Asklemmy

No more aggravated than when I hear traumatized atheists be hypocrites.

I grew up culturally Christian and surrounded by soft-references to Christian stuff all the time. I try to see past whatever the literal thing they are saying and see the metaphor they are trying to express. People can have limited vocabulary and grow up in bubbles of their family, church, whatever. I try to give them Grace and just move on. Ultimately, they are trying to communicate a good thing with you. As long as they don’t start evangelizing or guilting, that’s different.

The overall purpose of religion is to propagate itself like a mind virus. Institutional velocity.

I wouldn't care at all if these people were able to keep their delusions to themselves. As a whole, past and present, these people have proven themselves incapable of doing so.

Paradox of tolerance.

Does anyone else feel irritated when deeply religious people

Yes

I find it extremely offensive and presumptuous when a religious person tries to use God talk with me. When somebody tells me to praise Jesus or thank the Lord I feel the same level of discomfort that I'd imagine they would feel if I said hail Satan or let Satan guide us or whatever. I don't consent to having any of those intentions towards me and it's very selfish and narrow minded that they assume everyone would agree to those things they say.

Thank god the tornado destroyed my neighbor’s house and not mine.

Thank god those kids in poor countries are starving and not me.

Thank god for killing kids with cancer.

They never attribute to god the things that a god could prevent, or in fact deliberately willed to happen, but they’re sure happy to strip someone of their accomplishments and effort by attributing them to god’s will.

Omg! God told me I would see this post! Praise him!

I wouldn't be irritated if they didn't insist on it incessantly

I’ve been told the same thing, they said god gave me my strength, but realistically if this “god” did give me anything, it would be my weaknesses and hostile social environment, where I was forced to find my own strengths that a god couldn’t give unless they wanted me to face some sort of mythological nepotism.

Reminds me of a couple of joke/stories.

• A flood came and an owner was on top of the house. A boat came by to save him and he said "That's okay, God will save me". Then a helicopter came by to save him and he said the same thing. He drowned and went to heaven and asked God why he didn't come save him and God said "I sent you a boat and a helicopter!".
• A very famous, powerful rabbi stopped at an inn and the owner was out, but the staff treated him terribly. The rabbi cursed the hotel and stated that it will burn down the following day at noon. The next morning the rabbi got up to leave and the owner, who was now back, begged and pleaded with him to remove the curse. The rabbi eventually agreed. The peasants were watching the inn to see what would happen and when noon came and went, and the inn did not burn down, everyone exclaimed "It's a miracle!".

Comedian Daniel Sloss said something about thanking god after surviving cancer: No, it was the doctors, stupid. (We have tickets to see him soon. Check if he's in your area, he's awesome.)

"God" is the greatest cause of murder and war. It's fucking stupid. In the old testament, he's a fucking dick. Seriously, what an asshole. But "christians" who know nothing about the book they proselytize pretend they have a moral obligation to be assholes to people they don't like.

I've studied and read more historical and educational books on early christianity than any right-wing republican asshole (I live in the USA), I guarantee it. I was on a serious mission for about 18 months after years of casual Wikipedia browsing. But it's not just christians.

Any person who makes their religion known to strangers is a weak piece of shit. Wear a cross, a burka, a kippah, whatever. You suck. It should be private. Advertising your beliefs shows how insecure you are about them. I don't need to prove a goddamn thing to anyone because I'm confident that I'm morally correct. You know why you need "god above"? Because you're not sure what to think without someone telling you what's right and wrong.

they can wishfully think themselves into anything as long as it makes them better than other people and they can play victim

I especially feel irritated when they credit god over actual people that made something happen, like thanking god over a surgeon that just saved your life

Around monsoon time i will admit it bother me, epic keanu chungus OP

Yeah, but these days I'm more tired than irritated.

Yeah, you're to blame for everything bad and God gets credit for everything good.

I'm part of a religion and annoyed by most religious people (I'm not Christian brcause I'm converting to another religion that aligns more with what I personally believe). Irl, you'd never guess I was part of any religion because I know how to STFU. Sadly, a lot of religious people don't do that. I really hear you and it is frustrating to deal with.

Yes. I think ill start replying "Yes, I thank Satan, my one and only true God" just to see the horror on their faces

I like it when they thank god for saving them from natural disasters or illness or whatever.

Yeah, I’m pretty sure God created those circumstances, so why the fuck are you thanking him??

I just let it go if I know that the person is religious. I was pretty religious myself until I grew out of it in my mid 20s. So, I know why a religious person might say to thank their god. It is saying basically to thank some divine deity for giving you such talent. They mean well so I just take it like a compliment and nod if I were you. But i can see why you might be annoyed by it, especially if you did not have a religious upbringing.

No

Religion is, and always has been, a tool used by those in power to legitimize the status quo.

Its primary purpose is to shift responsibility for actions onto fate and thus divert attention from the fact that it is people who are responsible for these actions. In this way, even the most unfair and exploitative conditions can still be portrayed as just: the king by the grace of God, the kingdom of heaven that awaits the patient after death, hell that punishes the greedy, making it unnecessary to hold them accountable in this life, and so on.

This also works in reverse to strip people of the self-confidence that they can achieve things through their own efforts: Thank God for the food he has put on the table, for your success, and for everything else, because he has given it to you in his infinite generosity - don’t even think of making demands.

In this sense, religion provides a justification for hierarchies in society. It cements the status quo in the interests of the powerful.

Hence: People who do not question this narrative - which serves their own exploitation - but have made it the purpose of their lives are quite strange, because they are thereby harming themselves.

I must live in a special bubble because this never happens to me

For me, it depends on the authenticity.

There's too many people that talk God this and God that, because they've been told that's what they are supposed to do as a God person.

But then their actual actions are not what a god person is supposed to be.

I'll take a 10% Christian that walks the walk 10% of the time over a 100% Christian that walks the walk 10% of the time any day of the week.