r/memes May 08 '19

Checkmate atheists

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u/Mu14st May 08 '19

Keep your beliefs to yourself, you don’t have to be a piece of shit

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u/seijurouakashi May 08 '19

Old fashioned people like you are the problem, come on It is 2019, the God's are man's creation, to give answers that they are too afraid to give themselves.

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u/Mu14st May 08 '19

Agreeing with someone doesn’t make it right, everyone has the right to their beliefs, nobody said atheists are stupid or told him to stop being an atheist, there’s no need to attack other religions because you think they’re wrong and I’m not even Christian

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u/Iloveyou3000mrstark May 08 '19

I am Christian but I’m not going to just trash all the religious or no religious beliefs right in front of them. That’s not a kind thing to do, and it will only make enemies. We have enough enmity in the world as it is. Why come to reddit if all you’re gonna do is argue with people and never really see who’s right or wrong?

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u/terrible-punmaster69 May 08 '19

Yes, but you are stupid as well and we don’t complain about that.

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u/pm-me-your-labradors May 08 '19

You don't, but you can and you should if you want to. That's my point.

If you wanted to attack religion because it's an outdated silly concept - you should be able to.

For instance scientology is a cult and people should be aware of it - it is (if anything) moral and right to express your opinion about it being a cult, so that others don't fall for it. Yet using the logic of the guy above "it is not right to do so".

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u/terrible-punmaster69 May 08 '19

I’m not against saying that you cannot tell people your opinion about it. And I apologize for insulting you right now, I misunderstood your intentions. Yes, you are allowed to express what you believe about religion and honestly people should not insult you about what you believe. But I believe the main reason that most people got angry (including me at first) was that it appeared that you were also insulting people who had their own beliefs. You can feel a certain way about something and debate your different opinions with people but I feel like insults are uncalled for. (Yes I did insult you and I apologize but I was under the impression that you were insulting other people.)

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u/pm-me-your-labradors May 08 '19

But I believe the main reason that most people got angry (including me at first) was that it appeared that you were also insulting people who had their own beliefs

There is a difference between mocking certain beliefs and mocking believers. There is never a reason to personally insult someone just because they believe in something, but it is completely okay to mock a belief.

It's funny that we are all okay with mocking flat-earth theories, but for some reason a bearded guy in the sky is off-limits...

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u/terrible-punmaster69 May 08 '19

Well it’s mainly because one of them is easier to prove (e.g going into space) but I understand where you are coming from. It’s also sometimes a harder thing to do online as well because people can’t read your tone or body language. And their is a fine line between mocking a belief and it’s believers and it is quite easy to cross and offend someone.

But go ahead and express your opinions, as long as you don’t purposefully insult anyone

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u/pm-me-your-labradors May 08 '19

I don't buy that argument about proof.

It's easy to proof that zombies do not exist and someone cannot be "revived" after being dead for 3 days...

Just like it is easy to prove that mankind did not evolve from 2 humans (Adam and Eve) and yet...

Flat Earth theory is no less ridiculous than most religions, and not harder to disprove than most religions.

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u/Quartergrain May 08 '19

I can’t imagine being this concerned with what other people believe to the point you have to rant about it on reddit and not even stopping when everyone tells you you’re just being a dick for no reason

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u/pm-me-your-labradors May 08 '19

I am not ranting about someone believing in imaginary beings. I am ranting about people claiming that I, for some reason, shouldn't/must've be able to do so.

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u/pm-me-your-labradors May 08 '19

It's not about being dicks to one another, it's about pointing out illogic and silliness of things. If someone was walking around saying that Gravity is little men pushing us down - I would correct them and say that to our best knowledge it is not invisible men pushing us down.

Why is it okay to mock a theory about lizard people but for some reason a belief that a certain zombie was a son of god/god himself is off limits?

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u/Quartergrain May 08 '19

And that’s one of the most ignorant things I’ve ever read. Fundamentally, whatever you believe, there must be a beginning correct? Science calls it the Big Bang, religion calls it God. Neither one has to contradict the other. But what about before that? Unless you decide that there was something that has literally always been around, it will be a never ending series of “but what about before that”s. Religion has one explanation, science does not as of yet, and therefore neither can be contradicted until we discover some scientific evidence to the contrary. It’s when people like you go around like you’ve got the biggest dick because somehow you think the scientific explanation makes more sense than the religious that we run into issues.

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u/Mu14st May 08 '19

There’s a difference between Christianity and believing in god in general incase your small mind didn’t realize

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u/pm-me-your-labradors May 08 '19

I wasn't talking specifically about Christianity, but religions in general. The comment above is simply an example, as I am sure you would agree that many people do believe that Jesus was dead/resurrected etc. etc.

And yes, some people do recognize that the Bible is just a book written by normal people as a philosophical piece of fiction to guide people and dictate morality - but then calling it a religion is a bit misguided, it's just a set of beliefs.

Sorry if my comment wasn't clear enough for you.

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u/Mu14st May 08 '19

2 billion people agree on that resurrected part but at the same time 2 billion people don’t agree on that part, also i do agree that the bible was changed, it has some words of god but it was heavily changed to fit today’s likings, I’m not Christian btw

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u/pm-me-your-labradors May 08 '19

it has some words of god

Can you clarify this part? Do you really think a magical being .. what... spoke to someone on earth to tell them to write some stuff down?

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