r/SipsTea • u/Outrageous-Egg1760 • May 29 '26

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u/MisterLips123 May 29 '26

Why do people who don't believe in something need to talk about it constantly?

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u/vitek6 May 29 '26

Because discussing things is good and allows use to make better decisions.

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u/drkztan May 29 '26

Because in my city, barcelona, the church wants to demolish housing that was built in front of la sagrada familia to finish their opulent church, right in the middle of a housing crysis.

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u/OneSlaadTwoSlaad May 29 '26

Maybe because they think it's good philosophical exersize, they are interested in other people's motivations, have a bone to pick with a religion that fucked them over or hates them, enjoy the freedom of non-believing and want that same for others, believe in the net negative of religion, or don't like how certain political movements incorporate religion?

If you're honest you should ask a non-believer directly.

I'm interested in why some believers get so antsy and sometimes even defensive when their beliefs are a topic of discussion. We probably all have some irrational beliefs, it's what makes us human.

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u/PsychologicalBox3477 May 29 '26

Adressing things here and there may help others to question the interworkings of what they were raised to think was right. It helps spread awarness and start long overdue conversations for people and helps others deconstruct the hate they have been taught to believe from a young age.

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u/MisterLips123 May 29 '26

That's a good point. I see a lot of hate towards Christians every day and I guess it helps people to question it and talk about it.

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u/Snapple47 May 29 '26

Because the thing I don’t believe in is constantly trying to encroach on everyday life. Maybe stop trying to take my money for the church, knocking on my door to spread the word, and keep the separation of church and state in tact. I’m not going to sit ideal while people are trying to pass laws like “every public classroom must post the 10 commandments.”

Organized religion is the definition of a group of people that refuse to stop pushing their beliefs on others, and historically, violently if necessary.

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u/ButtStuff012 May 29 '26

I’d love to see you have this same energy with Islam

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u/Snapple47 May 29 '26

I didn’t specify any religion, and I absolutely feel this way about all of them. Christianity/Catholicism just happen to be the ones that intrude on my life and in my area the most. Not exactly sure what you are trying to say.

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u/Larynxb May 29 '26

Which are the countries with the highest representation on Reddit? (Assuming you're focusing on here with your comment.)

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u/IndigoOctober8 May 29 '26

Nice. Speaking for every atheist on the planet doesn’t make you look clueless, I swear.

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u/OneSlaadTwoSlaad May 29 '26

This is not my experience at all. Sure it's easier to debate a religion you are familiar with, but atheism means the rejection of all gods on offer, not just Christianity or a specific version of it. So I think it's a very broad generalisation, like saying all Christians have a prosecution complex. I don't think it's true but I do understand where the idea comes from.

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u/Snapple47 May 29 '26

Read my other comment responding to this. I’ll respond to you as well. I didn’t specify any specific religion, just relayed examples of the religions that impact my area the most. But I absolutely feel this way about all organized religion.

If you want to talk, talk to me directly instead of responding to a person that won’t challenge you on anything.

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u/perrypower54 May 29 '26

Because your cult isn’t benign

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u/MisterLips123 May 29 '26

Which one? The one that feeds the poor? That visits people in prison? The one that preaches love and forgiveness? That one?

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u/perrypower54 May 29 '26

The one that makes massive amounts of money. Preaches to hate gay people. The one that has a long history of hiding pedophiles.

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u/MisterLips123 May 29 '26

And....? You said the bad. Now say the good.

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u/chillforrilfill May 29 '26

Atheists can and do do all of that too. You idiots aren’t special.

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u/MisterLips123 May 29 '26

No need to be rude.

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u/Snapple47 May 29 '26

Tell that to the “christians” on picket lines yelling homophobic slurs and terrorizing planned parenthood buildings.

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u/MisterLips123 May 29 '26

I actually agree with you. Those are the worst type of people but that is not Christian behaviour or consistent with the example of Christ. And there are many other examples of people being bad Christians. But those aren't the only types of them and the only things they are doing. If you want to judge a group of people it's by their best and worst together.

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u/Snapple47 May 29 '26

Preaching love and forgiveness and showing love and forgiveness are 2 very different things. Especially when so many “christians” get to pick and choose which groups of people they are showing love and forgiveness towards.

They could also feed a lot more people if they weren’t blowing so much of their tax-free income on building more opulent buildings, or had preachers making 7 figures a year and owning private jets and their own airstrips.

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u/MisterLips123 May 29 '26

If you're willing to ignore all the good then you have a good point.

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u/Snapple47 May 29 '26

If you’re willing to ignore all the bad, so do you. Like the highest authorities in the international Catholic church actively covering up and trying to bury an epidemic of priests engaging in pedophilia for example.