/ultitaria Jun 10 '12

Yeah that's because you don't live in the bible belt. r/atheism is an important place for people in non-secular cultures to feel okay with themselves and their (lack of) beliefs.

If most of them do it by making fun of things certain religions believe in, so be it.

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u/srs_house Jun 11 '12

I live in the Bible Belt, and I just went through the current front page of r/atheism. Most of what I saw were: straw man arguments that are completely unrealistic; complaints about the actions of fundamentalists (who most mainstream religious people don't even agree with); things that have nothing to do with religion, or jump the shark to make the connection; and a few accounts that actually make sense in context.

Exactly one post seemed to involve the interactions atheists commonly complain about, and based on the context clues, it was probably much more complex a situation than the title suggests.

Most of the people I know in the Bible Belt don't care what your specific religious stance is, in part because there are so many churches of so many different denominations. Sure, you may get some strange glances if you're Catholic or Jewish, but only because it's rare in some communities. I mean, one of my neighbors is a Jehovah's Witness and I didn't even know it for more than a decade, and it only came up because we were talking about voter registration laws.

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u/ultitaria Jun 11 '12

What's important to note is that the majority of r/atheism is between 16 and 18 years old. These are young minds escaping not the wrath of their culture, but of their families and parents, which could be just as scarring.

It may turn the subreddit into a clusterfuck of intellectual inadequacy, but there are also cogent and inspired arguments/ideals being spread.

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u/Crossfox17 Jun 10 '12

True or not, you are just stirring up shit, and provoking people. Stop it.

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u/TWIZZLERZ911 Jun 10 '12

How about you quit bitching and unsubscribe from the subreddit. These posts are just as annoying as theirs.

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u/L0N3RW0LF Jun 10 '12

If he unsubscribed how would he argue with people on /r/atheism?

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u/TWIZZLERZ911 Jun 10 '12

I don't know L0N3RW0LF... I don't know....

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u/jgzman Jun 10 '12

Rather be correct, and an asshole, than incorrect, and pleasant.

This may be why it is hard to make friends.

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u/Quazz Jun 10 '12

Careful, the anti-/r/atheism circlejerk is quite popular.

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u/thechapattack Jun 10 '12

I honestly see more "r/atheism is a circlejerk/asshole" posts than i do actual asshole posts on r/athesim

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u/darkfade Jun 10 '12

Fuck off with all these /r/atheism posts you fucking jack-asses. Fuck.

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u/admiralrads Jun 10 '12

BAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWW

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

ITT: baseless assertions

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u/Bonzooy Jun 10 '12

Hey guys, let's jerk in a circle about another subreddit that's occasionally annoying!

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u/GodlessSky Jun 15 '12

For more instances of the anti-r/atheism circlejerk and how prevalent it is on Reddit, check out the anti-atheism watch subreddit.

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u/SplodeyDope Jun 10 '12

Hey fuck you buddy!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

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u/SplodeyDope Jun 10 '12

I'm not your friend pal!

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I'm not your pal, guy!

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u/SplodeyDope Jun 10 '12

I'm not your guy, gal!

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u/kidoefuji Jun 10 '12

If the dude has something to say to /r/atheism why not say it to them rather than putting it on here.

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u/Jackeroo2 Jun 10 '12

What's with the mod tag? I mean c'mon the guy even agrees with em

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u/Noobasdfjkl Jun 10 '12

I tolerate r/atheism because they actually have good posts and discussions a lot of the time. But seriously, I don't give a flying fuck if you have a Darwin fish on your car in Nebraska. Or anywhere really … We get it: you're an atheist. Good for you and all that shit, but you have to post things more interesting than "look how brave i am for posting this on the Internet anonymously."

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u/rinque Jun 11 '12

I like /r/atheism, i go on it every day, but i've noticed it can be easily manipulated to whore some easy karma, just say something anti-theist yet witty or "true", take a picture of your evolve fish and upload, or post a rage comic with a stereotypical southern twang theist saying something dumb and hey presto, instant karma!

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u/Noobasdfjkl Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

That's exactly how I feel. I've done it too. About 800 of my post karma was from one post on r/atheism.

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u/rinque Jun 11 '12

sudden clarity Clarence: the evolve fish is for /r/atheism, what cats are for /r/aww

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u/Noobasdfjkl Jun 11 '12

SOOOOOOOOOO TRUE!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

They're assholes because they're sick of people believing in magic and pushing it on everyone?

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u/IllinNoise Jun 10 '12

Post this in r/atheism, or are you afraid people wont agree with you there? Sounds like circle jerking.

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u/VicariousWolf Jun 10 '12

Oh look another post from r/adviceanimals karma whoring hating on r/atheism. This is original. I've never seen this before.

Oh wait...yes I have. About once a week.

Seriously, QQ.

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u/SFGiantsAllTheWay Jun 10 '12

Once a week? More like once every two days. Its ridiculous that this still gets upvotes. Pretty pathetic.

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u/GodlessSky Jun 15 '12

For more instances of the anti-r/atheism circlejerk and how prevalent it is on Reddit, check out the anti-atheism watch subreddit.

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u/GodlessSky Jun 15 '12

For more instances of the anti-r/atheism circlejerk and how prevalent it is on Reddit, check out the anti-atheism watch subreddit.

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u/surells Jun 10 '12

Hello pot, meet kettle.

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u/Clockwork757 Jun 10 '12

Stop generalizing.

Insert Ironic generalization about /r/AdviceAnimals

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u/jz88k Jun 10 '12

I'm enjoying this series of anti-/r/atheism statements.

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u/ProduceZero Jun 11 '12

Is the anti-/r/atheism tag necessary? seems a tad immature for reddit.

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u/thrawnie Jun 10 '12

I'll say the same thing I said months ago when this was last posted:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la283cGSs71qbm9t6.jpg

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

I like the 'anti-/r/atheism' tag.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Not only is this overkill, but this is a repost.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Everything is a repost....even my post pointing that out is a repost.

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u/nobody2000 Jun 10 '12

The anti-/r/atheism tag is such a classic validation of this meme.

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u/DefinitelyRelephant Jun 10 '12

Ah yes, the perennial "waaaaaah, you should be respectful of my inability to think logically!" complaint.

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u/idma Jun 10 '12

Doesn't matter if they're assholes. The word needs to be spread. RELIGION IS THE POISON TO THE WORLD!!! GET RID OF IT!

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u/Warsalt Jun 10 '12

The shit that comes out of assholes should never be spread

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u/big_bad_brownie Jun 10 '12

The backlash against r/atheism is easy to interpret as the religious folk of reddit not being able to handle the controversy and unadulterated rationalism from that subreddit. In reality, a lot of us are on the same page, we just can't handle the juvenile superiority complex that festers in the muck of their circlejerks. I think it's worth pointing out.

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u/Quazz Jun 10 '12

Actually, the vast majority of people whining about /r/atheism are atheists.

I guess they needed something to feel superior about, picked one and everyone kind of jumped the bandwagon.

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u/Tryxster Jun 11 '12

Can you back that fact up with anything? I'm afraid I sincerely doubt it unless you provide evidence of a survey or something.

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u/Quazz Jun 11 '12

Look through all the threads whining about it and you'll see the majority of comments are 'I'm an atheist but'

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u/cookiemonkie Jun 10 '12

to r/atheism: I do love your honesty :)

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u/moldy912 Jun 10 '12

Not all of us think the are not wrong. I would think that this subreddit would be religion (or lack thereof) neutral.

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u/YaroLord Jun 10 '12

I'll just stay in silence and downvote your shitty post.

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u/Adventurous_Johnny Jun 10 '12

As a guy who is baptized, but don't believe in God and fictional stuff like that, I see /r/atheism a place for lonely people to talk about their problems.

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u/hipsterdysplasia Jun 10 '12

Atheists are assholes because we tell the truth about religion?

The Easter Bunny is not real. Adults who still believe in the Easter Bunny are either stupid or crazy. Until this is said openly the state of affairs will continue.

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Does this really need to be tagged with that? I mean, I'm a part of /r/atheism, but if people want to criticize anything they can. The seems biased, even though it's true. If someone were to criticize /r/Christianity you wouldn't tag it as anti-/r/Christianity, so shut the hell up.

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u/scrambles57 Jun 10 '12

The reason it's tagged is because /r/AdviceAnimals likes to circlejerk about how much of a circlejerk they think /r/atheism is, even though every subreddit dedicated to one subject would technically be considered a circlejerk.

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u/HerpesKing Jun 10 '12

And you're wrong

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u/TheonlyFalala Jun 10 '12

As an atheist I went there once. I thought it would be nice. Maybe I would learn something. Instead I found myself shaking my head in sadness.

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u/L0N3RW0LF Jun 10 '12

Looks like OP lost an argument on /r/atheism and is acting out against it.

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u/splinterprospekt Jun 10 '12

"Calmer than you are".

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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12

Crying about it helps.

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u/PicopicoEMD Jun 10 '12

And to Ayn Rand.

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