• mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    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.

    • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      29 days ago

      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.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        29 days ago

        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

        • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          29 days ago

          You think I’m lying about being an atheist? Pretty sure that would be against some rule in the bible lmao.

          • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            28 days ago

            lying or just trying to be a pick-me, I don’t care, I’m not your psychologist. There’s always people like you who show up and castigate their ‘fellow atheists’ for being annoying, but ignore the enormous harm - and huge annoyances the god botherers inflict upon society writ large.

            so sure, maybe you’re being truthful, I don’t give a fuck, it’s still silly.

            • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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              28 days ago

              I don’t know how you read my first comment and thought I was ignoring the damage theists do. I very explicitly stated that there are more cringe theists than atheists.

              • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                28 days ago

                I don’t care pickme, I don’t believe you. “I’m an atheist but…” I don’t need allies like this. Go shit someplace else.

                • R00bot@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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                  28 days ago

                  You are being very aggressive lol. I’m not being a pickme, I couldn’t give less fucks what religious people think of me. I actively dislike religious people, and agree with you that religion is the root of a good amount of the evil in the world.

                  All I said was that annoying atheists do exist (I know, I was one of them).

                  If you won’t allow allies to lightly push back on your ideas then you’ll find yourself without many allies.

                  Have a great day anyway man.

  • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    Very few people trying to un-convert you on your deathbed, while the plenty of people trying to convert you to a religion… because in many cases, that’s literally their belief that you can be “saved.”

    But arguing with a straw man meme is kinda pointless- especially on Lemmy, where most of you already know that, lol.

  • MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    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.

    • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
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      28 days ago

      Ah fuck that.

      I don’t think that many atheist would display this religious behavior, because this is the shit that religious types do all the fucking time

      This meme is basically “every accusation is a confession”

      • MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        28 days ago

        Well, I do see tons of atheists do it. If your reality is different than mine, this is not my problem. I talked about mine, you stay on yours.

        • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          28 days ago

          Yeah, speaking as a pagan, literally every stripe of religious people has annoying as shit people. Often they’re people who feel insecure in their beliefs whether because they’re new to them or because they feel those beliefs are under attack.

          Like yeah, I’ve met those annoying atheists as well as atheists who I only knew were such because it came up. Several of my childhood friends went from the former to the latter.

          I will say though, atheists don’t try to make their religious beliefs legally mandatory, so I’ll take some annoyance over that.

        • solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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          28 days ago

          You’ve seen tons of atheists be douche canoes to their dying grandmothers? You have an impressively large but close knit circle of inconsiderate people.

          • MeowerMisfit817@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            28 days ago

            Yeah, people do tend to be inconsiderable around me. Not only to grandmothers, but to relatives who say a mere “God bless you”.

  • Gust@piefed.socialEnglish
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    28 days ago

    I hate organized religion with a passion. You bet your ass I was “catholic” when my grandfather passed and I was helping my grandmother with the funeral though. Im an atheist, not an asshole. I’m sure if their imaginary friend actually exists they can forgive me for pretending to believe to console my grieving grandmother

  • lukaro@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    28 days ago

    All I know is i’ve never had an athiest knock on my door too damned early on a Saturday morning to tell desperatly try to get me to believe in their particular lack of belief.

  • kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    Similar but reversed situation for me. My grandmother tried to guilt trip me into becoming Christian on her death bed by saying she wanted my soul to make it to heaven with her (I guess kudos to her for not saying the “instead of in hell where it’s going now” part out loud).

  • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    29 days ago

    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

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      29 days ago

      I was at a funeral where the preacher was doing that! “If she were here now, she would tell you to make sure that you get your life right with Jesus.” Um, no, she fucking wouldn’t! Her fiance was sitting in front of me, and I thought I could see smoke coming out of his ears.

      It was her family’s funeral, though, and apparently they were Christians.

    • jaybone@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      29 days ago

      What, that she says she gets to go be with g-pa? Let her have her moment. OP is making this situation way more complicated than it needs to be.

        • root@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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          29 days ago

          dam, rough.

          Protestant indoctrination is why most people leave Christianity. Hope you find Christ, Frater

          • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            29 days ago

            Protestant indoctrination

            apparently you’re not disgusted by the long history of child rape in the catholic church? or do you actively help the coverup?

            Protestants lolol

            • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              29 days ago

              Remover of obstacles, patron of arts and sciences, lord of letters and learning, and chicks dig a prehensile nose. There’s definitely worse choices if you’re shopping for deities.

  • HazardousBanjo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    I feel like Reddit atheists are far too commonly given the spotlight, and intentionally so by theocratic fascists.

    There are countless genuinely terrible things about organized religion and its role and influence in society. This conversation absolutely needs to be had. Nobody serious is going to grieving or dying people to shit on their coping skills using religion.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Well, the US certainly needs to have a discussion about organized Christianity. That’s the only religion I ever see getting up in my business.

  • binux@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    28 days ago

    This post is like a litmus test for separating pretentious reddit atheists from people who can actually take a joke, bravo

  • blady_blah@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    29 days ago

    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.

    • binarytobis@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      29 days ago

      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.

    • Seth Taylor@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Don’t worry. I got you covered. I whine about religion all the time and make sure to mention I’m an atheist. As you said, they’re constantly pushing their thing down other people’s throats. If they can’t handle the comments, they should keep it to themselves. The same way they want gay people to keep it to themselves.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        29 days ago

        yeah this is the part that slays me. “vocal atheists are so annoying”

        asshole, how many times have atheists knocked on your door?

        how many atheists did you encounter on your way to your pap smear at planned parenthood?

        fucking hypocrites, child rapists and child rape accomplices.

    • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      29 days ago

      Correct, plus if it’s reddit it’s possibly a bot created specifically to make that straw man real. Christians in particular have a persecution fetish, after all.

      • zarkanian@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        29 days ago

        They found Russian agents working through social media to widen rifts in the US electorate, specifically on the vaccine debate. They had agents playing both sides: pro-vax and anti-vax.

        Who knows how many entities are doing this right now? On which topics? On which social networks?

        So, yes, fake atheists being assholes, but also fake Christians being assholes. You are always being manipulated. There is never a time you are not being manipulated.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        29 days ago

        Eh I mean I was there 15 years ago when /r/atheism was a default subreddit (when default subreddits were a thing, nowadays I believe that’s no longer the case). Some of the commenters/posters seemed like they’d be genuinely exhausting people in real life. Not a majority by any means, otherwise I would’ve unsubscribed fairly quickly.

      • JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        29 days ago

        Well then isn’t it refreshing that a real human stole that reddit bot post who stole it from a human on twitter and gave it to us here on Lemmy, restoring it back to human-to-human sharing.