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This is me when a mainline christian says there's another angel in heaven. Umm, ackchyually... Angels are non-corporeal creatures, having spirit but not bodies, and humans are corporeal creatures having both spirit and body. A human becoming an angel (a completely different species) is akin to a human becoming a lizard, or vice versa.
Let's be honest: Going "(Your) God isn't real" when someone tells you a "God bless you" is straight disrespectful. It's their way of wishing you good things.
I have an helenist friend whom I'd reply "Let's hope for it" if they said "hope the Gods are with us on this". Am I a Helenist? No.
I tell my dad a "You too!" when he says "may God protect you on your way!". Am I a Christian? Nope!
But is this their way of wishing someone a good day/good luck? Yes. The intention is what counts, after all.
The opening to that death episode of Adam Ruins Everything was insanely good.
I just love so much that some atheist(s) on reddit upset the fucking god botherers so much that this has become a drum they beat weekly after decades.
sure bud, try to brand it as 'oh those mean / inconsiderate atheists' - sure thing child rapists, sure.
edit: oh no someone upset the child rapists, gee whiz
I mean, I'm an atheist myself but the type of person they're memeing here definitely does exist. Pretty much only confined to Reddit though. In my experience there are far more cringe theists in most other online spaces.
it's also funny to me how many responses these threads get saying
"well I'm an atheist but...."
like, ok, good for you. And hey, I genuinely believe almost 3-5 % of these responses lol
Believe it or not, the majority of atheists don't enjoy being annoying as fuck
You think I'm lying about being an atheist? Pretty sure that would be against some rule in the bible lmao.
A real reddit atheist would never be this well dressed. Still, it’s a great pic!
I love how some lemmings are so rabidly hateful of reddit that just seeing the word "reddit" in a screenshot of a twitter post triggers this kind of comment, like an involuntary reflex
This was me at my step-nephew's funeral after he killed himself.
The whole service they were talking about him being in heaven. According to their own religious text he would go straight to hell. Luckily I was able to keep my mouth shut.
my wife's mom's funeral the priest kept going on about this passage where it described how thick the walls were in heaven. "Imagine Becky looking at those walls!"
ok my dude, you're not really selling this to me
Does the Bible actually say this anywhere? I know this is a Catholic interpretation, and probably most other Christian religions.
Hell isn't really in the Bible. Iirc most interpretations of hell come from revelations where the anti-Christ and the beast (along with all the wicked and unsaved) are thrown into the Lake of fire on judgement day by Christ. That's it. There isn't anything about different circles of hell, or eternal damnation (there's a lot of debate about if the Lake of fire is instant annihilation, temporary torment to cleanse the soul, or permanent eternal torment)
Afaik it was largely created through some wild interpretations of the church in order to sell indulgences (get out of sin free cards) which funnily enough is how Gutenberg was allowed to keep printing. His new printing press was amazing at mass producing indulgences which were handwritten and quite lengthy. Now the church had a way to produce their "sin for free" tokens in bulk. If it weren't for that Gutenberg might have been shut down for cutting in on the church's monopoly on books.
Dante's inferno also had a massive influence on the Christian interpretation of hell. Afaik it was also largely made up or "artistic license" was used to make hell into what it is in the book.
Edit: added clarity
As an atheist, I never bring up my beliefs unless asked. My religious friends and relatives on social media spout their shit non-stop. If I did 1/10th of that they'd be up in arms.
This post just seems like a straw man to try and keep atheists invisible.
Annoying militant atheists are definitely rarer than annoying militant christians, but they do exist. Especially on reddit. One of the reasons I enjoy lemmy is that those people are rarer.
Fun side fact: I knew one of my two best friends for over a decade before finding out they were christian. They had been wearing the same cross necklace under their shirt that whole time. We just never talked about it because it didn’t come up and they aren’t preachy.
This post just seems like a straw man to ~~try and keep atheists invisible.~~ farm engagement.
It doubles up on religious debate, and hating on Reddit.
This is truly the behavior to expect from theists. You're lying there waiting for death and some wannabe preacher tells you that it's not too late to join their cult
As an atheist, I don't go around bashing on others' beliefs - as long as they're respectful to others and don't use their beliefs to police others.
A grandma on her deathbed, trying to find comfort in her faith? Hell, I will sit with her and confirm that she's indeed about to see her dead husband and spend eternity with him. Because at that point, being kind is more important than being right or debating theology.
But, the moment you try to use your beliefs to dictate how others live (beyond basic morality, going beyond the golden rule), out comes the "fuck off with your imaginary sky daddy" argument. You are free to live your life by any doctrine you want, as long as it doesn't affect others negatively. You don't want to eat meat? Sure, go for it. You don't want to eat pork/beef/seafood? It's your body, your choice. You don't want to get an abortion or transition to a different gender or be in a gay relationship? Again, it's up to you. But the very second you try to tell others to live by your rules, you can fuck right off, and then fuck off some more just for good measure.
And it's not like I'm not open to debate. I guess at the end I'm more agnostic rather than atheist, in this aspect. I welcome theological debate. I'll gladly argue about it for hours as long as you're respectful. I've got a bunch of theist friends - Christians, Muslims, Hindu, a variety of pagan/wiccan witches, and so on - with whom we do sit down on occasion with a drink or a joint and debate various aspects of belief, religion (organised or personal), their effects and influences on society and vice versa. It can be a brilliant topic of discussion as long as everyone respects the others and listens to their side. After all, every single person has their own point of view formed by their upbringing, their life experiences, and so on, and these are equally important regardless if you agree with them or not. But it's equally important to understand that these debates aren't meant to convert anyone. They are there to convey a part of you you find important, so others can better understand you. Understanding why one turned away from, or turned to religion, and how that helped them as a person.
To summarise: religion is like a penis. It's okay to have one, it's okay to not have one. It's even okay to be proud of (not) having one. Hell, it's even okay to think yours is better than others'. What's not okay is pulling it out in public and trying to force it down others' throats, or try to legislate in the form of a dick measuring contest.
I guess at the end I'm more agnostic rather than atheist, in this aspect.
I don't like how agnostic and atheist have been used. Atheist means a lack of belief in a god. Anti-theist is the active belief there isn't one. Agnostic is someone who knows that they cannot know if there's a god. Agnostic atheist is someone who knows they can't know if there's a god and lacks the belief in one.
Agnostic is not the same claim as atheist or theist. It is a claim on the ability to know something, not on the beliefs that person holds. A gnostic atheist is the same as an Anti-theist. They think they can know there isn't a god. The inverse for a gnostic theist. You can also be an agnostic theist, who doesn't think it can be known, but they still believe.
And also like a penis, keep it away from children. It sickens me how much religion preys on children to indoctrinate them before they have the critical thinking skills to see through the grift.