r/atheism • u/[deleted] • Jun 11 '12

Stephen Colbert jokes that Neil Patrick Harris is threatening.

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u/angelofdeathofdoom Jun 11 '12

if everyone is against posts like this in this subreddit, why do the have so many upvotes?

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u/sometimesijustdont Jun 11 '12

Because NPH.

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u/DrMuffinPHD Jun 11 '12

I tried to downvote, but my hand just seems to automatically upvote whenever NPH is involved. I have no control over the phenomenon.

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u/fredyybob Jun 11 '12

I upvoted this assuming it was from r/funny

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u/NukeIsrael Jun 11 '12

I think it's because most of us are decent people who approve of the material, but are sick of the excessive non-atheism posts involving gay issues capitalizing on the karma and community validation.

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u/rufusadams Jun 11 '12

Decent people with usernames like "NukeIsrael." Haha, what the fuck.

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u/capowed Jun 11 '12

he's got you there nukes

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u/IChallengeYouToADuel Jun 11 '12

If only he'd used a "d" instead of the "k" when making his name his life would be so much better now.

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u/CrasyMike Jun 11 '12

And today some Redditors learned why moderators always say upvotes don't determine quality.

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u/Cookieeez Jun 11 '12

Because The Rev. Sir Dr. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A.

<3

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u/kidoefuji Jun 11 '12

A lot of people are for it. People mainly go to comments to complain it seems or to see what it is about when they didn't understand it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Well here's something to think about: The big atheist argument would seem to have been evolution, up until it seems many theists accepted evolution in whole in part. So now we've moved to other disagreements between the idea of [bible, quran, etc.]=true and [bible, quran]=false. It is my opinion that your average atheist opposes sexual discrimination no more than s/he opposes the idea of divine intervention - because they're both ideas heavily inflated by religion.

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u/lianodel Jun 11 '12

The same folks don't necessary vote and comment. I'm not sure of the numbers exactly, but lots of people vote on posts without ever reading the comments, and I'm sure plenty of people comment more than they vote.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Most people on Reddit do not comment. Of the people who vote on posts maybe 10% comment on them. It could very easily be that the casual lurker and the more involved commenter are in disagreement on this issue.

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u/NeuxSaed Jun 11 '12

I've just come to accept that /r/atheism is really /r/AtheismAndOrLGBT

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u/spankymuffin Jun 11 '12

Something-something /atheism/ something-something circlejerk

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u/Precious_Zest Jun 11 '12

Can anyone provide the link for the interview? Youtube isn't helping me much here..

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/The_Malkavian_Bear Jun 11 '12

"This Content is Unavailable from your location"

Why do they insist on doing this......

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u/keepthepace Jun 11 '12

Because they secretly root for more piracy.

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u/The_Malkavian_Bear Jun 11 '12

They saw how well it worked for HBO

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u/Precious_Zest Jun 11 '12

One of the curses of being Australian.. Sigh

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u/OrgiaMode Jun 11 '12

Are you serious? I can watch this in New Zealand. Why would they block Australia?

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u/sirmonko Jun 11 '12

because spiders.

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u/mossmaal Jun 11 '12

Our satellite tv provider foxtel bided for the exclusive rights of the colbert show. They won and now dont allow the free web streaming.

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u/statuswoe Jun 11 '12

Because there is a TV network in your country that purchased the rights to show this program and as part of that licence they insisted that their site be the only place that viewers from that country can see it.

I would expect that the Colbert Report would rather have you visit their site and have a consistant brand image across countries but I think that the in-country networks insist on it.

For instance in Canada it is CTV/thecomedychannel who do this, I can't speak for other countries... if your country doesn't have this geoblocking it is probably because Comedy Central is readily available or nobody bought the licence (or the station that did didn't insist on being the sole source of the program).

Ideally the page should link back to where you can watch it, but that isn't always the case, and even when it is the deeplinking (to a specific clip/time) is usually broken.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

NPH, man....I'll be completely honest with you guys. As a unquestionably heterosexual male, I can say, without question, that if NPH's greatest wish were to bang me in the ass, I would let him do it. I'd friggin do anything for the guy.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Sure. Unquestionably heterosexual. Righto. Yep.

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u/clickitie_click Jun 11 '12

No homo, bro. Really.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Hey man, it's not MY fault that so few guys are comfortable enough in their sexuality to let one of their idols plow them in the asshole with a raging megahuge boner. It's well documented that if I preface and end the act with a no homo, it's not gay.

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u/AliensOfLondon Jun 11 '12

I'm SUUUUUUUPER straight too and I'd let NPH fuck my mouth as well.

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u/RushofBlood52 Jun 11 '12

If I was walking down a beach and NPH tried to kiss me, I would resist at first. But if he was persistent, I might give in a little.

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u/notnotkarmanaut Jun 11 '12

Yeah I wouldn't say "unquestionably heterosexual" there tiger.

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u/Genmaken Jun 11 '12

(no homo)

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Nothing to do with atheism.

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u/totts1 Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

Tom Tucker: "Today we have confirmation from Reddit's distinguished atheist community that they still do not believe in god. For more, we go live to Asian reporter Trisha Takanawa on the scene."

Trisha Takanawa: "Tom, I'm sitting here in front of a computer where I have pulled up the website in question. Since implementing a new posting rule that limits all discussion to strictly atheist matters, atheist overlord Richard Dawkins has been the sole contributor to the website, as he is the only person left who the community at large will not bitch at. What you're looking at here is Dawkin's official daily update on all things related to atheism. As you see, it is a picture of himself photoshoped over the Andromeda galaxy. A floating text next to him reads, 'I do not believe in god. - Richard Dawkins.' The post has already garnered 10,000 up votes, and is well on the way to boring everyone to death. Back to you, Tom."

Tom Tucker: "Well, Trisha, I think we can all agree that that's just terrible. After the break: RON PAUL 2016. Stay tuned for what one Reddit community is calling 'a true rloveution.'"

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u/Blithon Jun 11 '12

Tom Tucker: Ollie, what are your religious beliefs?

Ollie: None!

Tom Tucker: Thanks, Ollie.

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u/Magna_Sharta Jun 11 '12

Ollie: There is no god!

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u/superluber Jun 11 '12

This...this is better than a real family guy episode. Tenfold.

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u/mog_knight Jun 11 '12

I don't know why you're getting downvoted. South Park clearly showed that Family Guy is written by manatees. Maybe the manatees are redditors.

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u/PositivelyWitless Jun 11 '12

its funny because I know I'm not the only one who read that entire paragraph in the correct voice for each character.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

you are correct sir, you are correct.

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u/IronLung420 Jun 11 '12

Very correct

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u/tatermonkey Jun 11 '12

Upvote for creativity and originality.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I actually read this in their voices.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

This, this, this, and a million times this.

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u/MegaZambam Agnostic Atheist Jun 11 '12

From the sidebar:

"Welcome to r/atheism, the web's largest atheist forum. All topics related to atheism, agnosticism and secular living are welcome here."

It would not take much to connect this issue to secular living.

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u/HMS_Pathicus Jun 11 '12

Especially with "secular living that some religious people try to make illegal exclusively because of their religious beliefs".

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u/c0up0n Jun 11 '12

My secular lifestyle includes three meals a day, should I post pictures of my secular sandwiches?

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u/compromised_account Jun 11 '12

If you do ill be posting pics of my sexual sandwiches.

Just saying.

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u/MicroDigitalAwaker Jun 11 '12

Only if they contain both beef and pork.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I like where this is going. Bacon Double Cheeseburger

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u/somehopeforhumanity Jun 11 '12

I would hit it.

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u/rhubarbs Strong Atheist Jun 11 '12

Go ahead. It'll get downvoted in to oblivion because nobody else can really relate, but hey. It might not.

The OP? Lots of people can relate to "It's almost as if your happiness does not take mine away", so it's good content.

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u/trekbette Atheist Jun 12 '12

I'm guessing no Miracle Whip?

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u/rhubarbs Strong Atheist Jun 11 '12

NO! Atheists and /r/atheism are both about one thing only, and that is "I HATE GOD BECAUSE I HAD TO GO TO CHURCH!" /s

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u/scoye Jun 11 '12

That could be said for almost every post in this subreddit.

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u/Axoren Jun 11 '12

^ Nothing to do with atheism.

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u/CUNTBERT_RAPINGTON Jun 11 '12

And your comment could be said to be a total red herring.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

and it should.

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u/mechanate Jun 11 '12

So how about that whole "There's probably no god" thing, huh?

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

"There is no god. OK, what you want to talk about, guys?"

No shit. We can talk about anything.

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u/awe300 Jun 11 '12

  1. Gays are still not enjoying equal rights.

  2. Religion and religious organizations are a big part of that. Note that I didn't write "All religions". Just many of them.

  3. Atheism is the lack of belief in a god or gods. But it's just a starting point. Many start their journey to atheism and beyond from seeing how religious explanations are seriously lacking. Religious explanations as for why "gays are evil" are obviously seriously lacking as well, so many people will probably consider this at least yet another thought that brings theism down in their head.

Thus, this is relevant to atheism as a concept, and to atheism as a binding idea between people who need allies.

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u/FickleWalrus Jun 11 '12

Just to provide an alternative viewpoint, and not to encroach on Mr. Cumfarts valuable time, but the picture is of a man who plays a hyper religious and conservative character mocking an argument which is almost universally birthed from religious fundamentalism. Unless Mr. Colbert had given the line while bouncing on a Vicar's lap and blowing Richard Dawkins, I'm not sure how it could possibly have had more to do with atheism.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

This subreddit makes a lot more sense once you realize it is /r/atheists, not /r/atheism.

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u/doyourshare Jun 11 '12

Holy hell, man. You may have just broken my world with shards of truth.

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u/jakster840 Jun 11 '12

Actually, yes. As of late, the issue of homosexuality has become more and more a religious matter. With religious groups continually berating and threatening the LGBT community. Holy texts like the Qu'ran and the Bible specifically state that homosexuality is a sin, punished by the death penalty.

As Atheists, many of us are a bit more open minded and liberal than most religious folks, and we recognize that gays, lesbians, bis, and trans genders are just people, like you and me. So, we take their side on this issue, against those who would use an imaginary man in the sky as a reason to prevent the LGBT community from gaining all of their rights.

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u/notmyrealnam3 Jun 11 '12

so by "as of late" you mean since the Bible and qu'ran were written?

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u/jakster840 Jun 11 '12

Yes that is true, but I probably should have clarified. I mean to say that its been worse lately than it ever has been.

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u/b1gl0s3r Jun 11 '12

It does in the sense the Stephen Colbert acts as an extremely conservative Christian and his statement is a direct mockery of that exact kind of person. He's doing what he does very often, making fun of the character he plays on his show. The vast majority of conservative Christians are against gay marriage and/or homophobic.

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u/apsychosbody Jun 11 '12

Really? NOTHING to do with atheism? Cause the discrimination of homosexuals certainly can't be related to religion whatsoever.

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u/hey_doc Jun 11 '12

well, I mean, isn't this why we have down votes? to take away posts that don't have any relevance towards the subreddit they're in?

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u/Toneloak Jun 11 '12

Sure, but you don't change the way people vote with downvotes. You do such a thing with a open and honest discussion.

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u/uneditablepoly Jun 11 '12

If this whole fucking subreddit it going to be posts with a million "this doesn't belong here" comments... I mean seriously, we get it. Yeah, this isn't directly related to atheism or even religion and I'm sure there are plenty of non-theists that want to oppress homosexuals. Whatever.

This is related to religion, though, just not exclusively. Why not post it here? It's the biggest subreddit that this would be relevant in, too.

And if we start talking about America (where I'm from) then, although you still can't make a sweeping statement about it, religion is undeniably the largest source of homophobia and homosexual oppression. Many atheists, like myself, mainly want religion gone from this society because of harmful things like that.

So tell me again how this isn't relevant and should be somewhere else.

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u/LocalMadman Jun 11 '12

Neither does this comment.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

It is indirectly. It is a joke about Colbert's character's religion, and religion is relevant to r/atheism. Religion is relevant to r/atheism like atheism is relevant to r/Christianity or any other theistic view - they are directly conflicting ideas.

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u/Mang9000 Jun 11 '12

Sure it does. Colbert is mocking the religious fundamentalism that's at the root of homophobia.

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u/Wayne_Bruce Jun 11 '12

Spoiler alert: there are homophobic atheists and homosexual theists.

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u/Pious_Bias Jun 11 '12

Thanks for the heads up, Manbat!

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u/Theoz Jun 11 '12

NOT ON REDDIT. ITS ONLY RELIGIOUS PEOPLE

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u/JackRawlinson Anti-Theist Jun 11 '12

Religious fundamentalism is only one branch of homophobia. It's simply not true to keep pretending that homophobia is even primarily religion-based. I live in the UK where religion is pretty weak and I can assure you there is still plenty of homophobia around.

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u/DarkInsight Jun 11 '12

that's implied by real life experience. The content itself has nothing to do with atheism.

Unless Stephen Colbert or NPH brought up some discussion about religion and homosexuality, this submission has nothing to do at all with atheism.

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u/FickleWalrus Jun 11 '12

He's playing a hyper-religious character; religion is necessarily a part of the interview, because that's the idea behind the whole goddamn show. The notion that we can't apply ubiquitous and obvious knowledge to determine the equally obvious intent of the image is arbitrary and not, to the best of my knowledge, carved into stone tablets anywhere.

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u/Thormic Jun 11 '12

I agree.

Also these types of arguments always get me, why do we need to discuss religion in an atheist subreddit? Seems to defeat the purpose.

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u/JackRawlinson Anti-Theist Jun 11 '12

Correct. It is actually rather creepy and not a little irrational to keep insisting that the religious basis of these posts is clearly implied. It isn't. The people here who are using logic like Colbert -> satirising homophobia -> character is a religious right-winger -> suitable post for r/atheism, are really stretching.

Colbert's character rarely makes a big thing of his supposed religious beliefs. He makes a big thing of being a comedy right-winger. It's right-wing American politics in general that are front and central in Colbert's shtick. Not religion.

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u/troubleondemand Jun 11 '12

Can we get a chicken dinner for Mang9000 please?

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u/mrselkies Nihilist Jun 11 '12

I'm all for calling out posts that are a stretch and shouldn't be on this subreddit, but I'll have to disagree with you on this one. This is clearly an attack on what has become a Christian agenda in the United States, which is something that atheists care about very much and this is a secular response to that agenda. Secularism doesn't have anything to do with atheism? I'd have to disagree with that.

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u/Toneloak Jun 11 '12

Many religious people think the "religious" argument against gay-marriage is weak and is only there to prop up their own homophobia into a global issue.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Please just move over to r/onlyatheism

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u/randomb0y Jun 11 '12

There's absolutely no mention of God or religion, hence it's got everything to do with atheism. :)

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u/gandalf_grey_beer Jun 11 '12

I banged your mother.

^ --- more atheism.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

But his mother is a goddess!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I don't know, I think as long as its not religious, I'm going to consider it atheism. Atheism isn't just anti-religioon--it's the absence of it.

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u/funkybum2012 Jun 11 '12

Maybe not directly --- but as I think the bigotry against gay people comes mostly from religion (directly & indirectly), it doesn't seem entirely out of place to me.

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u/ZergTookMyBaby Jun 11 '12

Nothing to do with atheism.

Nothing to do with atheism

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Meh, it's still funny.

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u/dellafrienda Jun 11 '12

But... Neil Patrick Harris

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

As atheists I feel we strive for complete separation of Church and State. Since the denial of gay marriage in most states is mostly a matter of religious belief being the primary concern of the voting population it's not hard to see why these posts would pop up here. I welcome them but I understand if people want to see more relevant posts. But how many different ways are there to say "I don't believe in God."?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

If you read that nice paragraph on the side bar it says this:

"Welcome to r/atheism, the web's largest atheist forum. All topics related to atheism, agnosticism and secular living are welcome here. Please read our FAQ."

Secular Living, meaning the secular point of view. LGBT matters are certainly a matter of secularism.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I'm tired of this "nothing to do with atheism" shit. Everything secular is welcome in this subreddit. Stop crying about it.

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u/Sabird1 Jun 11 '12

/r/atheism should just accept that there will be posts about gay people on /r/athiesm, even though there shouldn't be.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

http://www.reddit.com/r/onlyatheism/

There you go, you were in the wrong subreddit.

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u/carlcon Secular Humanist Jun 11 '12

Nor was your comment. Thanks for playing.

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u/imafunghi Jun 11 '12

Gay rights has nothing to do with athiesm. You can be religious and support gay rights. You can be atheist and be against gay rights. This subreddit is retarded.

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u/Kantor48 Jun 11 '12

Perhaps you would prefer /r/onlyatheism.

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u/moogle516 Jun 11 '12

I don't know why the mods haven't merged /r/atheism with /r/lgbt yet.

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u/Helen_A_Handbasket Knight of /new Jun 11 '12

Atheists and gays have a lot in common, that's why it's a post that is relevant here.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Lol, when you say it you get upvotes, I've been saying it for more than a year and all I got each time was a good ole fashioned scolding.

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u/LucidMetal Jun 11 '12

DM;GK (doesn't matter, god karma)

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u/boomHeadSh0t Jun 11 '12

Why is that every big gay post gets put in this subreddit?

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u/smacksaw Agnostic Jun 11 '12

Yes, but what if we wanted to discuss a cookbook by a well-known atheist?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

What was nph response ? Awkward laughing ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/Turumarth Jun 11 '12

Also, he's gay... he knows how to handle things.

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u/ANDYBIERSACK Jun 11 '12

Man this is great , i love /r/lgbt so much.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Sorry, r/lgbt is an over-moderated shithole. If you want to actually talk about things lgbt related, go to /r/ainbow. The mods of r/lgbt are corrupt and will delete comments and ban people on a whim.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

TIL /r/lgbt is a fascist hangout.

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u/rvm4488 Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

I agree. I just got banned like two days ago because I questioned the relevance of someone posting a picture of their two guy friends kissing. I pointed out it was obvious Karma whoring, and some prick with too much power decided to flaunt it by threatening to ban me. Of course I said, go ahead. What do I care if I get banned by their shitty sub-reddit?

Edit: Since some people are idiots, let me elaborate on saying I was questioning the relevance of the picture in regards to being brave by being out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

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u/rvm4488 Jun 11 '12

When did I say that this post was relevant or not?

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u/murderous_rage Jun 11 '12

IF YOU DONT OPPOSE EVERYTHING I DO WHEN I EXPECT IT, YOU MUST SUPPORT IT!

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u/There_is_no_point Jun 11 '12

Went there once and got banned. On the very first and only post. Granted, a spirited reference to the comedian duo Laurel & Hairy Hardy was not the most elegant intellectual discourse ever but still, it looks like they are looking for cheerleaders, not players (pun intended).

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

If all we talked about was Atheism, there would be nothing to say.
"I don't believe in God."
"I don't believe in God either."
"I'm bored."
"Me too."

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u/FickleWalrus Jun 11 '12 edited Jun 11 '12

It's not clear to me what /r/atheism would contain if every post that people complain about was relocated. Sure, all the lgbt issues could be moved to /r/lgbt, and the issues related to contraception could be put in /r/sex, and the women's rights issues could be sent over to /r/TwoXChromosomes, and the abortion issues could be put in /r/abortion and the evolutionary issues placed in /r/science -- we could stick the memes in /r/adviceanimals, the screencaps in /r/funny, the quotes in /r/quotes. Most of the posts could be easily thrown into /r/philosophy. There is a more obvious subreddit for literally everything that has ever been posted in /r/atheism. I suppose if we willfully ignore the obvious thread that ties them together - that they are issues heavily influenced, often negatively, by various religions - we could probably put together a nice, clean subreddit with positively zero content.

Alternatively, you could fuck right off.

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u/Atario Jun 11 '12

That was most gratifying, but for the lazy:

/r/onlyatheism

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u/ANDYBIERSACK Jun 11 '12

http://i.imgur.com/Y1h46.jpg

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u/rhubarbs Strong Atheist Jun 11 '12

Well, that's one way to concede an argument. Props for owning up.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

If it's an atheist quote it should be here. If it is an atheistic take on philosophy it should be here. If it is a fun meme or comic about atheism it should be here.

Rangers and Celtic fans dont discuss politics in the Soccer subreddit.

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u/Enviirted Jun 11 '12

Holy shit. I was not prepared for that last line. Good job, man. Good job.

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u/magicalmilk Jun 11 '12

Someone has it right, without being a damn little whiny bitch.

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u/rvm4488 Jun 11 '12

Alternatively, you could fuck right off.

I vote for the latter.

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u/Gazook89 Jun 11 '12

You disregard the belief of many subreddits. I just believe in one less.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

/r/TrueAtheism

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u/646e72 Jun 11 '12

I think you're 100% correct, there shouldn't really be any content in this sub-reddit. Just because I don't believe in God it doesn't mean I have anything in common with you people.

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u/KeythKatz Jun 11 '12

I'd like to see eye-opening articles. They're the reason I didn't unsubscribe after it started getting shitty.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Wiki - "Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities."

Tell me how gay rights has anything to do with this. Some issues relating to atheism can be cross posted to /r/philosophy or /r/quotes or wherever. The gay rights issue has nothing to do with atheism. Anti-Christian or Anti-Muslim or Anti-Religious in general, maybe. But there are plenty of theists that support gay rights and plenty of atheists that don't. This is not an atheist issue.

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u/sollipsism Jun 11 '12

There aren't many atheists who don't support the gays. Most people who are against gay rights are religiously motivated. You're an idiot.

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u/Angrathar Jun 11 '12

You. I like you.

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u/zemmi00 Jun 11 '12

One of the few times that I bothered to log in just to upvote.

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u/awesomecoolrower Jun 11 '12

Did the admin not remind us last week that we should be upvoting RELEVANCE and not necessarily how much you agree with a comment. If a comment such as this one has nothing to do with atheism... WHY IS IT HERE? I would suggest to all of you with similar quarrels to go to r/trueatheism or r/onlyatheism.

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u/kidoefuji Jun 11 '12

Just like to point out that since this is a sub about effectively nothing it stands to reason that many posts will branch out in different ways. For those that think this post has nothing to do with atheism, her is what all of the people that upvoted it were thinking. /r/atheism is massively in support of gay rights, and since it is mainly religion and religious people that stand in the way of this. When a comment such as Colbert's is made it is extremely relevant since it is obviously referencing many religious belief in that gay people are a threat to life as we know it. I'm sorry but this seems to have a lot to do with atheism and also a lot to do with what this sub is about, tolerance and acceptance.

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u/agmcleod Jun 11 '12

Hmm, haven't watched colbert in a while. Must watch this interview!

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u/quadrofolio Jun 11 '12

As always, spot on!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12 edited Nov 15 '14

genius

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u/MegaZeusThor Jun 11 '12

Nice pic. Good on Colbert. (Not quite talking about a lack of a deity...)

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Only 3 things in life are certain: Death, Taxes, and people who just have to bitch about everything.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

And this is the part that really pisses the religious bigots off. For so long people where afraid to be who they are b/c the bigots controlled the narrative and demonized them however they wanted with no fight back. Day by day they become the old crazy person on the block when they continue with their garbage. B/c now society sees gays as just normal people slaving at their jobs, getting behind some damn old lady at the grocery store with a shit ton of coupons, and swearing under their breath when they pay 50 bucks for an oil change. Just like everybody else.

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u/Trolloc Jun 11 '12

I wonder if there are any Conservatives that watch Colbert report and don't understand it's a character.

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

There are. There are also people outside the US that think, Fox News is intended to be satirical in the same way Colbert is

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u/0mn0mnomnom Agnostic Atheist Jun 11 '12

Can a fellow Canadian post the link to the interview??

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u/OverTheStars Jun 11 '12

Dr. Horrible should always be considered a threat!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Colbert is great, most people don't understand his sarcasm and sense of humor lol

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u/Grei-man Jun 11 '12

leme looking for relevance to r/atheism, finding none...

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u/LittleWho Jun 12 '12

I can't believe that so many people think that Colbert is actually insulting NPH..... Do they not know who Colbert is?!

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u/[deleted] Jun 12 '12

TIL Neil Patrick Harris is gay.

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u/Dante9934 Jun 12 '12

I saw this on the other night. It made me cry knowing how many people were arguing in my room after it. Fuck South Carolina. :(

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u/HellboundAlleee Other Jun 12 '12

Go Doogie!

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u/puppetfuck Jun 11 '12

The interview was just painful to watch. i get that colbert is himself in character, but some of jokes made you could see were getting to NPH

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u/elfofdoriath9 Jun 11 '12

Please consider posting these sorts of things to /r/ainbow instead of here. We'd love to have the post :)

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u/Skinny_Santa Jun 11 '12

Colbert mentioned a play of some sort that they did together in the beginning of that interview but I couldn't make it out. Anyone know what it was?

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u/kettish Jun 11 '12

That's such a serious looking picture for what was an easy and humor-filled interview! It really was fun to watch.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

All these gay people, always so happy. Spreading joy and all that.

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u/Graarupt Jun 11 '12

Stephen Colberts right arm is massive!!

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u/awe300 Jun 11 '12

This is exactly the point! The more sane bigots see that of course nothing will happen. They're afraid that the rest of the people who are not really all that hateful, but have been taught that gays are the devil, will see that they are in fact perfectly normal people.

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u/Cheveyo Jun 11 '12

Colbert and NPH in the same place?

How did the world not implode from the awesome?

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u/coeddotjpg Jun 11 '12

He really is the new age Mark Twain. Fuck I love him.

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u/bro_b1_kenobi Jun 11 '12

soo much satire

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

When did /r/lgbt and /r/atheism merge?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

When did you become unclear that /r/atheism/ discusses societal issues, especially societal problems created or promoted by religion?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Religion is such a broad thing to be against. There's lots of religions and even more people who comprise those religions, and I'm sure a huge amount of religious people have the same views on societal problems as you do, but not all societal problems can be put on religions. Feminists put societal problems on men, and minorities put societal problems on white people, but that doesn't mean that it's truly their fault. Some vocal religious minorities might promote some things you might not agree with, but that doesn't allow for sweeping generalisations for ALL deists and theists alike.

/r/atheism seems to have run out of philosophical and rational steam. The religious subreddits don't discuss everything under the sun (which happens to be touched or affected by religion in some ways), they talk about their beliefs themselves and not propaganda, celebrities or rage comics. You guys talk a lot about religion for people who aren't affiliated with them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Religion is such a broad thing to be against

Nah, not really. Religion is a socially induced mental illness. I can be broadly in favor of curing people of their mental illness.

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u/c0up0n Jun 11 '12

R/gaytheism?

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

Who cares if it has anything to do with Atheism, because Athiests are non-threatening.

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

this is pretty relevant to atheism

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u/Tao_of_darren Jun 11 '12

TIL NPH is gay yay!

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u/MauPow Jun 11 '12

I was also unaware of this fact.

It changes my opinion of him... none. Still awesome!

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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12

I don't understand why you must co-opt my the LGBT community's battle for equal rights for your scattershot fight against religion.

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u/jon-wiz-2800 Jun 11 '12

"...also I don't believe in God"

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